Trade Engine

Lock Cole has two decades in financial newsrooms leading fast teams through volatile cycles. As Editorial Director at Trade Engine, Lock sets standards for verification, sourcing, and headline discipline, while coordinating coverage across Market Pulse, Sector Watch, and Stock Radar. He has built and managed cross-functional desks that marry data tools with reporting craft, and his byline has appeared on enterprise pieces that shaped investor debate. Lock has guest-lectured on newsroom operations and serves as an internal coach on ethics and style. He believes good process produces good stories, and that the cleanest writing starts with a clean idea. Off deadline, he mentors junior reporters and keeps a living playbook of best practices that the team iterates every quarter.