How the FT is using AI for its comments section
Marcela Kunova of Journalism.co.uk writes about how the Financial Times is using artificial intelligence to review comments on its articles. Kunova writes, “After starting to use the tool, rather than accepting every decision the machine has made, the human moderators checked each decision manually. It took a couple of months to get the moderating decisions right: […]
FT’s Munir moving to breaking news desk in New York
Zehra Munir of The Financial Times is moving to the news organization’s breaking news desk in New York. She has been commissioning editor for the opinion page in London, where she has worked for the past two years. Munir also interned for The FT and worked as a reporter for The Times of London. She is […]
FT seeks deputy head of Lex column
The Lex column is looking for a Deputy Editor to help run the team, based in London. This is a chance to join the close-knit, award-winning team that puts out the FT’s flagship investment column. We produce concise, informed opinion pieces on big business, markets, private investment and other financial subjects. The column is central […]
Ignites/Board IQ hire Hall as data visualization reporter
Ignites and Board IQ, two Financial Times publications, have hired Madison Hall as a data visualization reporter. She previously was a Business Insider data reporter for three and a half years. In 2019 she was awarded “Best Information Graphic” by the Missouri Press Association for her infographic on phage display research completed by Nobel laureate Dr. George […]
London banker suing Financial Times for libel
Former City banker Crispin Odey is suing the Financial Times for libel after it published allegations that he had sexually assaulted multiple women, according to a Press Gazette report. The Press Gazette story states, “Court records show the case was filed at the High Court on Wednesday afternoon, almost a year after the FT and Tortoise Media first jointly published the […]
FT CEO: We should insist on payment from AI companies
Financial Times chief executive John Ridding told other news publishers they “have leverage and should insist on payment” from AI companies, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “His words for the industry at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Copenhagen came one month after the Financial Times became the first UK news publisher to announce […]
FT’s Storbeck expected to take on new beat
Olaf Storbeck, the FT’s Frankfurt banking correspondent, is expected to take on the European Central Bank and Bundesbank beat for the publication. Besides Germany’s financial sector, he covered the retail industry and — following a lot of work on the political and financial repercussions of the Wirecard fraud — has a focus on white-collar crime […]
FT seeks a Frankfurt correspondent
The Financial Times is looking for a Frankfurt correspondent to start in September with the key focus on covering banking and finance in the Euro area’s financial capital, one of the most important and demanding beats at the heart of the FT’s coverage. Your primary task will be to report on Germany’s largest banks and insurance […]
FT starts “The State of Britain” newsletter
The Financial Times has launched “The State of Britain,” a newsletter about the United Kingdom’s search for growth, productivity and its place in a changing world. It will be written by the public policy editor Peter Foster. The newsletter will help readers navigate Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, its largest trading partner. It […]
Hayes, editor at Financial Times, dies at 68
John Hayes, a stalwart of the Financial Times’ sub-editing desk, has died at the age of 68 after a short battle with cancer. Suzanne Blumsom of the FT writes, “A senior FT editor said that he was a consummate professional who had ‘saved me many, many times in spotting errors and fixing errant copy. A model […]
