FT hires Bryan to cover sustainability in Europe and Africa
The Financial times has hired Kenza Bryan to cover sustainable investment stories in Europe and Africa. She started Monday. Bryan previously was an investigative reporter at Global Witness covering climate, commodities and finance investigations. She also spent three years at The Times and Sunday Times. Bryan has also been a freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse, City AM, […]
Raval becomes the FT’s management editor
Senior energy correspondent Anjli Raval is becoming managing editor at the Financial Times. She will report on boards, corporate governance, what’s going on inside companies, and the world of work. Raval previously was reporting on BP, Shell and Saudi Aramco, alongside wider oil market coverage. Before joining the natural resources team, she was an editor and reporter […]
FT seeks venture capital and fintech reporter in San Francisco
We are enhancing our tech coverage through a renewed focus on what the Financial Times does best: follow the money. We are looking for a scoop-getting business correspondent to join the San Francisco bureau, with a focus of getting to the heart of Silicon Valley’s venture capital industry, the tech start-up scene, specifically emerging fintech […]
NY Times hires Rennison to cover markets and trading
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: We’re delighted to announce that Joe Rennison will be joining The Times to cover financial markets and trading, a beat that ranges from chronicling the vagaries of the stock market to explaining the often-inscrutable trading decisions of Wall Street insiders. Joe comes […]
FT investigative reporter Burgis is departing
Tom Burgis, an investigative reporter at The Financial Times, is leaving the news organization. He has been at the publication since October 2006. Based in London after years as a foreign correspondent in South America and Africa, he has exposed major corruption scandals, covered terrorist attacks, coups and forgotten conflicts, and traced dirty money from […]
Media coverage of climate finance and ESG rising dramatically
Media coverage of climate transition, sustainable finance and ESG is soaring 50 percent annually, according to a report released Wednesday by communications firm Cognito. The report found mentions of ESG and sustainable finance grew over 50 percent in major media outlets in 2021 over the previous year. Mentions of “climate transition,” however, rose much faster […]
FT’s FundFire hires Colon as reporter
FundFire, a Financial Times publication, has tapped Shayla Colon as a reporter. Recently, she was a business reporter at The Times Union in Albany, New York. She formerly reported for Hearst Connecticut Media Group and has interned at The Futuro Media Group in New York. She was also an intern at Gaussian Inc., a software […]
Hancock to cover climate and energy for the FT
The Financial Times has named Alice Hancock to its Brussels team to cover climate and energy news. She has been in London as its leisure industries reporter. She covers hospitality, tourism and leisure, and was previously assistant to the editor. Before joining the FT, Hancock was the staff writer and online editor for Homes & Antiques. She […]
FT launches app for Microsoft Teams
The Financial Times has launched an app for Microsoft Teams, the first major news organization to do so. It will allow users to save and share FT content all within Teams, which has over 270 million monthly active users. An estimated 60 percent of organizations that subscribe to the FT also use Microsoft Teams. Nick […]
FT names Stafford digital finance news editor
Philip Stafford will become the Financial Times’ digital finance news editor, overseeing crypto coverage and helping run the FT Markets desk. For more than nine years, Stafford was working on market structure as an editor, FT Trading Room. There, he led FT’s global coverage of exchanges, trading and clearing in derivatives and securities trading. Previously, […]
