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The Financial Post has had better years in its 113-year history than this one. I'm not talking abut covid, although it affected everyone in her/his own way. I'm talking about the biggest hollowing out of a cherished Canadian franchise since 1994-95. 1/n
We lost @theemilyjackson to parental leave. We lost @Naomi_Powell, @jamespmcleod, @VanmalaS, and @VicF77 to what economists call "churn." You can't replace that kind of talent, and I'm not going to pretend it didn't hurt. 2/n
Still, a shrinking newsroom reduced the odds of someone telling young @VicF77 that you are supposed to coast once you give your two-week notice, not generate the best Canadian business journalism of the year (3/n): https://financialpost.com/investing/fp-investigation-as-cews-flowed-in-dividends-flowed-out
Nor leave material around for an encore (4/n): https://financialpost.com/investing/executive-dividends
There's no deadweight at the FP, so we're still in the game, even with a depleted roster. It's hard to lose when you have pros like @BatPost in the lineup, who spotted this dandy bit of news sooner than most (5/n): https://financialpost.com/news/fp-street/bloomberg-units-processed-us230-billion-in-trades-in-ontario-without-proper-authorization-osc-alleges
True story: @Yad_FPEnergy said earlier this year, "We could activate Geoff," confirming that @geoffreymorgan is indeed the Jason Bourne of newsgathering. Here's his latest (6/n): https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/burning-questions-will-canadas-most-oil-dependent-provinces-bounce-back-next-year?video_autoplay=true
Speaking of content machines, we have another one in Toronto, which they also called "Geoff." (I know, not very creative.) @GeoffZochodne's feature this month on digital currencies was excellent (7/n): https://financialpost.com/news/economy/the-great-rethink-cash-is-no-longer-king-and-the-transition-is-going-to-be-a-high-stakes-affair?video_autoplay=true
You might not know it, but @jakeedmiston is the reason most of us know that Canada's Grocery Oligopoly isn't the hero of the pandemic that it would like us to think it is. Also, he is brilliant at telling stories about junk food (8/n): https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/inside-the-push-to-create-a-canadian-version-of-popeyes-vaunted-chicken-sandwich
I have only one thing to say about @oconnorwrites: he's the best profile writer in the business. You should read them all, but this one on Jerry Dias was especially good (9/n): https://financialpost.com/executive/jerry-dias-the-5-billion-blue-collar-man?video_autoplay=true
. @GabeFriedz is an excellent mining reporter. Turns out he's pretty good podcast host too (10/n): https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/the-inspiration-and-anxiety-of-running-a-high-risk-meat-business-during-a-pandemic-maple-leaf-ceo-michael-mccain
And finally, we got a little help at the end of the year from the up-and-coming @biancabharti, who wrote a great update on what's going on with the beef supply chain (11/n): https://financialpost.com/commodities/agriculture/big-beef-has-bounced-back-after-first-devastating-outbreaks-but-threat-of-second-wave-still-looms
There's 2020, "wrapped," as Spotify would say. I'm going to try to avoid this horrible platform for a few days, and maybe longer. The legendary @MrDavidThomas has left semi-retirement to manage us in 2021, which means #cdnecon readers are in for a good year. (12/12)
