What are the main beats you cover?

I’ve rotated through so many different desks for my trainee scheme that I’ve become quite the expert at picking up a new beat fast, but at the moment I’m covering banking risk and regulation.

What was your reaction to making the shortlist?

It was such a boost. As a trainee you spend so long researching and prepping a piece, and once it’s published it’s always straight on to the next one, with not much time for reflecting on the success of the one just finished! So getting recognition is rare, and so valuable for making me realise how far I’ve come.

What made you become a financial journalist?

It’s a field not a lot of young writers move into, probably because the “financial” part of it sounds daunting to the uninitiated. But it’s not — and if you have a head for it the stories are twice as interesting because, as they say, money moves markets.

From your work so far, if you had to pick the story / feature / campaign you are most proud of, what would it be, and why?

I’d pick the visual piece I put together on TikTok and gamification in financial advice. I broke my teeth over it for months and had to dust off my coding and graphics design to get the pages looking beautiful, but I was really proud of how pretty I managed to make the dense subject matter look, and how much more fun it was to navigate as a result. The jump in quality reads didn’t hurt either.

Which financial interview would you most like to arrange?

Easy — President of the Central Bank of North Korea. Can’t imagine that’ll happen though, unless it’s an investigation.

2022 was a turbulent year, did you face any particular difficulties as a relatively new financial journalist?

No — turbulence is fantastic for journalists. It creates plenty of things to write about.

The piece of advice I'd give to someone starting out in financial journalism is:

It’s all about writing a story in the way you’d tell your mate at the pub — turn complex details fun.

Sum up your time as a financial journalist so far in three words:

Tough, self-motivated, intensely rewarding.

If you were up for an award for any hobbies/activities outside of work, what would you be likely to win, and why?

Probably for the largest collection of cups of teas sitting around, stone cold.

Finally, if you had to eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Ha — mac and cheese is hands down my favourite food but to be prudent I’d have to say something more along the lines of fish and rice.