Financial Times journalist Blitz departs after 28 years
James Blitz, who held numerous editorial posts at the Financial Times, is leaving the organization after 28 years. Before joining the Financial Times, Blitz served as a Moscow correspondent for the Sunday Times and before that was a news trainee with BBC. Blitz studied from the City of London School and has a master’s degree […]
Outgoing FT editor Barber: We reinvented the business model
Outgoing Financial Times editor Lionel Barber spoke to the Press Gazette’s Freddy Mayhew about his career. Mayhew writes, “‘I think we reinvented the business model,’ said Barber, who leaves the FT in January having spent 34 years with the title, including 14 as editor. “‘We went for subscription. We charged for content. We raised prices. We said we’re going […]
FT’s Agyemang bags award for loan charge reporting
The Financial Times money reporter Emma Agyemang has been named business journalist of the year at the Words by Women Awards. She was honored for her reporting on the loan charge and an exclusive interview with Mel Stride, who was then the financial secretary to the Treasury. Additionally, she was commended for her January 2019 […]
FT seeks summer newsroom intern
The Financial Times is seeking motivated undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in media. The FT summer internship program is a paid, eight-week internship where candidates will be working with industry professionals to gain exposure. Candidates will be covering newsletters curation, general reporting, data reporting and social media, production, editing, photo and […]
FT hires Crain’s Chicago reporter Bushey to cover manufacturing
The Financial Times has hired Claire Bushey in its Chicago bureau to lead reporting on manufacturing in the American Midwest. Bushey will cover a range of topics including spearheading coverage of Boeing and the “Big Three” automakers. The new hire comes as part of the London-based news organization’s effort to expand as part of its […]
Perez bags 2019 business book of the year award
Caroline Criado Perez is the winner of the 2019 Business Book of the Year Award for “Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men,” according to the Financial Times and McKinsey & Co. The book was published by Abrams Press/Abrams in the United States and Chatto & Windus in the UK, on […]
WSJ hires Kwong as newsroom innovation chief
The Wall Street Journal has hired Robin Kwong as its newsroom innovation chief. He will report to Louise Story and start next month. Kwong is currently the head of digital delivery at the Financial Times, a position he has held since June 2017. Before that, he was special projects editor. As head of digital delivery, Kwong […]
Former FT editor visits Peter Symonds College
Earlier this month, Sir Geoffrey Owen, former editor of the Financial Times and current head of the economic think tank, Policy Exchange visited Peter Symonds College for lunch and a Q&A session, according to reports. Sir Geoffrey spoke on ‘From Thatcher through Blair to Boris Johnson: a journalist’s view of British politics since the 1980s’ […]
Roula Khalaf to succeed Lionel Barber as Financial Times editor
Lionel Barber will be replaced by a first-ever female editor, Roula Khalaf, as Financial Times editor. Khalaf has served as deputy editor with FT emphasizing her role in leading its foreign reporting and her work on increasing newsroom diversity and attracting more female readers. She has also worked at Forbes, where she wrote an early […]
How the Nikkei is using the FT to expand globally
Tsuneo Kita, the chairman of Nikkei, talked with Ken Doctor of Nieman Lab about how it’s using The Financial Times to grow its brand internationally. Here is an excerpt: DOCTOR: You now have two big brands, Nikkei and FT, and I know you’re doing some things together. Are there strategic decisions to be made of when you use […]
