The Economist hires Pfeffer to cover Israel

Anshul Pfeffer

Anshel Pfeffer

The Economist has hired Anshel Pfeffer to cover Israel on a full-time basis.

He has covered Israeli politics and global affairs for over two decades. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz.

“I started writing for the Haaretz Group in 1997 half a lifetime and nearly my entire career ago,” he wrote on Twitter. “It has been an immense privilege to be part of such a dedicated team and an essential newspaper.”

Pfeffer is also the author of the book “Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.”

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.