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Call to all teenagers: Could you write an article for the FT?
The trade in cryptocurrencies, the attraction of the "buy now, pay later" and the growing influence of "finfluencers" on Tikkok and Instagram. These are all big financial issues for young people - but do you have what it takes to make an article out of it that could be published in the Financial Times? The competition for young financial journalists is looking for the best young writers at British schools every year. In addition to cash prizes, you can line the ranks of the prospective journalists whose winning items were published in the FT. This year's questions have a common topic - the digitization of the financial system. The competition will be in cooperation ...
Call to all teenagers: Could you write an article for the FT?
The trade in cryptocurrencies, the attraction of the "buy now, pay later" and the growing influence of "finfluencers" on Tikkok and Instagram.
These are all big financial issues for young people - but do you have what it takes to make an article out of it that could be published in the Financial Times?
The competition for young financial journalists is looking for the best young writers at British schools every year. In addition to cash prizes, you can line the ranks of the prospective journalists whose winning items were published in the FT.
This year's questions have a common topic - the digitization of the financial system.
The competition is organized in cooperation with the London Institute of Banking and Finance (Libf), the Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign by FT and the free FT for Schools program and is open to all students, the British schools between the ages of 14 and 19 are well-argued article with 700-800 words on the following topics:
Questions for 18-19-year-olds:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of an investment in cryptocurrencies?
KLARNA and "Buy now, pay later" programs- Do you help people to manage their money, or do they bring them to higher debts?
Questions for 16-17-year-olds:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using social media as a channel for obtaining financial advice? Should we trust what “influencers” say?
Is the cash with the increasing use of contactless payment and online shopping counted? What could be the consequences of it?
Questions for 14-15-year-old:
How does technology change the way we deal with our money, and what could be the consequences of it?
What do you want to learn about money at school today so that you feel safer in your financial future?
until March 18 next year, the submissions of Claer Barrett, moderator of the Money Clinic Podcast by FT, Bobby Seagull, the TV mathematics expert, and Catherine Winter, Managing Director of Financial Service at LIBF, will be assessed.