Wednesday 20 June – Meet The Editors – business news. Engage with Chris Barry (MEN), James Wilson (FT) and Michael Taylor (Insider) at How-Do's first breakfast event.
Over the coming months, How-Do will be running a number of new initiatives, both on and off line.
One of our off line initiatives will be a series of regular industry briefing sessions – spanning news, research, PR, marketing, digital communications, etc.
The first of these has now been confirmed for 8am to 10am on Wednesday 20 June, Meet The Editors, business news.
We have drawn together three of the region’s leading names in business journalism: Chris Barry, James Wilson and Michael Taylor, for a two hour breakfast event, hosted by law firm Cobbetts at its new office at 58 Mosley Street in central Manchester.
The three journalists will be discussing their editorial roles and interests and outlining the challenges that face them as they create award-winning business news.
A light breakfast will be available from 8am and the presentations will commence at 8.40. A Q&A session will follow the presentations and proceedings will be wrapped up sharply by 10am.
Individual tickets cost £40 plus vat (£47) and are available online here: Liverpool agency Paver Smith is co-ordinating the event.
Meet The Editors- speakers
Chris Barry, business editor, Manchester Evening News James Wilson, northern correspondent, Financial Times Michael Taylor, editorial director newsco-insider and editor North West Business Insider
Chris Barry
34 year old Barry was born in Manchester into a family with ink in its veins. His father was a senior production journalist on the Daily Express and the MEN and his mother was reporter at the Stockport Express.
His news industry experience began as a 15 yr old delivering the Saturday MEN Pink….
He did a post grad course in newspaper journalism at UCLAN and successfully applied for a traineeship at the Press Association in London before spending three years at PA’s Scottish bureau in Glasgow where, as a general news reporter, he covered crime, showbiz and politics.
In 1997, he moved back to Manchester to join the MEN as a business reporter. Two years later he was promoted to deputy business editor and was appointed business editor 18 months ago.
In March last year, he launched the new weekly Business Supplement which has proved a commercial success.
James Wilson
James Wilson has been the northern correspondent of the Financial Times since August 2005.
He joined the FT in 1997 and the same year became the paper’s correspondent in Central America.
From 2000 until 2003 he was the correspondent in Bogota, Colombia. He returned to London as deputy analysis editor in 2003 and was appointed as analysis editor in 2004.
Before joining the FT he worked at the Westmorland Gazette in Kendal.
Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor is the editor of North West Business Insider and the editorial director of newsco-insider.
He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Morecambe College and Manchester University. He has been a business journalist since 1989, having initially worked for the entertainment press in Australia.
After working in London on a variety of magazines covering the TV and film business, in 2000 he moved back to his native North West to take up his position as the editor of Insider, the winner of the best magazine title at the Northern Business Journalism Awards. The magazine is currently the holder of six regional and national awards for its high quality writing and design.
As well as receiving awards Michael also hosts business awards and dinners and is a frequent commentator on business issues on radio and television.
Michael is a board director of Insider Media Ltd, the parent company and following the management buyout of the company in May 2005 is a major shareholder.
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