Telum Media hosted its latest Telum Talks event in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 30th July 2025, featuring Arjun Neil Alim, Asia Financial Correspondent; Cheng Leng, China Business and Finance Reporter; and William Sandlund, Asia Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. The morning discussion was moderated by Telum Media's Annemarelle van Schayik, and was followed by a Q&A session and networking.
Held at the Financial Times' event space, the session featured key insights from the FT team on the publication's editorial structure and coverage priorities in Asia, how its journalists work with sources and pitches, and what the team looks for in terms of stories and angles.
The panellists shared key information about the kinds of sources that they talk to regularly, whether it's the asset managers that they get consistent market intel on, the academics and consultants that they turn to for sociopolitical analysis, or those that they reach out to for off-the-record viewpoints.
Arjun, Cheng, and William also divulged the topical and evergreen topics that they are currently focussing on, including the standing of traditionally strong performing sectors in Hong Kong, the intersection of money and power, and the development of the Chinese economy. They also shared tips and examples of how PR professionals can craft pitches around what Arjun described as 'the North Star' of the Financial Times to make for successful stories.
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