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Which of the FT's journalists has the most engaging posts on Twitter?

In this special Rise Report, we've used the Twitter accounts of 200 FT journalists (sourced from a public list maintained by @FinancialTimes) and ranked them on how much engagement they got from their tweets (the total of retweets and mentions they received in the score period 9th to 15th july, relative to the number of their followers).

The engagement formula we used to create the score is: Mentions + Retweets / Tweets / Followers

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Rank		Twitter Engagement Rate	Tweets	Followers	Mentions
1.	Ferdinando Giugliano Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times. London, Oxford, Duino, Naples. RT≠endorsement.	0.31	71	7,621	2,330
2.	Patrick McGee Lead writer, fastFT Asia, Financial Times. Avid runner, uncoordinated boxer, parent to two snuggly dogs.	0.30	316	3,255	972
3.	Shawn Donnan World Trade Editor for @FT. Former World News Editor. I do trade, globalisation, the IMF and the World Bank. This is me not the FT. RTs not endorsements etc.	0.26	752	5,952	1,532
4.	Robin Wigglesworth US markets editor at the Financial Times, displaced Anglo-Norwegian. Sapere aude. Sign up to my embryonic markets newsletter here: https://t.co/4ynj3FZeTk	0.21	657	10,078	2,148
5.	Tobias Buck Madrid Bureau Chief, Financial Times, previously correspondent in Jerusalem and Brussels	0.20	23	1,563	310
6.	Duncan Robinson Brussels Correspondent at the Financial Times. Email duncan.robinson@ft.com. Usual T&Cs.	0.18	235	7,223	1,291
7.	Peter Spiegel Brussels bureau chief of @FinancialTimes and long-suffering Orioles fan. Former national security correspondent for @LATimes and @WSJ in Washington.	0.18	226	76,664	13,679
8.	Sophia Grene FTfm reporter. I packed all my views myself and no one has interfered with them, but they may contain sharp items. Otium cum dignitate.	0.16	97	1,452	227
9.	Stephen Smith Financial Times Markets desk editor and writer. Avid supporter of London Irish, George Eliot and Brighton and Hove Albion. All views my own	0.15	213	992	144
10.	Kadhim reporter @FT trying to figure out what markets are doing - currently based in New York	0.12	271	2,920	339
11.	Rebecca Bream Assistant News Editor, Financial Times. Views expressed are my own, retweets are not endorsements.	0.12	36	1,017	118
12.	AnneSylvaineChassany Paris Bureau Chief - Financial Times Without fear and without favour	0.09	78	4,125	390
13.	Alan Beattie Financial Times hack. I have known them all already, known them all. RT ≠ agree. Views: model's own. May contain irony and overstatement for rhetorical effect.	0.07	139	9,586	683
14.	Jim Pickard Chief Political Correspondent for the Financial Times and co-founder of FT Westminster. Hack.	0.07	119	17,155	1,143
15.	Henry Mance Media correspondent at the FT. TV, books, newspapers basically. henry.mance@ft.com	0.06	24	4,467	278
16.	John Reed Jerusalem bureau chief @FinancialTimes, formerly in London, Johannesburg, and Warsaw. Any views expressed here are mine or other people's, not the pink paper's.	0.06	25	3,149	194
17.	Lionel Barber Editor of the Financial Times. Rides bikes, plays cricket, listens to opera, speaks German and travels light, Big Spurs fan	0.06	31	26,534	1,593
18.	Claire Jones Eurozone economy correspondent. Views my own. PGP: 3894 C0C4 4945 973F C66B A890 6087 DABC 4ED0 839D	0.06	8	3,478	206
19.	James Mackintosh Investment Editor at the Financial Times. I write the daily Short View column and present a daily video on markets. Views mine - all mine. RT not endorsement	0.05	156	19,410	1,002
20.	Tony Tassell Sightings on markets, companies and world affairs from the FT's Deputy News Editor. Started out in hot-metal era as copyboy on Adelaide News. Views my own	0.05	34	4,876	251
21.	Mark Vandevelde Executive comment editor/ex-leader writer @FT. Previously: Bain & Co and private equity in London; analytic philosophy in New York. Follow us @FTComment	0.05	12	439	20
22.	Lindsay Fortado Financial Times legal correspondent. New Englander abroad. Fashionably late. Views my own, of course. Tip me: lindsay.fortado@ft.com	0.05	5	418	19
23.	Sam Jones Defence & Security Editor for the FT. 'Sapless propagandist & MI6 stooge' -Kremlin \| sam[dot]jones[at]ft[dot]com \|or\| PGP: F9F99B1D \| Yes, Gad is a real name.	0.05	156	9,344	424
24.	Josh Noble FT hack in Asia. I also like Crystal Palace FC and films with Gene Hackman.	0.04	126	4,342	189
25.	Roula Khalaf Foreign editor, Financial Times, fan of impossible Middle East political drama, mother of two fabulous boys.	0.04	44	5,687	243
26.	Chris Giles Economics Editor, FT	0.04	105	16,790	711
27.	Kiran Stacey Political correspondent for the FT. All views entirely my own, etc, etc...	0.04	41	6,106	258
28.	Oliver Ralph Deputy Head of Lex at the Financial Times	0.04	7	1,420	56
29.	Sarah O'Connor Financial Times employment correspondent. Any opinions on here are mine, not the paper's. http://t.co/wtXDHpwGlq	0.04	20	17,189	650
30.	John McDermott @FT commentator. Visiting lecturer @UniofOxford. Ex-@ftcomment editor, ex-@ftalphaville. Before that, @Number10gov wonk. Email: john.mcdermott@ft.com	0.04	60	8,554	319
31.	Erika Solomon Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times. RT, favorites not endorsements.	0.04	27	1,927	71
32.	James Kynge FT Emerging Markets Editor tweeting on EM stories/analysis and China's outward embrace. Opinions my own unless i borrowed them.	0.04	28	1,371	49
33.	Jonathan Ford Chief leader writer for FT. Likes trouble, food and Danish crime drama.	0.04	30	1,010	36
34.	Jonathan Eley Writer on the Lex column. Formerly personal finance editor. This is the place for miscellaneous other ramblings (mine, not the FT's)	0.04	46	3,816	135
35.	James Wilson Reporter, Financial Times. Mining industry. Any views, opinions etc here are my own	0.03	3	588	20
36.	David Keohane FT Alphaville reporter currently sweating in Mumbai. Tweets are mine. Contact: david.keohane@ft.com	0.03	95	3,785	125
37.	Gabriel Wildau China finance correspondent for Financial Times in Shanghai. 英国金融时报驻上海的中国金融记者. All opinions are my own	0.03	16	1,182	39
38.	Siona Jenkins Former Cairene, FT assistant UK news ed. Usual disclaimers re views and RTs. PGP: 865F 2225 E870 AE8A 6DE5 6169 A33B A644 84E5 34B6	0.03	78	519	17
39.	Darrendodd Financial Times journalist, Midlander, muso, West Brom fan. Opinions mine alone. Except where I've obviously nicked them.	0.03	5	247	8
40.	Henry Foy Financial Times Central Europe correspondent. Opinions here are mine, the @FT's are behind the paywall. Gossip & intrigue to henry.foy@FT.com	0.03	42	9,552	283
41.	Kate Allen Financial Times property correspondent. Views my own.	0.03	57	3,858	113
42.	Robert Wright I'm the Financial Times' US industry correspondent - and keen cyclist/cycle blogger. Express my opinions only. Retweets not endorsements. Keen conference chair.	0.03	89	2,561	71
43.	Sujeet Indap Writer for the Financial Times Lex Column, erstwhile i-banker, opinions my own	0.03	41	1,063	29
44.	Gideon Rachman The chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times shares his views	0.02	25	45,703	1,107
45.	Michael Stott UK News Editor at the Financial Times.	0.02	6	421	10
46.	Dan McCrum FT Alphaville reporter, interested in everything to do with markets, shorts, finance, hedge funds, tech	0.02	33	5,068	117
47.	Philip Stafford FT Trading Room Editor, covering exchanges, clearing, derivatives, regulation and more. 合気道家. All views are my own etc	0.02	42	3,058	70
48.	John Burn-Murdoch Stories, stats & scatterplots for @FT \| Currently focused on geographical inequality, socio-economic polarisation & sports \| john.burn-murdoch@ft.com \| #dataviz	0.02	72	5,381	120
49.	Megan Murphy Gone fishin'. Ex-editor Bloomberg Businessweek, Washington bureau chief at @business, ex-FT, hard time on the banking and legal beats. Arsenal, Cubs, cricket	0.02	89	7,118	153
50.	Valentina Romei Statistical writer at the Financial Times	0.02	8	386	8
51.	Jamescrabtree Head of FT Mumbai bureau + http://t.co/Vh4CCWGG6p trustee	0.02	38	14,223	288
52.	Anjli Raval Financial Times Oil & Gas Correspondent. Opinions are my own, retweets are not endorsements. anjli.raval@ft.com	0.02	67	4,954	97
53.	Hannah Kuchler FT reporter covering Facebook, social media, disinformation, cyber security, trouble online. Signal: 4153740969. PGP:F6F7278275DA8AFDB6066143A1BB618F5E27451D	0.02	58	7,028	134
54.	John Authers John Authers, Senior Investment Commentator, Financial Times: Long View & Smart Money + Authers' Note videos. Mexicanophile. Red Sox forever. Views mine.	0.02	28	14,734	269
55.	John Paul Rathbone Latin America editor FT; author of The Sugar King of Havana; all views own.	0.02	29	1,536	28
56.	Ben McLannahan in New York for the Financial Times, focusing on banks and non-banks acting like banks	0.02	35	2,334	42
57.	Izabella Kaminska Editor of the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog. Fights for the human.	0.02	190	29,175	506
58.	Johngapper FT columnist and author. Views my own, usually not the FT's. Hearts ≠ love.	0.02	157	22,498	376
59.	Michael Mackenzie Markets Editor at @FinancialTimes, @FTMarkets.	0.02	39	2,433	40
60.	Andrew Ward Pharmaceutical correspondent for the Financial Times. Former correspondent in Stockholm, Washington, Atlanta and Seoul. andrew.ward@ft.com	0.02	16	3,487	57
61.	Tim Harford Writer & Presenter of Cautionary Tales & Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy; Undercover Economist at the FT; BBC More or Less. Views my own, of course.	0.02	90	98,682	1,567
62.	Peter Chapman Author and journalist based at the Financial Times on its Special Reports section.	0.02	3	128	2
63.	Tom Burgis @FT investigations correspondent \| Author of The Looting Machine \| tom.burgis@ft.com \| PGP: 6D6F 0479 5DCD 3C9C 76A6 C1B0 F96E 5A06 0527 3325 \| Views my own	0.02	19	2,673	41
64.	Vanessa Kortekaas FT Producer/Reporter. Proud Canadian living in London. Views are my own.	0.02	7	262	4
65.	Ralph Atkins Journalist, FT Switzerland and Austria correspondent. Views are my own.	0.02	22	2,920	44
66.	Neil Buckley Eastern Europe Editor of the Financial Times. News and views on central and eastern Europe and former Soviet Union. RT ≠ endorsement	0.02	4	1,797	27
67.	James Politi FT Rome Bureau Chief, via DC and NY. Grateful bone marrow transplant recipient. Father of very cute boy and girl. Romanista ! All views my own.	0.01	46	2,016	29
68.	AleksandraWisniewska Trainee data journalist @FinancialTimes \| @cityjournalism MA grad \| views my own \| aleks.wisniewska@ft.com	0.01	37	1,048	15
69.	Caroline Daniel Partner, Brunswick Group -	0.01	20	2,930	41
70.	Muradahmed European Technology Correspondent for the @FT. Obsessed with all things sporting. Views my own. Reach me at: first name dot surname at ft dot com	0.01	23	8,957	125
71.	Michael Skapinker @FT columnist on business, language and society. Frequent Flyer columnist @FTWeekend. Executive editor @FTIECLA. All views my own.	0.01	10	4,214	58
72.	Chris Newlands FT journalist and editor of its fund management pages (FTfm)	0.01	15	1,702	23
73.	Sam Fleming (FT) US Economics Editor at the FT. All views are my own.	0.01	22	4,522	59
74.	Robert Shrimsley Editorial director and UK political commentator, Financial Times; no sense of English irony. (Likes may just mean I wanted to bookmark the tweet)	0.01	15	9,659	126
75.	Madison Marriage FT reporter covering all things investment related @ftfm.	0.01	12	1,906	24
76.	Neil Hume FT Commodities editor - former Australia correspondent - former FT Alphaville editor	0.01	42	7,340	91
77.	Eric Platt FastFT Reporter for the Financial Times. Sometimes fashion critic. Wonder twin. NYT/Reuters/Forbes/Fortune/BI-alum. Tips to eric.platt@ft.com. RTs≠endorsements.	0.01	47	4,798	58
78.	Pilitaclark Financial Times columnist	0.01	4	3,961	47
79.	Barney Jopson Reporter covering energy/climate, financial regulation & tech for the @FT in DC, via NYC, Nairobi, London, Tokyo. Views = mine, RTs ≠ endorsements	0.01	2	1,785	21
80.	Vivianne Rodrigues Managing Editor for Latin America @business. Former @FT and @Reuters. love space & science stuff. above all: New York City	0.01	10	1,486	17
81.	Robert Armstrong Head of the FT's Lex column. But these views are mine, unfortunately.	0.01	14	1,249	14
82.	Borzou Daragahi Middle East correspondent; ex-@FT & @LATimes in Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad, Tehran. Chicagoan & New Yorker. The usual caveats. bdaragahi@yahoo.com	0.01	26	32,215	359
83.	Emma Jacobs London-based features journalist, Financial Times.	0.01	80	3,640	40
84.	Michael Peel Financial Times Bangkok regional correspondent. Formerly in Middle East and west Africa. Author of A Swamp Full of Dollars.Questions+tips to michael.peel@ft.com	0.01	10	2,467	27
85.	Emily Cadman UK economic reporter at the Financial Times. Interested in new ways of telling stories online. Views are my own etc	0.01	10	1,565	17
86.	Kara Scannell CNN correspondent. Formerly FT, WSJ. PGP: EC48 AF05 24C8 4377 A00F 1711 2BAA 41B9 AABF FA7E	0.01	14	4,311	45
87.	Stephen Foley US Investment Correspondent at the FT. Status: San Francisco. Currently obsessed by: Billionaires who want to change the world. Hacker-philanthropy. Blockchains	0.01	32	5,653	57
88.	Roger Blitz Erstwhile leisure industries/sports biz FT corr, now keeping FT forex seat warm. Views are personal	0.01	7	3,725	37
89.	Najmeh Bozorgmehr Tehran Correspondent, Financial Times.. Views my own.. retweets not endorsements	0.01	35	14,125	124
90.	Ben Bland South China correspondent for @FinancialTimes, via Indonesia, Vietnam & Singapore. Author of Generation HK: Seeking Identity in China's Shadow. Views my own etc	0.01	22	9,471	76
91.	Andrew Bounds Financial Times North of England correspondent and Enterprise editor. Read more at https://t.co/o3xuvA5DF0	0.01	26	2,520	20
92.	Nicole Bullock US equities correspondent for the FT. Former Lex and forever bond girl. Tweets on financial markets. Opinions are my own and RTs just RTs.	0.01	13	517	4
93.	Arash Massoudi I cover deals, dealmakers and global business for the @FinancialTimes. Also write Due Diligence, the FT's daily M&A briefing. Sign-up: https://t.co/RPCmBG7aOA	0.01	31	3,032	23
94.	Martin Stabe Data journalist based in London. Head of interactive news @FinancialTimes. \| @ftdata \| #ddj \| PGP: 82AC A19A 2708 FE96 2C79 F636 5927 CBBF E81E F667	0.01	21	7,391	55
95.	Andrew Hill Father, husband, Financial Times management columnist. Author of Leadership in the Headlines (2016). Views mine, not the FT's.	0.01	18	10,478	71
96.	Robin Kwong Head of Digital Delivery @FT bringing project management & design thinking into newsrooms. @ftdata alum. altMBA5	0.01	35	1,777	12
97.	Ravmattu Tech, media & telecoms editor @FT. Canadian, Londoner, etc. Tweet in personal capacity. RT ≠ endorsements	0.01	43	4,111	27
98.	Elizabeth Paton I write about fashion & luxury in Europe for @NYTimes / @NYTFashion / @NYTimesBusiness. Based in London. Previously with @FT in NYC.	0.01	21	2,792	18
99.	Caroline Binham FT's Fin-Reg Correspondent by day (formerly on legal beat), harried mother by night. All views my own and all that.	0.01	9	1,573	10
100.	Daniel Garrahan Video producer-reporter at the Financial Times and semi-retired DJ. I like cricket, Newcastle United and spicy food.	0.01	3	1,280	8

Bulletin name:

Week 28
Bulletin published at:

1:05pm - 15th Jul 2015
Score Period:

8th Jul - 15th Jul 2015
Data Sources:

Twitter | Klout

FT's Most Engaging Journalists on Twitter Week 28

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