Washington Post op-ed hires Mavin to focus on business and economics

Duncan Mavin

The Washington Post op-ed desk has hired Duncan Mavin as a senior editor based in London.

Mavin expands the page’s range of op-eds on the global economy with a focus on business and economics.

Most recently, he was an editorial advisor to the CEO at Dow Jones before leaving the company in 2021 for Tortoise Media. He has also worked as a managing editor – Barron’s Group and as head of editorial projects – Barron’s Group.

He has also written columns about finance for Bloomberg.

Mavin also held various roles, including Asia life and style editor, Asia editor – Heard on the Street, Europe financial editor and deputy editor money and investing.

He was also financial services reporter and Asia correspondent at the National Post.

Mavin is a graduate of Durham University.

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.