Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett is a journalist and assistant editor at the Financial Times, overseeing the FT's global financial markets coverage.[1] She reported on instruments that have been the root cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of year 2007, such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits and SPVs, before these were widely reported.[2][3][4]
Tett holds a PhD from Cambridge University, and predicted the financial crisis in 2006.[5]
Awards
- 2007 Wincott prize for financial journalism (capital markets coverage)[citation needed]
- 2008 British Business Journalist of the Year[citation needed]
- 2009 Journalist of the Year (British Press Awards)[citation needed]
- 2009 Financial Book of the Year (for her book Fool's Gold)[6]
References
- ^ "Gillian Tett profile at [[Financial Times]]". Retrieved 24 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ Barber, Lionel (16 July 2009). "Why journalism matters: Lionel Barber's speech in full". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Robinson, James (12 October 2008). "Why didn't the City journalists see the financial crisis coming?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ MacKenzie, Donald (25 June 2009). "All Those Arrows". London Review of Books. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Barton, Laura (31 October 2008). "On the money". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Foley, Stephen (1 May 2009). "Fool's Gold, By Gillian Tett". The Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
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