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Brian Bollen

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Covers:  International institutional finance is my core focus but I have covered a vast range of subjects in my time, including football, athletics and skiing.
Doesn't Cover: Politics.
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I've been a journalist since October 1 1984, when I joined the Financial Times Group from Midland Bank International Division, after just over five years as an aspiring banker.

I learnt my trade as deputy editor of the Financial Times Euromarket Letter, which covered international financial markets including syndicated loans, bonds, private placements and just about any form of money raising you might think of. I had special responsibility for covering the Latin American debt rescheduling cris…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Deputy editor of Financial Times Euromarket Letter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I first used a typewriter in the late 1960s, when one of my siblings was given a toy one (a quite good toy one) as a Christmas present.

How is social media changing news?

Destroying it