Jim Pickard
British political commentator
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Jim Pickard is a British journalist and the current chief political correspondent at the Financial Times.[1] Pickard joined the FT in 1999 and became chief political correspondent for the paper in 2013.[2][3]
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
AlmamaterUniversity of Bristol
OccupationsJournalist
Political analyst
Political analyst
EmployerThe Financial Times
Jim Pickard | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Occupations | Journalist Political analyst |
| Employer | The Financial Times |
Pickard coined the political term motorway man in the run up to the 2010 general election.[4]
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.[5]
In March 2021 he was involved in the Financial Times' reporting of David Cameron's lobbying for Greensill Capital.[6]
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