Jim Pickard

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{{Infobox person

| name = Jim Pickard

| occupation = Journalist

| employer = Financial Times

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Jim Pickard is a British journalist and the current chief political correspondent at the Financial Times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/stream/a29bf257-1cf3-4400-803e-be893dc5f8f5|title=Jim Pickard {{!}} Financial Times|website=www.ft.com|access-date=2020-03-29}}

Pickard joined the FT in 1999 and became chief political correspondent for the paper in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/pickard-takes-up-property-role-with-financial-times/|title=Pickard takes up property role with Financial Times|last=Twitter|first=Press Gazette|date=2004-05-27|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/pickardje|title=Jim Pickard {{!}} Financial Times Journalist {{!}} Muck Rack|website=muckrack.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}

Pickard coined the political term 'motorway man' in the run up to the 2010 general election.{{Cite web |last=Pickard |date=2010 |title=Party pollsters chase... |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2c5b66b6-06c4-11df-b426-00144feabdc0 |access-date=14 April 2021 |website=www.ft.com}} (subscription required)

In 2019 he was part of a FT team which won "Political Journalism" at the British Journalism Awards of the Press Gazette for a series about Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/british-journalism-awards-2019-ft-wins-top-prize-for-second-year-in-triumphant-end-for-departing-editor/|title=British Journalism Awards 2019: FT wins top prize for second year in triumphant end for departing editor|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|date=2019-12-10|website=Press Gazette|language=en-UK|access-date=2020-03-29}}

In March 2021 he was involved in the Financial Times' reporting of David Cameron's lobbying for Greensill Capital.{{Cite news|last=Pickard|first=Jim|date=29 March 2021|title=Cameron faces probe into links with Greensill at heart of UK government|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/58cd2d16-92e7-4773-89ee-673662caafe5|access-date=8 April 2021}}