Barron’s seeks a senior writer to cover the Fed, economy
Barron’s is seeking an experienced reporter to cover the economy, writing sharp analyses of major economic news events they happen and enterprise stories that explain what those events mean for the broader economy, companies, financial markets, and the pocketbooks of ordinary Americans. A primary responsibility will be to lead our coverage of the Federal Reserve. […]
Canadian Press hires Lord as economics reporter and editor
Canadian Press News has hired Craig Lord as an economics reporter and editor based in Ottawa. He will start next week. Lord has been on the Global News national team covering the Canadian housing market, personal finance and business stories. Before that, he was a reporter and editor at the Ottawa Business Journal. He has also worked at […]
Politico hires Desrochers to cover international trade
Politico has hired Daniel Desrochers to cover international trade. Desrochers is currently the Kansas City Star’s Washington correspondent. He covers Congress and the White House with a focus on policy and politics important to Kansas and Missouri. He previously covered politics and government for the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Desrochers is a graduate of the […]
WSJ reporter Ensign moves to economics team
Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Ensign has moved to the economics team. She has been on the banking team for nearly 10 years. She has been covering millionaires, billionaires, regular people hoping to become millionaires and billionaires, and bankers serving all of the above. Ensign previously covered Bank of America and commercial real estate lending. Ensign joined […]
How the media are missing the point on deflation
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research writes about how the business media is misinterpreting the impact of deflation on the economy. Baker writes, “This simple point often eludes people who write about the economy, as was the case with this Washington Post editorial on China’s economic problems. The piece correctly noted that China’s official […]
NY Times hires Smith to cover the Fed
The New York Times has hired Colby Smith to be its lead reporter covering the Federal Reserve and to write about the U.S. economy. She previously was the U.S. economics editor at the Financial Times. She had been with the FT for more than six years and previously was U.S. capital markets correspondent and a writer for FT […]
Shorenstein Center holding session on covering tariffs
Join The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact for an hourlong, on-the-record webinar about the future of tariffs in 2025, days before the second Trump administration begins. Panelists will discuss: How steel tariffs in the early 2000s affected exports, production and employment. What broad-based tariffs could mean for U.S. consumers in 2025 and beyond. A brief history of […]
WNYC/Gothamist seeks an economics and equity editor
The WNYC and Gothamist newsroom is seeking an ambitious, diligent and enterprising editor to lead our Economics & Equity team. This editor will oversee multiplatform journalists who cover issues directly related to affordability and quality of life in our area. A strong editor candidate will have experience managing beat reporting in a daily newsroom and […]
WSJ wins NPF award for trade reporting
The National Press Foundation has named The Wall Street Journal as the winner of the 2024 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade for its series on China’s phasing out of U.S. technology. WSJ reporters Liza Lin, Raffaele Huang and Stu Woo created an exclusive series of stories revealing China’s ‘Delete America’ efforts to […]
Smith, US economics editor for the FT, departs
Colby Smith, the U.S. economics editor at the Financial Times, has left the news organization for a new opportunity. She had been with the FT for more than six years and previously was U.S. capital markets correspondent and a writer for FT Alphaville. Smith previously worked at The Economist and was a producer for Bloomberg […]
