FT news editor Spiegel coming to the U.S.

Peter Spiegel

Financial Times news editor Peter Spiegel is coming to the United States to head its news operation in his home country, reports Jack Blanchard of Politico.

Blanchard writes, “Three well-placed sources say Spiegel has been offered the promotion after he was almost poached by former BBC boss James Harding for his new media startup Tortoise. The details of Spiegel’s new role are still being finalized, and it’s unclear yet what this means for the FT’s current U.S. managing editor, Gillian Tett. If confirmed, Spiegel will join columnist Janan Ganesh and former lobby journo Kiran Stacey, who have also joined the FT’s growing U.S. operation.”

Spiegel has been the news editor since May 2016. Before that, he was Brussels bureau chief for nearly six years.

He has also worked at The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Roll Call and the Los Angeles Times.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.