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A thoroughbred business journalist, Sophy spent years at the Financial Times as a writer and editor before branching out as a broader writer and editorial consultant.

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How to hit the corporate funny-bone

While newspaper cartoons can mock a subject with glee, the rules are different for corporate material. Get it wrong and you risk being...

Comment

Here’s the truth: companies can’t lie like politicians can because it will hurt business

The constant flow of ‘alternative facts’ might be sustaining the Trump White House, but it raises fundamental questions for companies about the value...

Insights

Tell it direct from the horse’s mouth

With trust in mainstream media at an all-time low and the public more receptive than ever to news from “someone like me”, the...

Case StudiesStrategy

FT’s top tips for a successful content marketing campaign

Always put the audience first. It’s about their user journey, getting the format right, as well as the best date and time for...

Case StudiesDistribution

How FT² squared the circle of content marketing and editorial integrity

The Financial Times offers the opportunity for organisations to pay for content to appear on its website alongside its own editorial. Lexi Jarman...

Insights

Oiling the wheels of business

Sophy Buckley explains how FirstWord set about transcreating more than 300 articles for a non English-speaking oil and gas company A European multinational...

Insights

Fluent in the art of communication

In the highly competitive international world of business, grammatically correct copy just doesn’t cut it. What you need is Anglo Saxon business journalism,...

Insights

Why sub-editors rule in content

Acquire a reputation for inaccuracy and you risk damaging your brand for good, writes Sophy Buckley. The fact is that great content relies...

Case StudiesFinance

Temenos: more content with content

With more web views than ever before, more by-lines in trade titles and extracts in the national press, Ben Robinson is convinced of...