Managing editor Peter Spiegel, politics & government editor Nick Baumann, and politics & government deputy editor Jennifer Liberto sent out the following on Thursday:
We’re excited to announce changes designed to strengthen our Economics team at a time where the U.S. and global economy are at the forefront of voters’ minds. These moves will ensure The Post continues to deliver incisive reporting on the policy debate in the nation’s capital and the impact of the decisions affecting our everyday lives
James Politi joins The Post as Economics Editor, overseeing a team that covers economic policy out of Treasury, Federal Reserve, Congress and the White House, as well as inflation and affordability issues currently facing Americans nationwide. He begins Nov. 30.
James comes from the Financial Times, where he held a series of senior positions, most recently serving as the FT’s Washington bureau chief. James grew up in Italy, moving to New York City as a teenager. He attended Georgetown University and the London School of Economics, before starting his journalism career at the FT in 2000. During his tenure, James covered mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street, economics and trade in Washington, and led White House coverage during the Biden presidency, the 2024 presidential election and Trump’s second term. James was the FT’s bureau chief in Rome, where he spearheaded coverage of Italy’s banking crisis and Europe’s migration challenges. He lives in D.C. with his wife, two kids and a dog, Betty.
“I’ve been a reader of The Post ever since I arrived in Washington as a college student and have long admired its economics coverage throughout my FT career,” Politi said. “Economic anxiety is shifting millions of votes at each major U.S. election, making it more important than ever for The Post to offer its readers and the American public the most relevant, accurate and accessible coverage of the US economy.”
We’re also happy to share that David Lynch is being named Chief Economic Correspondent. In his new role, David will not only continue to produce the same kind of economic stories that have made him one of our best-known bylines, but he will be launching “Forward Guidance,” a new weekly column about the economy to help readers understand how the economy and financial markets work – and how they affect their lives.
David spent the past nine years chronicling trade wars and the economic fallout from the pandemic, foreign conflicts, supply chain disruptions and banking crises. He also contributed to Post coverage that received the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
David joined The Post in 2017 after working for the FT, Bloomberg News and USA TODAY, where he was the founding bureau chief in London and Beijing. He was that paper’s first recipient of a Nieman fellowship and covered the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, the latter as an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines. He is the author of two books on economic history, most recently The World’s Worst Bet: How The Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (And What Would Make It Right.)
Please join us in welcoming James and congratulating David.
Peter Nick Jen
