Financial Times hires Keynes as podcast host and columnist
The Financial Times has hired Soumaya Keynes as an economics podcast host and columnist. Keynes is currently Britain economics editor at The Economist and will join the FT in the summer. In her column, Keynes will write about the new ideas, old arguments and current debates over the economy and how they are shaping our […]
How The Economist used TikTok to reach new audiences
Liv Moloney, head of social media at The Economist, writes about how the publication is using TikTok to reach new audiences. Moloney writes, “The editorial strategy was devised and implemented by the social-media specialists within The Economist’s newsroom. (Jamie MacWhirter, our social-video producer, deserves particular credit for his work on the account.) “Our marketing team […]
The Economist’s Fulwood on getting into business journalism
Russell Sherman of “Press Profiles” spoke with Alice Fulwood of The Economist, who is its Wall Street correspondent, about how she got into journalism. Fulwood originally worked on a foreign exchange trading floor for an investment bank. She first joined the publication in 2018 on an internship sponsored by the Marjorie Deane Foundation, a charity […]
The Economist is doing some awesome podcasting
Nicholas Quah of Vulture writes about The Economist’s podcasts. Quah writes, “Quietly but surely, more of my listening has been drifting toward a source I never expected to develop a relationship with: The Economist, the stodgy, 180-year-old British weekly specializing in global affairs. “Now, let me be clear: The Economist’s podcasts are explicitly not for everybody. Aside from their […]
The Economist names Ogunbiyi co-host of “The Intelligence”
The Economist has promoted Ore Ogunbiyi to co-host of “The Intelligence” podcast. Recently, she held the post of health care and consumer correspondent. Ogunbiyi joined The Economist in April 2021 as a business affairs fellow. Previously, she was a reporter at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and interned at the BBC. Ogunbiyi has a […]
Verge and STAT among ASME finalists
Tech news site The Verge and health care site STAT News are among the finalists in the annual American Society of Magazine Editors annual National Magazine Awards. The Verge is a finalist in the general excellence, news, sports and entertainment category while STAT is a finalist in the general excellence special interest category. The Economist […]
Reid retires from The Economist
Longtime staffer Michael Reid has retired from The Economist. He was a senior editor and wrote its Bello column on Latin America and a writer-at-large on the region. From 2016 to 2021 he was additionally its Spain correspondent. From 1999 until 2013 he was The Economist’s Americas Editor responsible for coverage of Latin America, the Caribbean and […]
What top female editors in biz journalism means for coverage
Heather McGregor of journalism.co.uk looks at female top editors at The Wall Journal, The Financial Times and The Economist for the first time ever and what that means. McGregor writes, “All of that is fantastic progress, and more likely to inspire other women journalists to want to be editors – after all, it is hard to be […]
The Economist seeks a reporter to cover international economics
The Economist is looking to hire a writer on international economics, ideally based at first in London. Journalistic experience is not necessary. The ability to write clearly and entertainingly is crucial. So is a thorough understanding of economics—including current-account and sovereign-debt crises—and an ability to work with data. The writer will be responsible for coverage of […]
Hawkins departs The Economist for The Guardian
Amy Hawkins, a news editor at The Economist, has left to join The Guardian as senior China correspondent. She will begin in February. Hawkins joined The Economist in 2020 as a foreign affairs writer. Previously, she was a researcher at Columbia Global Reports and worked at Time Out Beijing as an editorial assistant, digital content […]
