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Jim Pickard

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Jim Pickard
OccupationJournalist
EmployerFinancial Times

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]

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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  1. ^ "Jim Pickard | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ^ Twitter, Press Gazette (27 May 2004). "Pickard takes up property role with Financial Times". Press Gazette. Retrieved 29 March 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Jim Pickard | Financial Times Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. ^ Pickard (2010). "Party pollsters chase..." www.ft.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (10 December 2019). "British Journalism Awards 2019: FT wins top prize for second year in triumphant end for departing editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. ^ Pickard, Jim (29 March 2021). "Cameron faces probe into links with Greensill at heart of UK government". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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