{"id":8542,"date":"2012-08-15T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2012-08-15T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T10:00:34","slug":"journalist-spotlight-charlie-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/journalist-spotlight-charlie-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Spotlight: Charlie Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie Thomas has recently joined the Huffington Post<\/em> UK<\/a> as its business reporter.<\/h2>\n

Prior to this she worked at the Financial Times Group for four years, primarily on the pensions trade magazines. Within that time she was special projects editor, executive editor of Pensions Management<\/em> and deputy editor of Pensions Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Journalist

Charlie Thomas<\/p><\/div>\n

How does your role fit in at the Huffington Post UK?
<\/strong>As the role currently stands, I\u2019m covering companies news, some macroeconomic news (inflation and interest rate changes, QE etc), energy, consumer finance and small businesses. My role is to produce reports which are entirely original content \u2013 that can be exclusive news or analysis of the biggest story of the day. Business is a new area for the UK Huffington Post<\/em>, but the US version has been doing it for some time now, so I hope I\u2019ll be able to collaborate with them in the future.<\/p>\n

How has the role of a business reporter changed in the current economic climate?
<\/strong>The general public is now far more interested in banking, finance and what the City does than ever before. Huge amounts of financial jargon now peppers the mainstream press: quantitative easing, asset buying, counterparty risk \u2013 all these terms are well known to City types but now the mainstream has to make them easy for the public to get their head around too.<\/p>\n

The number of insolvencies experienced in this country \u2013 while being bad news \u2013 has also seen a surge of bankruptcy-related stories in the press. On the positive side, the British never-say-die spirit has also seen the rebirth of stories about entrepreneurs and local heroes, which can be a lot of fun to write about.<\/p>\n

How will social media fit in with your new role?
<\/strong>I was a prolific user of Twitter<\/a> and LinkedIn before I joined the Huffington Post<\/em> so on a personal level that will continue. LinkedIn has started stepping up the number of articles it reproduces for its users on its own news feed, so I\u2019d like to try and get some recognition in there over the following months. I\u2019m also hoping that the public will use Twitter and Facebook to continue providing us with feedback on what we\u2019re doing and what they\u2019d like to see.<\/p>\n

How important are your relationships with other journalists\/freelancers\/bloggers?
<\/strong>Hugely. I genuinely don\u2019t think you can be a lone wolf in this industry \u2013 especially not someone like me who\u2019s only been writing for six years. I\u2019m not in a commissioning role, so won\u2019t have much interaction directly with freelancers, but I really enjoy socialising with them as they can often have a really refreshing view on story areas.<\/p>\n

Bloggers are a big part of what we do at the Huffington Post<\/em> \u2013 at least 50 contributions are published daily by our blogging team. We always welcome new contributors too, so if you\u2019re inspired to write 500-800 words on a topical subject, please do drop us a line.<\/p>\n

To what extent do you hope to work with PR professionals?
<\/strong>I\u2019ve always had a good relationship with PRs in the past and, for the most part, they\u2019ve always been fair with me. Some individuals go above and beyond the call of duty and it\u2019s those people who you always remember and return to. If I could ask for anything, it\u2019s for a bit of trust I suppose.<\/p>\n

The best PRs I\u2019ve worked with were willing to discuss background elements off the record readily and genuinely attempted to help me produce the most accurate version of events for my readers. It\u2019s imperative that the PR knows their subject matter and their clients inside out. That sounds basic, but it astounds me how a few still don\u2019t do basic research before getting in touch with me. Emails are fine as a first point of call, but please don\u2019t then call me and ask if I\u2019ve received it. I\u2019m not averse to phone calls either \u2013 just try to avoid first thing in the morning when I tend to be quite busy.<\/p>\n

Editorial information on Charlie Thomas and the Huffington Post <\/em>UK, along with thousands of other media contacts and websites can be found in our\u00a0CisionPoint<\/a>\u00a0media database<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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