Washington Post taps Siegel to cover Fed, domestic economy
Washington Post business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb, economics editor Damian Paletta and deputy economics editor Jen Liberto sent out the following on Friday: We are excited to announce that Rachel Siegel has joined the economics team to cover the Federal Reserve and the domestic economy, spearheading our coverage of the central […]
DesOrmeau now covering Michigan economy for MLife
Taylor DesOrmeau is now covering the Michigan economy for MLive. He previously was covering government and business for the Jackson Citizen Patriot, which is also part of MLive. He has been at the Citizen Patriot since May 2016. DesOrmeau is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where he was the sports editor for the student newspaper […]
Hepler hires by CalMatters to cover the state economy
Lauren Hepler has been hired by CalMatters to cover the California economy. She will start on June 15. She will report on gig workers, unemployment, the state budget and inequality. Hepler previously worked at Protocol, covering Silicon Valley through the prism of the people who work there and the people who are most directly affected by what […]
SABEW asks Trump administration to rethink economic reporting policies
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) called on the Trump Administration to rethink two significant policy changes that would place new curbs on access to information about the U.S. economy. SABEW refered to a recent directive from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that will “permanently discontinue” lock–ups that give news organizations an […]
Local economies losing jobs, but no reporters to cover it
Abe Streep of the New York Times writes about the massive job loss in communities around the country with no reporters to cover the story. Streep writes, “In late April, Jim Richerson, the chief executive officer of the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo, Colo., emailed Blake Fontenay, the editorial-pages editor at […]
Politico’s Behsudi set to depart
Adam Behsudi, a reporter covering international trade policy at Politico, is leaving the organization after more than six years. His last day is Friday. Behsudi is joining the International Monetary Fund. Previously, he was an associate editor at Inside Washington Publishers. Before that, he was a government/social services reporter at Frederick News-Post. He also worked […]
How NY Times econ reporter Casselman digs into unemployment
Alex Traub of The New York Times interviewed business reporter Ben Casselman on how he assesses unemployment data. Here is an excerpt: What can you do to interpret that number? One thing we’ve been trying to do is give historical context. I’m sure people can understand that six million layoffs in a week is bad, […]
SABEW: Government agencies shouldn’t suppress economic data
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing sent out the following statement on Tuesday: The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) issues a warning to federal, state and local authorities not to disrupt the normal flow of economic data to businesses, the public and the media. Despite the extraordinary disruptions posed by […]
Guilford joins WSJ as economics reporter
The Wall Street Journal has hired Gwynn Guilford as an economics reporter. Previously, Guilford was with Quartz. She held the post of senior economics reporter at Quartz. Before joining Quartz, Guilford was a blogger for Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish. She also held the posts of senior consultant and senior research consultant at The Beacon Group […]
Labor Department suspends changes to economic data release
The Labor Department is suspending a plan to change how it releases economic data, in a win for financial-media firms that had lobbied against the changes, reports Alexander Osipovich of The Wall Street Journal. Osipovich reports, “The department had said in January that it would release market-moving data primarily through the internet, thwarting media firms that release […]
