FT seeks a Lex column writer in San Francisco
The Lex column has a job opportunity for a writer in San Francisco. 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 to the FT’s premium […]
FT hires Heeter to cover deals and activists
The Financial Times has hired The Information reporter Maria Heeter to cover mergers and acquisitions and activist investors. Heeter will start later this month and be based in New York. She has been covering a similar beat for The Information for the past year. Before that, Heeter was covering venture capital, cryptocurrency and finance for The Information. […]
FT Specialist seeks a reporter to cover health payers
Are the kind of reporter who relishes a challenge? What about tackling the $1.4 trillion system for insuring the health of tens of millions of Americans? Join us, and you’ll plumb the byzantine depths of the U.S. health care insurance industry. We write about some of its biggest companies, such as UnitedHealth, Humana, Cigna and […]
FT expands its San Francisco operation
The Financial Times is expanding its San Francisco bureau with a series of senior appointments to deepen its coverage of technology companies, venture capital and the intersection of money and technology. Stephen Morris has been appointed San Francisco bureau chief to spearhead the FT’s technology coverage. He will lead coverage of some of the biggest […]
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 […]
