Former FT editor names Business Standard among gold-standard publications

Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financial Times, London, from 2005-2020, spoke of all these and more in an interview podcast on the Indian Journalism Review

Curiosity over cynicism, the retreat of globalisation, the rise of strongmen, Russell Crowe, and the three non-European, non-American publications, which to his mind meet the gold standard of journalism. Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times, London, from 2005-2020, spoke of all these and more in an interview podcast on the Indian Journalism Review.

The interview, with journalist Krishna Prasad, comes at a time when Barber's book, The Powerful and the Damned, has recently been launched.

When asked if he could name three non-European, non-American gold-standard publications, the standard at which he rates the FT, the man who helmed the London-headquartered