FT’s Harris departs publication
Bryan Harris, the Brazil bureau chief of the Financial Times, has left the publication. Harris plans to launch a Latin America-focused strategic advisory firm. Based out of São Paulo it will be doing due diligence and corporate investigations, geopolitical and business intelligence. He was previously a correspondent in South Korea and worked on the FT’s […]
Samson starts as FT’s US executive news editor
Adam Samson has started as U.S. executive news editor for the Financial Times in New York. Samson has been the FT’s Turkey correspondent, covering the economy, politics, and business and finance in the vast country. He previously led the FT’s global markets coverage from the group’s headquarters in London. He previously worked for Yahoo Finance and […]
How the FT connects with consumers
Tim Healy of The Drum interviewed Fiona Spooner, the managing director of consumer revenue at The Financial Times, about how the publication connects with consumers. Here is an excerpt: How do you rate the value of emotional connection with a marketing campaign? It’s huge, and it’s one of the best parts of the job. Our […]
The FT is expanding its food and drinks coverage
The Financial Times has announced the appointment of Jay Rayner as restaurant critic, Tim Hayward as food writer and Marina O’Loughlin as columnist as part of an expansion of its food and drink coverage. Rayner is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author whose work is well known in British and international media. His broadcast career […]
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 […]
