Barron’s seeks Fed and economics senior writer
Barron’s is seeking an experienced journalist to cover the economy by writing analyses of major economic news events as they are happening and enterprise that reveals what those events mean for the broader economy, companies, financial markets and the pocketbooks of ordinary Americans. You Will: Lead our coverage of the Federal Reserve and cover other […]
MNI hires Garcia as Latin American central banking correspondent
MNI has hired Larissa Garcia to be its Latin Amerian central banking correspondent. Garcia will be based in Brasilia. She will initially focus on the region’s two most closely watched monetary authorities — Banco Central do Brasil and Banco de Mexico. Garcia previously worked at financial newspaper Valor Economico, where she covered the Brazilian central bank […]
Economics workshop offered for biz reporters in Chicago
The Concordia Free Enterprise Center, Economics Wisconsin, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago invite you to attend the Economics for Opinion Leaders: Journalists & Media Professionals program being held Feb. 4-6 in Chicago. All members of the media are encouraged to apply for this award- winning educational seminar. There will be an opening reception […]
Why the news media is important to the economy
J.J. Colao is the founder of Haymaker Group, and a former Forbes staff writer, writes for Fortune about the importance of news coverage to the economy and business. Colao writes, “If investors are constantly tricked into diverting capital towards ineffective companies, and customers are routinely deceived into buying shoddy products, the whole economic engine breaks […]
Bloomberg News wins Hinrich Award for trade reporting
Bloomberg News has won the 2023 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade from the National Press Foundation for a series of comprehensive reporting on a variety of trade issues — from AI advancements, Brazil choosing China over the U.S. for a factory plant and an in-depth analysis on decoupling from China. The contributors include Shawn […]
Bloomberg taps Pickert as deputy team leader for Fed team
Bloomberg News reporter Reade Pickert has been named an editor and deputy team leader for its Federal Reserve team. She has been covering the economy for the past four-plus years. Pickert is a University of Virginia graduate in international relations and affairs and economics. While there, she worked on The Cavalier Daily as a reporter. She previously interned for Bloomberg as […]
International Trade Today seeks a reporter
International Trade Today, the leading independent publication dealing with the news and information needs of importers, exporters, trade lawyers, customs brokers and others in the trade business, seeks an enterprising trade reporter to write about trade negotiations and policymaking, court cases involving trade, export controls and shifts in the international trade industry. The successful candidate […]
FT seeks a data journalist for central banking team
The Financial Times is seeking a data journalist for its new central banking hub. Designed for professionals, the hub will offer users high quality data on monetary policy so that they are better able to do their jobs both in the form of permanent dashboards and articles showcasing data of relevance for monetary policy in […]
Stephenson named WSJ’s economic policy editor
The Wall Street Journal has named Emily Stephenson as its economic policy editor. She has been editing economic policy coverage stories and previously was deputy politics editor at The Journal. Stephenson previously was at Politico as a news editor from 2017 to 2019. Stephenson started her career at Reuters as a summer intern in 2010 in Chicago before moving to the Washington bureau, […]
Saraiva moves to UN beat at Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Augusta Saraiva is now covering the United Nations. She has been on the economics team covering topics such as inflation, demand and labor for the past year. She had been previously rotating among beats, including corporate finance and supply chain. She interned at Foreign Policy and Voice of America. Saraiva holds a bachelor’s and master’s […]