On 26 September 2013 it was announced that Flanders would leave the BBC to join J.P. Set in Somaliland in the 1980s, the story is an allegorical analysis of certain aspects of modern economics, such as automatic trading, and complex financial derivatives.
In 2009, Flanders played herself in a BBC Radio production of the Julian Gough short story The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble. Īside from her work as economic editor, Flanders presented The Andrew Marr Show during August 2009 to cover for Andrew Marr, and was an occasional relief presenter of Newsnight until she left the BBC. The BBC stated in response that they were satisfied that their coverage was impartial. In August 2012 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith made a formal complaint to the BBC claiming that there was a pro-Labour bias in her coverage of unemployment figures.
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In 2012, Flanders presented Masters of Money, a BBC Two documentary series exploring the lives of Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Friedrich Hayek. Another series of this programme began to be broadcast on Radio Four in April 2013. This programme asked questions about the world's economy, such as whether China or the United States would be the more important economic power. She presented a programme called "Stephanomics" on BBC Radio Four during July 2012. She took up this position on 17 March, although from June of that year until January 2009, deputy economics editor Hugh Pym temporarily replaced her as the main economics editor whilst she was on maternity leave. In February 2008 it was announced that she would replace Evan Davis as BBC economics editor, since he was moving to present Radio 4's Today programme. As an unmarried mother, she also asked Cameron whether the Conservative Party would like her to be married. On a Newsnight programme in August 2007, Flanders interrogated Conservative Party leader David Cameron about his proposed policy of tax breaks for married couples while questioning him with other journalists, asking him whether he had ever met anyone who would get married for an extra £20 per week. She has anchored editions of Newsnight with an economic focus. In 20 she presented some relief shifts for BBC News between 2 pm and 5 pm. She also contributed (with reference to her father's song "A Transport Of Delight") to the BBC News coverage of the last of the AEC Routemaster buses. A keen cyclist, in 2005 she presented a review of Britain's economic status for Panorama from her bicycle, travelling the length of the country. Newsnight įlanders joined the BBC's Newsnight in 2002. Summers in 1997, and joined The New York Times in 2001. She became a speechwriter and advisor to U.S. She then became a leader writer and columnist at the Financial Times from 1994. Early career įlanders began her career as an economist at the London Business School and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar, receiving a Masters of Public Administration. She attended St Paul's Girls' School and Balliol College, Oxford, where she obtained a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Flanders' father, Michael Flanders, died in 1975 when she was six years old.
“I could be propped up on a gurney or something.Flanders was born on 5 August 1968. “I don’t know, how much plastic surgery would it take?” Courtney cracked. Huffington Post spoke to some media types who offered their salty input, including a retired New York book editor who called her ads “irritating,” a videographer who referred to her as “creepy, weird,” Los Angeles PR professionals who said she was “dorky and unattractive,” and a veteran marketing guru who declared, “Yech, I’d rather watch the (Aflac) duck.” But if Courtney has her way, we’ll be seeing Flo for a long time to come. Related: Stars Celebrate International Women’s DayĬertainly Flo has her detractors. Flo is not perfect her hair and makeup, things have slipped through the cracks.
“In a lot of advertising, you’re sold perfection, and that’s pleasing but ultimately, not realistic. “Everyone sees something different in Flo,” she shared. Noting that the writers are open to her input and that she has the opportunity to improv a bit, Courtney said that Flo’s continued existence can be chalked up to a passionate fanbase that loves her perky realness. For Courtney, Flo is a collaboration between herself and the writers who created her.
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