FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start in January. Moens is chief EU correspondent at Politico, based in Brussels. Prior to joining Politico, Moens covered Belgian politics for the Belgian national daily De Tijd. She studied at the KU Leuven, the Université de Strasbourg, the University of […]
Derbyshire to become US opinion editor for Financial Times
Jonathan Derbyshire has been named U.S. opinion editor for the Financial Times. He will start shortly after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Derbyshire is currently the FT’s executive opinion editor. He was previously managing editor of Prospect, Britain’s leading monthly magazine of politics and ideas, and culture editor of the New Statesman. Derbyshire has also written for a […]
FT seeks a trade and climate correspondent
The Financial Times is looking for a correspondent to cover international trade, based in Washington, DC. This is a demanding but rewarding role and an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the most intense, news-driven bureaus in the FT on a beat that will be central to our global report following Donald Trump’s […]
FT names Miller its Washington correspondent
Joe Miller has been named Washington correspondent at the Financial Times. He will be covering the relationship between business and government and the reshaping of the U.S. economy by the Trump administration. Miller previously covered white-collar crime as the FT’s legal correspondent in New York, and German industry as the FT’s Frankfurt correspondent. He wrote a […]
FT starts an India newsletter
The Financial Times has launched a new newsletter, “India Business Briefing.” The newsletter will be sent out twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. The first two issues will be free to read online, then it will be available for premium subscribers. “India Business Briefing” will be written by Veena Venugopal, who joined the FT […]
Wimbish among the layoffs at FT Specialist
Whitney Wimbish is among the layoffs at Financial Times Specialist. She has been deputy editor for the past three years and before that was associate editor. Wimbish was also managing editor of BoardIQ, the FT Specialist publication for mutual fund directors. Wimbish started at FT Specialist as a reporter for FundFire, which covers the business […]
Ruehl to cover Switzerland, Austria for the FT
Financial Times correspondent Mercedes Ruehl is moving to Europe to cover Switzerland and Austria. She has been its Singapore correspondent. Prior to joining the Financial Times, Ruehl was a journalist at The Australian Financial Review, covering various sectors of business, including mergers and acquisitions, stock markets, currencies, politics, and commercial property. She also served as a news […]
Kao departing FT after more than 8 years
Joanna Kao, a data journalist and software developer for The Financial Times, is leaving the publication at the end of the year. Kao, who was hired in 2016 from Al Jazeera America, and had been steering the technology/development side of FT’s visuals team. Before Al Jazeera America shut down, Kao worked there as a multimedia […]
O’Dwyer named FT’s deputy companies editor
Michael O’Dwyer has been named the deputy companies editor at The Financial Times. He has been the chief UK business correspondent, writing about the intersection between UK business and politics and about the big issues facing British companies and their boards. He was previously the FT’s accountancy correspondent. Before that he was a reporter at the […]
FT names Masters its US managing editor
The Financial Times has appointed Brooke Masters as U.S. managing editor, based in New York, effective March 2025. She succeeds Peter Spiegel, who has been named global affairs editor. Masters will lead the FT’s news operations and story development in the US, and take responsibility for all five bureaus in the region, deploying newsroom resources […]
