The Financial Times has been shortlisted in six categories for the 2008 British Press Awards, including the Reporter of the Year, Digital Journalist of the Year and Columnist of the Year categories. The awards, organized by Press Gazette, will be presented by Jon Snow at an award ceremony on April 8th at Grosvenor House hotel in London.

The Financial Times has been nominated in the following categories:

• Reporter of the year: Gillian Tett

• Political journalist of the year: Philip Stephens

• Business and finance journalist of the year: Gillian Tett

• Columnist of the year: Lucy Kellaway

• Cartoonist of the year: Ingram Pinn

• Digital journalist of the year: Chrystia Freeland

In 2007, Sheila McNulty of the Financial Times won two awards at the British Press Awards in the Reporter of the Year and Specialist Writer of the Year categories for her scoops about BP.

For further information about the British Press Awards and the full shortlist please go to: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40477&c=1

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For further information, please contact:

Jo Crosby, Financial Times, 020 7873 3811 or jo.crosby@ft.com

Sophie Grut, Financial Times, 020 7873 3119 or sophie.grut@ft.com

About the Financial Times:

The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business newspapers, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Providing extensive news, comment and analysis, the newspaper is printed at 24 print sites across the globe, has a daily circulation of 447,114 (ABC figures, January 2008) and a readership of more than 1.3 million people worldwide. FT.com is one of the world’s leading business information websites, and the internet partner of the FT newspaper. FT.com is the definitive home for business intelligence on the web, providing an essential source of news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community. FT.com attracts 6.5 million unique users, generating 43 million page views. FT.com has 101,000 subscribers.