The Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with biz reporters
Maxwell Tani of Semafor writes about the tense relationship between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant and the financial media that cover him. Tani writes, “But his rift with Bloomberg is part of a tense and distant relationship between the powerful Cabinet secretary and the press corps that covers him, which includes both high-profile finance reporters and the […]
FT hires Saliba as podcast producer
The Financial Times has hired Michael Saliba as a podcast producer. He has been a producer for Channel 4 in London for more than three years. Saliba previously worked at ITV News and Channel 5 as a producer. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Sheffield.
Smith named financial investigations editor at FT
The Financial Times has named Robert Smith its financial investigations editor. He has been corporate finance editor, overseeing the FT’s coverage of corporate debt, buyouts, private capital and anything else related to companies raising money. His previous roles at the FT and elsewhere focused on covering bond markets and distressed debt. Smith has been at the forefront […]
Quarter of FT’s audience in the UK is under 35
Twenty-seven percent of the Financial Times readers in the United Kingdom are below the age of 34, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt writes, “The FT was ranked seventh in the top 50 for percentage of its total audience aged under 35, while The Guardian was twelfth. “The FT had a disproportionately high percentage of total […]
Three previous winners make FT Business Book shortlist
Three former winners of the FT’s Business Book of the Year Award have made it on to the 15-strong longlist for the 2026 prize. William Cohan, Liaquat Ahamed and Sebastian Mallaby all have heavyweight titles in the running for the £30,000 award, backed for the first time this year by Standard Chartered. The prize, also […]
Martin moves to editor role at Financial Advisor IQ
Jake Martin has moved to an editor role at Financial Advisor IQ, a Financial Times publication. He is overseeing the weekly Deconstructed newsletter on portfolio construction and taking on much of legal and regulatory reporting. He has been managing editor for the past three years. Glenn Koch has been named managing editor. Before that, Martin was deputy […]
FT hires Hamer as editor on companies desk
The Financial Times has hired Alex Hamer as an editor on the FT’s companies desk with a focus on energy and mining. He previously was a reporter and a news editor at Investors Chronicle in London. Hamer also worked as a reporter at Mining Journal. He is a graduate of Monash University.
Financial Times seeks a credit correspondent in London
The FT is deepening its coverage of global corporate finance and is looking for a proven story-getter to lead our reporting on credit markets – from private credit and leveraged finance to distressed debt and restructuring in London. This is one of the most fiercely competitive, demanding and rewarding reporting jobs in business journalism and […]
Politico hires FT’s Fedor
Editorial Director of Politics and Polling Jonathan Lai, Executive Editor of Washington Julia Marsh and Senior Executive Editor of North America Alex Burns sent out the following: Team — We’re thrilled to announce that Lauren Fedor will join POLITICO as a senior politics reporter, boosting our reporting firepower during an extraordinary moment in American politics. Lauren joins us from […]
FT’s Dubois moves to reporting role
Laura Dubois, editor of the “Europe Express” newsletter from the Financial Times, is moving to a new role. She will focus on reporting on security and migration, and doing investigative stories from Brussels. Before joining the FT, she worked as EU correspondent at the German press agency dpa. She interned at Thomson Reuters and the International Policy […]
