Semafor hires Weissmann as its Washington editor
News site Semafor has hired Jordan Weissmann as its Washington editor. He has been a Slate as a senior editor, focusing on policy, politics, and economics. He also was a senior business and economics correspondent at Slate. Before that, he was an economics blogger and editor for The Atlantic. He has also reported for The National Law Journal. Weissmann has […]
Reuters Breakingviews hires Winck as a columnist
Reuters Breakingviews has hired Ben Winck as a columnist in Washington covering the Federal Reserve and the economy. He will start on Monday. He has been at Business Insider as a markets reporter covering stock moves, central bank policy, quarterly earnings, research, and the investing landscape as a whole. Previously, Winck served as reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business and […]
The WSJ reporter known as the Fed whisperer
Jen Wieczner of New York Magazine profiles Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos, who covers the Federal Reserve. Wieczner writes, “The extra attention on Timiraos started a little more than a year ago, when he correctly reported (nearly two months in advance) that the Fed would begin winding down its pandemic stimulus in November. But the buzz […]
Bloomberg seeks an economy and government reporter in Saudi Arabia
Bloomberg is looking for a dynamic, self-starting reporter to cover economic and government news in Saudi Arabia. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years experience in journalism and a proven track record of producing insightful and compelling work. They’ll have a solid understanding of economics and markets as well as the political history […]
NY Times seeks an economic policy correspondent in DC
The Washington bureau of the New York Times is seeking a domestic economic policy correspondent with a focus on narrative storytelling that examines how Washington’s policies are filtering through the economy and impacting workers, families, businesses, communities and other areas of life. This would be a news-driven role and would involve a reporter who can […]
Semafor hires Zeballos-Roig to cover economic policy
Semafor has hired Joseph Zeballos-Roig to cover economic policy and other issues on Capitol Hill with a focus on the Senate. He previously was a policy reporter covering taxes, inequality and federal spending at Business Insider. Zeballos-Roig joined Business Insider in 2019 as a policy reporting fellow. He worked freelance for The New Republic and […]
Business Insider economic policy reporter Zeballos-Roig departs
Joseph Zeballos-Roig, a policy reporter covering taxes, inequality and federal spending at Business Insider, has left. Zeballos-Roig’s tweet reads: “It’s been a great run. And I’m grateful for the opportunities and colleagues I had the pleasure to work with for the past 3 years, especially on the Economy team. I’ll share more about what’s next […]
WSJ’s Derby departs for Reuters
Michael Derby, a senior special writer at The Wall Street Journal, has left to join Reuters to cover the Federal Reserve Board and economy issues. He had been at The Journal since April 2000. Derby had been covering the U.S. Federal Reserve system, reporting on central bank news, speeches, research, conferences, regulatory developments and related […]
Yokoyama moves to economy beat in Japan for Bloomberg
Erica Yokoyama is now an economy reporter for Bloomberg News in Tokyo. She had been a breaking news editor for Bloomberg for the past three years. Yokoyama was a translator for AFP and is vice president of the Asian American Journalism Association’s Tokyo chapter. Yokoyama holds a bachelor’s degree from Kyoto University and a master’s […]
Reporter Saraiva joins economics team at Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Augusta Saraiva has joined the economics team at the news organization. She will cover topics such as inflation, demand and labor. She has been rotating among beats for the past year, including corporate finance and supply chain. She interned at Foreign Policy and Voice of America. Saraiva holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from […]
