Politico taps editors for new economics and business team
Politico managing editor Sudeep Reddy sent out the following on Tuesday: Today we’re taking another leap in our efforts to advance collaboration across our policy teams and keep POLITICO ahead of the competition. We’re bringing together groups covering issues at the center of the wider economy – economic and monetary policy, trade, agriculture, labor, tax, financial services […]
Economic policy reporter Carter among those laid off at HuffPost
Zachary D. Carter is a senior reporter at HuffPost, where he covers economic policy, was among those laid off earlier this week. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy and the Life of John Maynard Keynes,” named one of the best books of 2020 by the […]
Bloomberg reporter Donnan to cover pandemic’s impact
Bloomberg News economics reporter Shawn Donnan is now covering the impact of the pandemic on consumers. He will focus on how people in the U.S. and around the world are emerging from this economic crisis, having had their lives and livelihoods reshaped. He previously was covering world trade and globalization, based in Washington. He worked alongside other Bloomberg journalists […]
NY Times econ correspondent Tankersley moves to White House team
New York Times White House economics correspondent Jim Tankersley is moving to the White House team. He will focus on economic policy and most immediately, the COVID economic relief efforts. Tankersley joined the Times in September 2017, as a tax and economics reporter. He came to The Times from Vox, where he edited the policy and politics team, […]
Time taps Vesoulis for economic policy beat
Time magazine has shifted Abby Vesoulis to a new beat covering economic policy, the Treasury, and labor. She had spent the last two years as a politics reporter. Vesoulis previously interned at WOSU and at NBCUniversal. She is an Ohio State University graduate in political science and journalism.
AP econ reporter Boak moving to White House team
Associated Press economics reporter Josh Boak is moving to the news service’s White House team. He will be focused on President-elect Joe Biden’s handling of the economy, both the policies his administration is championing and the impact of those policies on Americans. Boak has been an economics reporter for the AP since November 2013. He previously was […]
Bloomberg’s Leonard moving to White House team
Bloomberg News economics reporter Jenny Leonard is moving to the White House team. She starts her new beat next week. Leonard has been covering trade since she joined Bloomberg News in May 2018. She previously was associate editor for Inside U.S. Trade for more than two years. She also freelanced for Vice News and USA Today. […]
Ember returns to NY Times biz desk to cover economics
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I’m delighted to announce that Sydney Ember is returning to Business from her several-year stint on Politics. She will join the economics team under Kevin McKenna. Sydney joined The Times in 2014, after graduating from Brown and doing a short turn on Wall […]
Overly shifting to global trade beat at Politico
Politico reporter Steven Overly sent out the following to contacts on Tuesday: Hello and Happy New Year! After more than 3.5 years covering tech policy and lobbying for POLITICO, I am shifting my focus to the world of global trade and economics. I’ll be writing about the Biden administration’s strategy for taming China’s economic and technological […]
Politico taps Bade to cover international trade
Politico reporter Gavin Bade is now covering international trade. Bade previously covered energy policy. He will now focus on China, Latin America and environmental issues. He previously was a Utility Dive senior reporter. Bade has been at Industry Dive since September 2014 and was one of the early employees at the company. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, […]
