Episode #7 - The Young Financial Journalist Competition Winner 2021 (16-17 Age Category) in association with the Financial Times – Eliza Stevenson-Hamilton from Benenden School, Cranbrook
In this episode Eliza, our Young Financial Journalist Competition winner (16-17 age category), talks to us about how she entered the competition, the process she went through to write the article and how it feels to have won. Eliza also talks about the blog she writes (Losing Interest) and how this helped with approaching writing the article. Eliza’s blog can be found here - https://elizash21.wordpress.com Eliza is joined by her teacher Mr Fisher, who explains his role in the school, how he supported and what it means to the school that Eliza won. The YFJ competition is organised in partnership with the Financial Times. The competition looks for well-argued articles from students aged 14 to 19. Winning entries are published on the Insights section of our website and are featured in the Financial Times or FT Money. The winner of each age group also receives a £150 cash prize. This year, our panel of judges included: Financial Times Consumer Editor and Editor of FT Money, Claer Barrett Mathematician, teacher, broadcaster and writer, Bobby Seagull Managing Director of Financial Capability and Community at LIBF, Catherine Winter This winning entries and FT article can be found here - https://www.ft.com/content/41d016e5-9b46-4b80-8d40-4a0abbf7f6d6 To find out more about LIBF, the work we do, our qualifications and programmes of study please visit our website libf.ac.uk/FE If you have any questions or require further information, please email us at [email protected].