How the FT developed an AI chatbot
Emma Roth and Quentyn Kennemer of The Verge look at the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the Financial Times using content from its articles. Roth and Kennemer write, “It can provide responses to questions about current events, like how much funding Intel received from the US government under the CHIPS Act, as well as broader queries, […]
FT’s US editorial staff in dispute over pay raise
Journalists at the Financial Times in the United States are in dispute with management after seeking salary rises averaging just over $4,000 to cover the higher cost of living than UK counterparts, reports Bron Maher of journalism.co.uk. Maher reports, “FT US Guild argues cost of living differences between the UK and US mean their overall remuneration is […]
FT wins Overseas Press Club award for biz reporting
The Financial Times won the Overseas Press Club’s Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award for best international business news reporting. Miles Johnson won for “Wagner Inc: The Criminal Empire of Yevgeny Prigozhin.” The judges wrote, “Miles Johnson’s reporting exposed how Western lawyers and other professionals helped the Russian criminal known as ‘Putin’s chef’ evade international […]
FT hires Pollard for “Due Diligence” newsletter
The Financial Times has hired Amelia Pollard to be a reporter and producer on the team for the “Due Diligence” newsletter, which focuses on M&A, private equity and corporate finance. Aside from the newsletter, Pollard will also help cover corporate finance for the paper. She will still be based in New York, and also hope […]
The FT is opening a Jakarta bureau
The Financial Times announced the opening of a new bureau in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the appointment of A. Anantha Lakshmi as Jakarta correspondent. Lakshmi will cover the Indonesian economy, the largest in Southeast Asia, as it transitions to a new president, its politics, business and commodities sector, including the booming nickel industry. Lakshmi joins the […]
FT hires Mark as South Africa bureau chief
The Financial Times has hired Monica Mark to be its South Africa bureau chief. Mark has been the Christian Science Monitor’s Africa editor, based in Johannesburg. A British-Nigerian, she has reported from more than 20 countries in Africa, with a particular interest in offbeat longform stories. She was previously Johannesburg bureau chief for The New […]
FT Ventures looking for investments up to $6 million
FT Ventures, the new venture capital arm of the Financial Times Group, is looking invest sums of between £500,000 and £5m in a range of promising information companies, reports Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher reports, “All the businesses in which FT Ventures invests, she said, would be ‘linked to information, intelligence, media – it could be […]
FT CEO Ridding talks about business strategy
Sarah Scire of Nieman Lab interviewed Financial Times Group CEO John Ridding about its strategy and past growth. Here is an excerpt: SARAH SCIRE: You wanted to set the scene for us? And talk about the ownership model? JOHN RIDDING: I’m literally just off the plane back from Tokyo where we agreed on our plans and priorities for […]
Moisson named ME of FT’s Ignites Europe
Ed Moisson has been promoted to managing editor of Ignites Europe, the FT’s news service for the European asset management industry. He will oversee daily newsgathering and editorial operations at Ignites Europe. Moisson was previously associate editor of Ignites Europe, which he joined in 2015. He is the author of “The Economics of Fund […]
FT’s Barnes to cover US biotech, pharma and health care
Financial Times reporter Oliver Barnes is moving to the United States to cover biotechnology, pharmaceutical and health care companies. He will be based in New York. Barnes has been the FT’s leisure industries correspondent based in London. He covers hospitality, gambling, tourism, tobacco and cannabis companies. He previously covered health and science for the FT. He was […]
