Alec Russell

Alec Russell at a Berggruen Institute event, May 2017

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

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^[update] 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.

• 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

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.