Washington Post seeks a White House economic policy reporter
The Washington Post is seeking a scoopy, high-energy reporter to cover White House economic policy. We are looking for an aggressive, versatile reporter who knows how to work sources, explain complex policy decisions for a general audience and seize opportunities to tell the big story about President Donald Trump’s transformational approach to the budget, taxes, […]
NYT’s Solomon takes on expanded role
Deborah Solomon has an expanded job at the New York Times leading a combined U.S. economy team that spans New York and Washington, instead of just the DC policy side of the economics team. Solomon joined the Times in 2017 as economics editor. From 2000 to 2015, she was at The Wall Street Journal, where […]
NY Times seeks economy editor
The New York Times is seeking an editor to help run our coverage of the American economy and the impact of policy changes on workers and businesses. This editor needs to be able to juggle news and enterprise in many different forms. You will organize coverage of major data releases like the monthly jobs report, […]
Bankrate’s Hamrick on economic coverage tips
Mark Hamrick, the Washington bureau chief at Bankrate, spoke at the National Press Club Journalism Institute recently about covering the economy. Here is an excerpt: What tips do you have for journalists covering the US economy right now? Hamrick: Choose your words carefully and work to get it right the first time. In our highly politically polarized […]
Bloomberg seeks an international economics reporter
Bloomberg News is seeking an enterprising, scoop-driven reporter to cover the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the expanding intersection of geopolitics and international economic policy. This high-profile beat sits at the heart of the global economy and the sweeping shifts reshaping it. We’re looking for a journalist with a sharp eye for economic […]
The latest in personal finance coverage: Tracking grocery prices
Laura Hazard Owen of Nieman Lab writes about the increase in coverage of grocery prices by media organizations. Owen writes, “Voters in the 2024 U.S. election ranked the cost of living, the economy, and inflation as the most important issues they faced, and Donald Trump campaigned on lowering grocery prices. After the election, I wrote about how we need a Wirecutter […]
Lawford named US econ correspondent for The Telegraph
Melissa Lawford has been named U.S. economics correspondent for The Telegraph, a British newspaper. She previously was an economics reporter and a property correspondent for The Telegraph. Lawford interned at The Financial Times and worked at High Life, British Airways’ magazine. She is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and City St. Georges, University of […]
Morning Consult, ACBJ launch consumer index for 46 cities
Morning Consult and American City Business Journals have launched the Metropolitan Consumer Sentiment Index, a new quarterly data set that tracks shifts in consumer confidence across 46 U.S. metropolitan areas. The index offers visibility into how major economic, political, and policy changes are shaping consumer confidence at the metro level — where economic decisions are […]
“Marketplace”‘s Ryssdal on being a voice of economic reality
Josh Hersh of Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Kai Ryssdal, host of “Marketplace,” a leading daily radio show and podcast about the economy, produced by American Public Media, since 2005. Hersh writes, “He delivers the news—from the bitter latest on our 401(k)s to unexpected interviews about the modern-day resurgence of train robberies—with an affable, direct tone. “And […]
The NY Times can’t get the trade deficit number right
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research writes about how a New York Times story on the trade deficit used the number for goods and not the whole trade deficit, which includes services. Baker writes, “That’s all water under the bridge now, but it would be nice if the major news outlets could […]
