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, […]
Politico hires Aarup to cover European trade
Politico Europe has hired Sarah Anne Aarup to cover trade on the continent. Aarup has been at Borderlex Publishing in Brussels as an EU trade reporter. She previously was a fellow at MLex Market Insight reporting on Brexit and trade. She also worked at Saab as a junior policy officer. Aarup holds a bachelor’s degree from the […]
WSJ to staff: Watch how you describe the economy
The regular Wall Street Journal newsletter to its staff warns reporters and editors on how they describe the economy. The newsletter reads: For example, the economy appears to be in recovery now, and steps were already taken this year by the government and Congress. It is a difficult situation with real challenges, but not a […]
Investopedia launches economic recovery tracker for five cities
Personal finance site Investopedia announced the launch of The City Economic Recovery Tracker (CERT), which is an index compiling economic recovery data of five U.S. cities since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Investopedia has been analyzing economic recovery data since the pandemic was declared in March, when the 22-year-old website launched the New York […]
Bloomberg hires Burden to cover economy and trade
Bloomberg News has hired Telegraph reporter Lizzy Burden to cover the economy and trade. She will start Dec. 14. Burden has been with the Telegraph in London for the past year covering trade, as well as central banks, the global economy and the UK Treasury. She was also a presenter for CoronaNomics TV. Before that, she […]
