Sam Joiner

@samjoiner

Visual stories and investigations editor @FT | Formerly @thetimes @guardian @microsoft

London ft.com/sam-joiner Joined May 2011

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner Nov 27, 2023

🚨 EXC: Thousands of mosques in China have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islam spreads to almost every region of the country.

W/ @YuanfenYang @upyorkshire @peterjandringa @evawxiao @inari_ta @maxharlow @leahyjoseph @sunyu1117

👉 ft.com/china-mosques

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner Oct 27

New: Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch as.ft.com/r/7ca41a3b-1f9…

www.ft.com Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessman Remote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian close to Vladimir Putin

Sam Joiner @samjoiner Nov 6, 2025

New: This is the inside story of how The Line — the 500-metre-tall, mirror-glass centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream — unravelled.

@alisonkilling spoke to 20+ insiders to reveal how MBS’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance.

ft.com/saudi-neom-line

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner Oct 13, 2025

New: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution ☀️🔋

A global boom in grid-scale storage is solving renewables’ reliability problem and extending the use of clean power.

Latest visual story w/ @nassos_ @sam_learner @inari_ta

ig.ft.com/mega-batteries/

ig.ft.com How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power

Sam Joiner @samjoiner Aug 23, 2025

FREE TO PLAY: ⚽ Can you run a Premier League club?
Step into the boardroom, navigate financial regulations and guide your team to glory in our new game.

👉 ft.com/football-game

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