Mark Johnson has been named Americas editor at The Economist.
He previously was a senior editor at The Economist, covering Asia. He is the deputy editor of the Asia and China sections.
From 2020-2025 he was The Economist’s education correspondent, in London. Before that he spent six years as a foreign correspondent: first covering South East Asia from The Economist’s office in Singapore; then writing about China from its bureau in Beijing.
Johnson joined The Economist in 2010 from HarperCollins, a big book publisher, for whom he worked on digital strategy.
