John Foster
Bethnal Green
As seen in:
BBC,
The Washington Post,
Wiley Online Library,
PLOS ONE,
BMJ Open,
JSTOR Daily,
Quartz,
The Conversation,
The Irish Times,
Royal Society of Chemistry
and
Covers:
agribusiness, commodites, trade finance, O&G, corporate & sovereign debt, mining, private equity, financial services, venture capital, investment banking, asset management, renewable energy
Doesn't Cover:
consumer, technology, retail
Former financial hack, now forging a new path in renewable energy.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Features writer at Investment Adviser - part of the FT in London
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be at the center of events that shape the lives and expectations of people in emerging economies
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
A computer, a mobile phone and a note book
What's your favorite social network?
Linked-in
Why did you become a journalist?
It was something I wanted to do when I was young, but I took something of a circuitous route to get there.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The Nasdaq-Dubai deal which was the cover of one of the magazines I launched in Dubai
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't give up.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Before lunchtime
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Financial Times
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