Mona Patel
This week, Royal London's Mona Patel reveals her love of shoes, explains her frustration with celebrities who say their property is their pension and describes how she's always up for a bit of competition.
Interviews
Interviews with financial journalists, freelancers, editorial teams, press teams and PRs.
Sonia Rach, Senior Reporter, Money Marketing
This week in Money Talks, Sonia Rach, Senior Reporter at Money Marketing, discusses how she landed her first job in journalism after a chance meeting at university, and why Tuesday is the worst day.
Rachel Wait
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Rachel Wait, recalls exploring just how many consumers lose money through cheap electronic sites for a piece in the Observer, and has advice for journalists planning to take the plunge into freelancing.
Emma Maslin
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Emma Maslin, discusses using her own money mistakes and successes to engage and inspire other women, and traces her path to freelance journalism via life as a Chartered Accountant.
Selin Bucak
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Selin Bucak, reminds those considering a move to freelancing to trust in their ability, and reveals her pride in a piece from February, looking at whether the care homes owned by private equity firms in the UK were ready to handle Covid-19.
Victoria Shaw, Personal Finance Correspondent, PA news agency
This week in Money Talks, Annie Thorpe, Content Editor at MoneyMagpie, reveals the impact of going close to bankrupt in her 20s and describes her pride in releasing a real-time COVID-19 finance guide as the PM gave his lockdown orders on 23rd March 2020.
Annie Thorpe, Content Editor at Money, Magpie
This week in Money Talks, Annie Thorpe, Content Editor at MoneyMagpie, reveals the impact of going close to bankrupt in her 20s and describes her pride in releasing a real-time COVID-19 finance guide as the PM gave his lockdown orders on 23rd March 2020.
Gina Clarke, Editor-in-Chief, The Fintech Times
This week in Money Talks, Gina Clarke, Editor-in-Chief of The Fintech Times, explains why she'd like to see research on diversity in the fintech industry and advises those starting out in journalism not to look for a traditional route, tenacity breeds opportunity.
Angelique Ruzicka
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Angelique Ruzicka declares headlines are great, but it’s the story that matters, and explains why she'd be keen to profile a UK minister as they negotiate their way through the call centres, websites, forms, procedures/benefits that they are responsible for.
Ginetta Vedrickas
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Ginetta Vedrickas, recalls a stint as a BBC daytime property show presenter and reveals how PRs regularly save her bacon.
Emma Lunn
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Emma Lunn, reveals how she managed to freelance for UK publications from Australia for two years while moonlighting as an extra on Home & Away and explains which murky part of the property market she particularly enjoys writing about.
Ollie Smith, Magazine Editor, New Model Adviser, Citywire
This week in Money Talks, Ollie Smith, Magazine Editor at New Model Adviser, admits he'd love to host a TV show where he could doorstep bad bosses about their decisions and urges those new to financial journalism to build long-term relationships.
Lesley Curwen
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Lesley Curwen, explains why she'd like to spend a day recording with the current Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and reveals she has a story with huge public interest up her sleeve.
Tony Hetherington, Readers' Champion, Mail on Sunday
This week in Money Talks, Tony Hetherington, Readers’ Champion at the Mail on Sunday recalls his pride in co-operating with the US Secret Service on a large, long term international investigation and reveals why he would enjoy interviewing Donald Trump about his tax returns.
Danielle Levy
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Danielle Levy, explains why the best PRs are those who spend time getting to know journalists and develop a good understanding of the way they work, and reveals how lockdown has provided an opportunity to perfect her chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Greg Wright, Deputy Business Editor, The Yorkshire Post
This week in Money Talks, Greg Wright, Deputy Business Editor at The Yorkshire Post, reveals how he'd love to get hold of the minutes for the meeting which led to the formation of the Bank of England in 1694, and explains why nothing beats corporate life in God's Own County.
Laura Miller
Today's Freelancer in Focus, Laura Miller declares she never runs from a challenge and expresses her concern about what happens when the press isn’t watching - and why the media is even more vital during turbulent times.
Hannah Godfrey, News Editor, Professional Adviser & Deputy Editor, Retirement Planner
This week in Money Talks, Hannah Godfrey, News Editor at Professional Adviser and Deputy Editor of Retirement Planner, explains how the pensions beat is awash with patient and knowledgeable people and reveals her dream job would be to create a show inspired by (old) Top Gear, but about finance.
Stephanie Hawthorne
In today's Freelancer in Focus, Stephanie Hawthorne reveals the pieces she is most proud of, explains she has lost count of the number of her awards and trophies and reminds PRs that not all journalists are Rottweilers.
James Fitzgerald, Reporter, New Model Adviser - Citywire
This week in Money Talks, James Fitzgerald, Reporter at New Model Adviser, recommends those starting out in financial journalism undertake plenty of research and reveals his pride in being shortlisted in the 2020 Headlinemoney awards.