Dan Cordtz, a longtime business journalist who was the economics editor for ABC News in the 1970s, died Saturday at the age of 92. Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican writes, “Kay Cordtz...
U.S. job growth surged in April and the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest in nearly half a century, pointing to sustained strength in economic activity even as last year’s massive stimulus from Republican...
The Marguerite Casey Foundation announced the winners of journalism awards to promote reliable reporting on poverty and community leadership by families. The Marguerite Casey Foundation Journalism Fellowships and Scholarships support journalism that helps the...
Politico trade reporter Megan Cassella spoke with UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Andy Bechtel about her job. Here is an excerpt: Q. The tweet pinned to your Twitter account says: “Who knew the trade beat would make...
The Federal Reserve Board left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it’s unlikely to either raise or cut rates in coming months amid signs of renewed economic health but unusually low...
Wall Street Journal DC bureau chief Paul Beckett sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: All: I am delighted to announce that Nell Henderson is named Economic Editor of The Wall Street Journal, effective immediately. Nell...
U.S. retail sales surged in March at the fastest pace since late 2017, as spending on autos, gasoline, furniture and clothing jumped. Josh Boak of the Associated Press had the news: The Commerce Department said...
Mark Magnier has been hired by the South China Morning Post to be its U.S. correspondent in Washington. Before joining the Post, he worked for the Wall Street Journal in China as an economics...
Time magazine has hired The Atlantic’s Alana Semuels as its senior economics correspondent. She will start on April 29. Semuels has been with The Atlantic since October 2014. She has been reporting stories in...
The New York Times has hired Bloomberg News reporter Jeanna Smialek to cover the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. economy. Smialek, who has been in Bloomberg’s New York bureau, will move back to...
