Categories: OLD Media Moves

FT hires Di Stefano to cover media and technology

Mark Di Stefano

The Financial Times has hired Buzzfeed’s Mark Di Stefano as media and technology correspondent, based in London.

He will join the FT’s media and consumer team in January 2020, led by Alex Barker, global media editor, to cover the intersection of media and technology.

“Mark is a tenacious reporter who pursues original, agenda-setting stories,” said Lionel Barber, editor of the FT.  “I am delighted he is joining the FT.”

“The media and tech worlds are colliding and Mark is going to be a real asset for us. He has a bursting contacts book and he loves to break scoops,” said news editor Matthew Garrahan.

Barker’s media and consumer team includes U.S. media correspondent Anna Nicolaou, telecoms correspondent Nic Fildes and media reporter Patricia Nilsson. Additionally, Di Stefano will also work closely with Malcolm Moore’s tech team and the FT’s Westminster team, led by political editor George Parker.

Previously, Di Stefano was working at BuzzFeed U.K. as media and politics reporter for the past two years. He was the first news hire for BuzzFeed Australia in 2014, working for three years as political editor.

Additionally, he has also worked at ABC News in Sydney and Darwin.

Di Stefano was named Young Journalist of the Year and Journalist of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards in 2016 and 2017. His campaign diary about the 2016 Australian election “What a Time to be Alive” was published by Melbourne University Press. 

 

 

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington

Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…

21 hours ago

Bloomberg TV hires Kerubo as desk producer

Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…

21 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…

21 hours ago

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…

22 hours ago

Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter

Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…

22 hours ago

Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website

Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…

22 hours ago