The Information hires FT’s Germano
The Information has hired Financial Times reporter Sara Germano. She will start on Dec. 2 and cover the business and future of sports—with a strong focus on women’s sports. Germano has been the FT’s U.S. sports business correspondent for the past four years. Before the FT, Germano was with the Wall Street Journal working as a […]
FT names Brower US news editor, Edgecliffe-Johnson departing
Financial Times editor in chief Roula Khalaf sent out the following on Friday: Hello everyone I’m pleased to share with you two appointments on the US news desk. They come at a critical moment in US politics, and will build on the outstanding work done under the leadership of Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Derek Brower in the year leading up to Tuesday […]
FT taps Foy to cover European banking
Financial Times reporter Simon Foy is now covering European banks. He has been covering accounting for the past year. Foy previously was at The Telegraph covering accountants, insurers, law firms, stock exchanges, workplace conduct, regulation, green finance, lending and asset management. Prior to joining The Telegraph, Foy was a political news intern at The Spectator. Before that, he was […]
FT hires Venugopal as India newsletter editor
The Financial Times has hired Veena Venugopal as its India newsletter editor. She has been working at Apple as an editor. Venugopal previously worked at The Hindu and LiveMint. She was also an associate editor at Outlook Publishing. Venugopal holds an MBA from the SP Jain Institute of Management & Research.
FT taps Parkin to be Middle East and Africa news editor
Benjamin Parkin has been named Middle East and Africa news editor at the Financial Times, based in London. He was previously in India for the FT for five years between 2019 and 2024. He started as a correspondent covering corporate India in Mumbai, before moving to New Delhi as South Asia correspondent to cover regional politics, […]
FT hires Caruana Galizia as computational reporter
The Financial Times has hires Paul Caruana Galizia as a reporter in its computational journalism team, which has recently been formed to enhance the FT’s cutting-edge reporting in this area. Led by Chris Cook, the new team will bring together experienced investigative journalists with FT engineers and data scientists to discover and break stories that […]
FT seeks a US political news editor
The Financial Times is looking for a dynamic and ambitious journalist to edit our US political coverage. The US political news editor will report to the US news editor and work with the FT’s Washington bureau chief to coordinate coverage of the next administration and all other major American political events. In addition to commissioning […]
FT hires Stylianou as visual storytelling reporter
The Financial Times has hired Nassos Stylianou as a visual storytelling reporter. He has been a data visualization analyst at the Global Energy Monitor since June 2023. Before that, Stylianou spent nine years at BBC News as a video journalist, specializing in data-driven journalism, finding stories from complex datasets and visualizing them online. He holds a master’s […]
Bloomberg hires Kerr as a markets editor
Bloomberg News has hired Jaren Kerr as a markets editor. Kerr joined the Financial Times’ New York bureau in 2022, where he contributed to markets coverage, the breaking news desk, and occasionally wrote about Canadian affairs. He was a reporter at The Globe and Mail in Toronto, where he won a National Newspaper Award in […]
FT names Chassany its Berlin bureau chief
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany has been named Berlin bureau chief at the Financial Times, replacing Guy Chazan. She will start her new role in January. Chassany is the FT’s companies editor, overseeing coverage of business news globally. Prior to this role, she was the FT’s world news editor, the FT’s Paris bureau chief and the FT’s global private […]
