Alec Russell
{{Short description|English journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{primary sources|date=April 2024}}
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Alec Russell is an English journalist. {{as of|April 2024}} 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.{{cite news|title=FT appoints Alec Russell FT Weekend editor, Peter Spiegel news editor|url=http://aboutus.ft.com/2016/02/09/ft-appoints-alec-russell-ft-weekend-editor-peter-spiegel-news-editor/#axzz4DLU5hvwY|accessdate=July 3, 2016|work=Financial Times|date=February 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625114626/http://aboutus.ft.com/2016/02/09/ft-appoints-alec-russell-ft-weekend-editor-peter-spiegel-news-editor/#axzz4DLU5hvwY|archive-date=25 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
In November 2022 it was announced that Russell would assume the new role of foreign editor effective March 2023.{{cite web | title=Financial Times announces editorial leadership change | website=Financial Times | date=28 November 2022 | url=https://aboutus.ft.com/press_release/editorial-leadership | access-date=21 April 2024}} {{as of| April 2024}} he is still in this position.{{cite web | title=Alec Russell | website=Financial Times | date=15 April 2024 | url=https://www.ft.com/alec-russell | access-date=21 April 2024}}
Recognition
He was nominated for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and for British foreign correspondent of the year.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
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.
- {{cite book|title=Prejudice and Plum Brandy: Tales of a Balkan Stringer|date=1993|publisher=Michael Joseph|location=London|isbn=9780718136987|oclc=29466621}}
- {{cite book|title=Big Men, Little People: Encounters in Africa|date=1999|publisher=Macmillan|location=London|isbn=9780333753590|oclc=41309130}}
- {{cite book|title=After Mandela: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa|date=2009|publisher=Hutchinson|location=London|isbn=9780091926014|oclc=317251399|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/aftermandelabatt0000russ}}
References
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Category:20th-century English journalists
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Category:Financial Times people
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