Alec Russell

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Alec Russell at a Berggruen Institute event, May 2017

Alec Russell is an English journalist. As of April 2024 he is foreign editor of the Financial Times .

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Career

Russell was analysis editor and world news editor of the Financial Times , before being appointed editor of FT Weekend effective April 2016. [1]

In November 2022 it was announced that Russell would assume the new role of foreign editor effective March 2023. [2] As of April 2024 he is still in this position. [3]

Recognition

He was nominated for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and for British foreign correspondent of the year.[ citation needed ]

Books

Russell has written three books: Prejudice and Plum Brandy, about his time in the Balkans; Big Men, Little Men, a reflection on his time in South Africa in the mid-90s; and After Mandela, about South Africa under Thabo Mbeki.

References

  1. ↑ "FT appoints Alec Russell FT Weekend editor, Peter Spiegel news editor". Financial Times. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Financial Times announces editorial leadership change". Financial Times. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Alec Russell". Financial Times. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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