Patti Waldmeir majored in English and math in the LSA Honors college and went on to win a Marshall scholarship to study English at Clare College, University of Cambridge, in the U.K., where she obtained a master’s degree.

Patti has worked as a foreign correspondent for 40 years, almost all of it for the Financial Times. She has been a correspondent for the FT since 1980, based in London, Washington, Johannesburg/Cape Town, Shanghai, and most recently Chicago.
Patti started her career covering the continent of Africa, including a decade covering the transition from white to black rule in South Africa, after which she wrote a prize-winning book about the transition. Patti went on to become U.S. editor of the Financial Times, and then spent a decade as FT’s U.S. legal columnist before moving to Shanghai to cover China for the publication for 8 years.
Patti is now a columnist and feature writer for the Financial Times writing about the U.S. Midwest.

Patti will speak to students about her path from the liberal arts to journalism, what it’s like to have a global career and navigate different cultural environments, and balancing life and career goals.

This event is intended for undergraduate LSA students.