Business Insider economic policy reporter Zeballos-Roig departs
Joseph Zeballos-Roig, a policy reporter covering taxes, inequality and federal spending at Business Insider, has left. Zeballos-Roig’s tweet reads: “It’s been a great run. And I’m grateful for the opportunities and colleagues I had the pleasure to work with for the past 3 years, especially on the Economy team. I’ll share more about what’s next […]
WSJ’s Derby departs for Reuters
Michael Derby, a senior special writer at The Wall Street Journal, has left to join Reuters to cover the Federal Reserve Board and economy issues. He had been at The Journal since April 2000. Derby had been covering the U.S. Federal Reserve system, reporting on central bank news, speeches, research, conferences, regulatory developments and related […]
Yokoyama moves to economy beat in Japan for Bloomberg
Erica Yokoyama is now an economy reporter for Bloomberg News in Tokyo. She had been a breaking news editor for Bloomberg for the past three years. Yokoyama was a translator for AFP and is vice president of the Asian American Journalism Association’s Tokyo chapter. Yokoyama holds a bachelor’s degree from Kyoto University and a master’s […]
Reporter Saraiva joins economics team at Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Augusta Saraiva has joined the economics team at the news organization. She will cover topics such as inflation, demand and labor. She has been rotating among beats for the past year, including corporate finance and supply chain. She interned at Foreign Policy and Voice of America. Saraiva holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from […]
Webinar on reporting on inflation and the economy is next week
The Council on Foreign Relations is inviting journalists to attend a webinar on reporting on inflation and the U.S. economy. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, Sept 13, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, CFR fellow for international political economy, will discuss global factors and trends contributing to inflation in […]
Vanek Smith moves to NPR’s economics beat
In a note to newsroom staff, Pallavi Gogoi, chief business editor, made the following announcement: I’m thrilled to announce that Stacey Vanek Smith will be joining NPR’s Business Desk for a year as global economics correspondent to boost the network’s prize-winning coverage of the economy. If ever there was a time to add to the network’s coverage […]
Rockeman to cover retailers for Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News editors John J. Edwards III and Crayton Harrison sent out the following on Friday: We’re pleased to announce that Olivia Rockeman is moving from the US economy beat to the consumer team, covering retailers including Home Depot, Lowe’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Victoria’s Secret, and Levi’s, as well as smaller brands like Warby Parker and […]
Reuters seeks a Federal Reserve reporter
Reuters is seeking a top-notch Federal Reserve Reporter to join our U.S. Economic and Monetary Policy Coverage team. The position requires a journalist ready to break news on and pursue initiative reporting about Federal Reserve policy developments and the key policymakers behind those actions, with a particular focus on the New York Fed, the most important of […]
Economist Krugman: Media is getting the economy all wrong
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, who also writes a column for The New York Times, told CNN’s Brian Stelter that the media is misunderstanding the economy, reports Ramishah Maruf of CNN. Maruf writes, “But in today’s divisive environment, the debate over whether or not to use the word recession by some members of the media has become ‘especially […]
Economist Krugman: Media is getting the economy all wrong
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, who also writes a column for The New York Times, told CNN’s Brian Stelter that the media is misunderstanding the economy, reports Ramishah Maruf of CNN. Maruf writes, “But in today’s divisive environment, the debate over whether or not to use the word recession by some members of the media has become ‘especially […]
