Alec Russell
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Alec Russell is an English journalist. As of April 2024[update] he is foreign editor of the Financial Times.
Career
[edit]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[update] he is still in this position.[3]
Recognition
[edit]He was nominated for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and for British foreign correspondent of the year.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]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.
- Prejudice and Plum Brandy: Tales of a Balkan Stringer. London: Michael Joseph. 1993. ISBN 9780718136987. OCLC 29466621.
- Big Men, Little People: Encounters in Africa. London: Macmillan. 1999. ISBN 9780333753590. OCLC 41309130.
- After Mandela: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa. London: Hutchinson. 2009. ISBN 9780091926014. OCLC 317251399.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Financial Times announces editorial leadership change". Financial Times. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Alec Russell". Financial Times. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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