The Economist taps Hogan as Asia editor

Emma Hogan

The Economist has named Emma Hogan to be its new Asia editor.

She is currently the Americas editor. She oversees the coverage of Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada.

Previously she was deputy briefings editor, working on cover briefings, long-form articles and editing the Christmas issue in 2020. Her other roles across the paper include South-East Asia correspondent, deputy europe editor and Britain correspondent. Hogan has appeared regularly on the BBC, Sky News, CNN and CNBC, while she has spoken on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and LBC Radio.

She graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in English.

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.