FT taps Seager to be head of audience engagement
The Financial Times has named Charlotte Seager as head of audience engagement. She will be overseeing an international team with bureaux in London, New York and Singapore focused on the innovation of FT journalism on new platforms. Seager had previously been deputy head of audience at the FT. Before the FT, she spent five years at the […]
FT seeks an energy editor
The FT is seeking a dynamic and experienced journalist to lead its coverage of the energy sector from London. From the energy transition, to oil and gas markets, to geopolitics, to big energy companies, this dynamic and demanding beat is at the heart of the FT’s business coverage. The Energy Editor will work with London-based […]
Sheppard joining FT’s investigations desk
Financial Times energy editor David Sheppard is joining the publication’s investigations team. Sheppard has been running the FT’s energy and environmental coverage, reporting on companies as they navigate the energy transition, oil and gas markets, OPEC, and the powerful trading houses that move the world’s natural resources. He was previously energy markets editor at the FT in […]
The Information hires Friday to cover private equity
The Information has hired Francesca Friday to cover private equity. She will start on Jan. 2. Friday was previously a New York-based reporter and the producer of Due Diligence, the FT’s daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. She was previously a senior reporter at FT Specialist publication Mandatewire, where she covered asset management. […]
FT shuts CPG Specialist
The Financial Times has closed its CPG Specialist publication, part of its Money-Media operation, a spokeswoman confirmed to Talking Biz News. It had a full-time editorial staff of three. The publication covered the changing dynamics of U.S. consumer behavior and buying patterns and how those trends impact food and beverage manufacturers. Its focus was on […]
FT journalists demanding $80K starting salary
Financial Times journalists are demanding a minimum starting salary of $80,000 (£63,000) in a dispute over pay, reports James Warrington of The Telegraph. Warrington reports, “The newspaper’s American union is locked in discussions with bosses amid concerns that current wages are not ‘anywhere close’ to livable. “Under current plans, the FT’s US-based staff have been offered a […]
FT names Ross its acting international economy news editor
The Financial Times has named Alice Ross its acting international economy news editor. She has been a deputy news editor at the paper and is currently on book leave. Ross has held a range of roles across the FT including deputy news editor, editor of “Trade Secrets,” editor of FT Wealth, Frankfurt bureau chief, currencies correspondent and […]
FT’s Guthrie retiring at the end of the year
Jonathan Guthrie, an associate editor of the Financial Times and the head of Lex, the agenda-setting premium commentary service on global capital, is retiring at the end of the year. Aside from Lex, Guthrie writes regular FT columns on world finance and nature. For six years he was city editor and writer of Lombard, an […]
Gardner, former writer of FT’s Lex column, dies at 87
John Gardiner, who wrote the Lex column at the Financial Times in the 1960s and later became a successful businessman, has died at the age of 87. Geoffrey Owen writes, “After graduation, he turned down several City jobs before joining the Prudential as an economist in 1957. From there, he moved to the Financial Times and […]
Edmondson wins FT’s Business Book of the Year
Amy Edmondson is the winner of the 2023 Business Book of the Year Award for “Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive” about “intelligent failure” and how to take more sensible risks. The competition is sponsored by the Financial Times and Schroders. The award recognizes a work which provides […]
