WSJ’s Stephenson moves to editing economic policy coverage

Emily Stephenson of The Wall Street Journal has moved to editing economic policy coverage stories. She 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, where […]

Reuters seeks a Canada economics reporter

Reuters is looking for an energetic and enterprising reporter to cover the Canadian economy. Based in Ottawa, the successful candidate will be a detail-focused journalist able to move deftly from coverage of the central bank and finance department to economic indicators. The role requires an ability to execute original initiative stories on the Canadian economy at […]

Davidson departing Politico for Bloomberg

Politico reporter Kate Davidson, who co-wrote the “Morning Money” newsletter, is leaving to become U.S. economy editor for Bloomberg News. She had been with Politico since October 2021. She will start her new role on Dec. 12. “I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed steering this ship, thanks in no small part to the wonderful […]

Study: “Recession” news can predict higher unemployment, lower production

A Yale University study found that an increase in Wall Street Journal news stories about a recession could predict lower production and higher unemployment in the economy, reports Ray Schultz of Publishers Daily. Schultz reports, “The authors gathered roughly  763,000 WSJ articles, published from 1984 to 2017. The software counted the number of times that spe cific one- or two-word […]

NYFWA to host MSNBC’s Velshi

Award-winning broadcast journalist and longtime New York Financial Writers’ Association member Ali Velshi will discuss his experiences covering global and economic issues through a financial lens on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Among the topics Velshi will hit on are the global backsliding of democracy, equality and justice under the law, the increasing threat of […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks an economics reporter in Barcelona

Dow Jones Newswires seeks a digitally proficient financial journalist to cover regional economies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The role involves covering economic indicators in the region, helping to plan and coordinate coverage ahead of time, then sending headlines and quickly writing the first stories and essential updates that provide professional investors with […]

WSJ hires Linskey to cover economic policy

The Wall Street Journal has hired Washington Post reporter Annie Linskey to cover economic policy. She will start in December. Linskey is a White House reporter for the Post. She covered Democrats in the 2020 presidential campaign as a national political reporter for the Post. Before coming to The Post, Linskey was the lead reporter on Democrats […]

Semafor hires Weissmann as its Washington editor

News site Semafor has hired Jordan Weissmann as its Washington editor. He has been a Slate as a senior editor, focusing on policy, politics, and economics. He also was a senior business and economics correspondent at Slate. Before that, he was an economics blogger and editor for The Atlantic. He has also reported for The National Law Journal. Weissmann has […]

Reuters Breakingviews hires Winck as a columnist

Reuters Breakingviews has hired Ben Winck as a columnist in Washington covering the Federal Reserve and the economy. He will start on Monday. He has been at Business Insider as a markets reporter covering stock moves, central bank policy, quarterly earnings, research, and the investing landscape as a whole. Previously, Winck served as reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business and […]

The WSJ reporter known as the Fed whisperer

Jen Wieczner of New York Magazine profiles Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos, who covers the Federal Reserve. Wieczner writes, “The extra attention on Timiraos started a little more than a year ago, when he correctly reported (nearly two months in advance) that the Fed would begin winding down its pandemic stimulus in November. But the buzz […]