Asia World News editor at Financial Times
phnom penh, phnom penh, cambodia
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Claim your profileEli is a Hong Kong-based journalist with more than a decade of experience covering south-east Asia as a reporter, editor and photographer. He is currently the FT's Asia World News Editor based in Hong Kong, covering politics, economics, diplomacy, trade, social affairs and the environment. Previously, he wrote FirstFT, the FT's flagship morning newsletter, and was a reporter for TIME, where he contributed to cover features including TIME's 2018 Person of the Year: The Guardians and the War on the Truth. Eli focuses on people who shape the worlds of news, politics, business and culture, and has filed for international publications and local media from seven countries in the region including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong.






Bachelors, English, Film at Wesleyan UniversityGraduated: 2013