Coultate joins The Economist as senior newsletter editor
The Economist has hired Aaron Coultate as a senior newsletter editor. Coultate joins from Resident Advisor where he had worked for more than 8 years, joining as a news editor, then serving as managing editor, and most recently holding the post of editor-in-chief. He is also the founding editor, Juno Plus, at Juno Records. Coultate […]
The Economist launches “Executive Education”
The Economist is launching “The Economist Executive Education,” an online executive education program. The initiative is created by Economist journalists and features global experts. The course is designed for senior leaders and executives across a range of industries and will deliver actionable insights, practical skills and networking opportunities to help participants advance in their careers […]
The Economist is expanding its science and data coverage
The Economist announced Tuesday that it’s expanding its science and data journalism with a new weekly podcast, “The Jab from The Economist,” as well as a new COVID mortality-risk calculator and two weekly newsletters. The 30-minute podcast series that will include analysis of efforts to vaccinate the planet againstCOVID-19. Over the course of the series […]
Bennet, former NY Times editorial page editor, joining The Economist
James Bennet, the former editorial page editor at The New York Times, is joining The Economist. Bennet will be a visiting senior editor for one year. He starts on Feb. 1. Bennet resigned from the Times in June 2020 after it published a much-criticized op-ed by a United States senator calling for a military response […]
Kahloon named Washington correspondent for The Economist
Idrees Kahloon has been named Washington correspondent for The Economist. He previously was a policy correspondent covering domestic politics and policy. Kahloon will start his new position in January. Prior to that, he worked on The Economist‘s data journalism team. He designed the magazine’s successful predictive model of the 2016 Brexit referendum, and published the first […]
Hogan named Americas editor for The Economist
Emma Hogan has been named Americas editor for The Economist. She will start her new position in early 2021. Hogan is deputy briefings editor, working on long-form articles across the publication. Previously, she was South-East Asia correspondent, Deputy Europe Editor and Britain correspondent. As a reporter, she has travelled to nearly two dozen countries writing […]
The Economist seeks a senior social media editor
The Economist was founded as a print newspaper in 1843, but today we have a growing digital operation and 50m followers on our social-media accounts. Ever more people are encountering our journalism for the first time on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn. We are seeking an experienced social-media editor, located in the US, to join our […]
The Economist hires Weinland from the FT to cover China
The Economist has hired Don Weinland to the role of China business and finance editor. His previous role was at the Financial Times’ Beijing bureau, where he had worked since January 2016. He will cover Chinese business and finance from Hong Kong. Weinland had also worked for the South China Morning Post as its China banking […]
How The Economist has increased subscriber retention
Lara O’Reilly of Digiday interviewed The Economist president Bob Cohn about how the magazine has increased its subscription retention. O’Reilly writes, “Subscriptions and circulation made up around two-thirds (£204 million ($265 million) of the £326 million ($423 million) The Economist Group generated in revenue in the year to Mar. 31 2020. In recent months, pre-pandemic, the company […]
The Economist has launched a U.S. ad campaign
The Economist has started a new digital ad campaign to drive U.S. readers to its 2020 election coverage, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione reports, “The last time The Economist launched a U.S.-targeted digital ad campaign was during the midterm elections in 2018. The Economist hopes to pique the interest of new readers, including younger, female audiences, with […]
