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The Information has hired Francesca Friday to cover private equity.
She will start on Jan. 2.
Friday was previously a New York-based reporter and the producer of Due Diligence, the FT’s daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity.
She was previously a senior reporter at FT Specialist publication Mandatewire, where she covered asset management. She has also served as a contributor at FundFire and was a reporter at Ignites. Also, she held the posts of politics, health and lifestyle writer and worked as a fashion writer at Observer Media and Betches LLC, respectively.
Friday is a graduate of Rollins College.