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Awards
The Financial Times (FT) is one of the world's leading business news and information organisations. Discover the many prestigious awards won by our publications, journalists and applications. For details of earlier awards, contact kristina.eriksson@ft.com.
Gillian Tett named Business Communicator of the Year 2012 by the UK Speechwriters’ Guild
Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times, has been recognized by the UK Speechwriters’ Guild as Business Communicator of the Year 2012, for her compelling explanation of the financial crisis and its aftermath.
The judges applauded Tett for her authoritative and comprehensive coverage and said: “Gillian Tett had the courage to speak out about what was going wrong in the financial system and the skill to explain how it happened.”
“She makes simple analogies everyone can understand (comparing derivatives to sausages). She tells stories involving human beings acting at specific times in specific places,” they continued.
Tett’s use of social anthropology in financial journalism was also praised by the judges: “It is particularly pleasing to see someone with a PhD in social anthropology making a mark with much wider audiences than those in academia.”
Past recipients include; Geoff Burch, the author and motivational speaker and Sir Martin Broughton, Chairman of British Airways.
More information about the UK Speechwriters’ Guild is available at http://www.ukspeechwritersguild.co.uk/
FT Live scoops two IVCA LiveCom Awards
The Financial Times’ FT Live division took home three honours at the IVCA LiveCom Awards last week. The IVCA LiveCom Awards recognise excellence in the production of live and experiential events both in the UK and worldwide.
FT Live received the top honour in two categories and were highly commended in another for their management of the FT’s Global Commercial Conference. They were awarded:
- Winner: UK – Internal Experience
- Winner: International – Internal Experience
- Highly commended: Special Events - Award for Motivation and Inspiration
For the full list of winners please click here.
Six FT journalists named in MHP 30 to Watch
Six Financial Times reporters have been named in the inaugural 30 to Watch young journalists by MHP Communication Consultancy. Nominees had to be under 30 to be eligible for the awards, which recognise those who have contributed impressive, quality journalism and excelled in their careers so far. The FT journalists listed in the top 30 are (in alphabetical order):
- Ed Hammond, property correspondent
- Sam Jones, hedge funds correspondent
- Masa Serdarevic, columnist
- Kiran Stacey, political correspondent
- Alexandra Stevenson, beyondbrics reporter
- Jennifer Thompson, Paris reporter