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The Role
The Financial Times is looking for an Asia News Editor to lead its day-to-day coverage of the biggest and most populous region in the world economy. This is a senior, vital role in the FT’s news operation. Leading a team of editors in Hong Kong, you will commission, edit and publish all our coverage from the region, with full responsibility for the FT homepage during the Asian day.
As an editor, your primary responsibility will be to set the daily priorities and get the FT’s news machine working at the start of the day, generating a strong news report to hand off to London. The range of stories is immense. From Xi Jinping’s likely accession to a fourth term as Chinese president to the region’s booming semiconductor companies, and from Indian corporate titans to miners in Australia, it is for you to drive the news. The FT has a network of world-class journalists spread from Australia to Pakistan; how to deploy them is your call.
One of your biggest jobs will be the homepage. You will make sure that FT readers in the region, and those arriving in the European morning, get presented with a fresh, compelling and accurate menu of news. That will involve making calls on the biggest stories of the day and how to present them with strong headlines and graphics. You will also generate story ideas and commission strategically to help the network deliver big projects and scoops.
Another important responsibility is to manage the tight-knit Hong Kong team, juggling roles and rotas as needed to keep the news desk running. There is also a wider management responsibility: you will act as deputy to the Asia Editor and a de facto member of the main homepage team in London. That will mean helping to interview candidates for jobs across the Asia region, getting involved when we are entering our journalism for awards, and offering advice on strategic goals.
It is an intense, exciting job, based in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Asia. Hong Kong remains the gateway to China, and offers a high standard of living, with the FT committed to its long-term presence.
With the potential for other positions to become available, we also welcome inquiries from strong editors who do not necessarily have the experience to take on a management role.
Your skills
The job requires news editing, communication and leadership skills of a high order. It will suit an experienced journalist with a background as a foreign correspondent, an editor or ideally both.
You will need first-rate news judgement and the confidence to exercise it. For a large part of the day, it will be down to you to assess which stories are the most important and how to present them. Clear and decisive decisions on stories, together with imaginative commissioning, helps to keep the whole Asia operation on the front foot. Prior knowledge of the region would be a big help but is not required.