Categories: OLD Media Moves

Pears joins FT as news desk editor

Elizabeth Pears

Elizabeth Pears has joined the Financial Times as a news desk editor following her maternity leave. Previously, she was at BuzzFeed, where she held the post of news editor. Prior to that, she was deputy news editor..

Pears started her career as a freelance journalist – news editing, features, and breaking news, and then became news editor at The Voice Media Group. She was also a feature writer at 3Fox International and has written for PR Week.

Pears was also part of a team of researchers and journalists investigating England’s summer of disorder. The landmark study was a partnership between the Guardian and the London School of Economics.

She was also a senior reporter on the Haringey and Enfield Independent, Newsquest. She has also done summer internships at Guardian Group and Express Newspapers.

Pears is a B.A. in English from Brunel University London and a M.A. in journalism from the University of Sunderland.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it?

Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…

7 hours ago

LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs

Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…

1 day ago

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

2 days ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

2 days ago

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…

2 days ago

“Power Lunch” co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC

Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…

2 days ago