Economist hires Connelly as senior Asia correspondent
The Economist has hired Aaron Connelly to be its senior Asia correspondent and Asia diplomatic editor. He will start in August and be based in Singapore. Connelly is currently a senior fellow for Southeast Asia politics and foreign policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He played a key part in the organization of the Shangri-La […]
The Economist taps Ogunbiyi to cover Africa
Ore Ogunbiyi has been named Africa correspondent for The Economist. Ogunbiyi currently co-hosts its daily podcast “The Intelligence.” She was previously the health-care and consumer correspondent in the business section. Prior to The Economist, she wrote speeches for the vice president of Nigeria and co-authored a book called “Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto […]
Shin departs The Economist for AFP
Agence France-Presse has hired Hieun Shin as its correspondent in South Korea. She has been covering South and North Korea at The Economist since 2018. She is currently a board member at the Asian American Journalists Association Seoul Chapter. Before joining The Economist, she was a translator and English teacher in Seoul. Shin graduated from […]
Wu departing FT for The Economist
Ethan Wu is leaving the Financial Times to become the Asia correspondent for The Economist. Wu has been at the Financial Times since November 2021 covering finance in New York. At the Financial Times, he hosts the twice-weekly “Unhedged” podcast on markets and finance. He also co-writes the Unhedged daily newsletter. Before joining the FT, Wu worked […]
Nuttall returning to Berlin to lead The Economist’s Germany coverage
Tom Nuttall of The Economist is returning to Berlin to lead the publication’s Germany coverage. Nuttall has been a senior editor on The Economist‘s digital team since March 2022. Before that he spent three years running the Berlin bureau, and four years writing the Charlemagne column on Europe. He has also worked as U.S. west coast […]
Astill departs The Economist for IMF
The Economist Asia editor James Astill has departed the organization for a job at the International Monetary Fund. He was previously the paper’s Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist. Astill also worked as The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief, stationed in New Delhi 2007-2010. He has also worked as the publication’s defense editor, energy and environment editor […]
Quan now deputy head of social media for The Economist
Kristene Quan is now deputy head of social media for The Economist. She helps lead the publication’s daily social operations and social-media strategy, with a particular focus on its audiences in North America. Prior to joining The Economist, she was executive producer of digital content at Postmedia where she worked with newsrooms across Canada. Before […]
The Economist taps Owen as head of social media
The Economist has named Isobel Owen as its head of social media. Owen has been a senior audience editor helping adapt The Economist’s journalism for social media and other digital platforms. She collaborates with colleagues within the Audience team and across the newsroom to reach new audiences and engage our current subscribers by leading on push alerts. […]
Berman to become news editor for The Economist in New York
The Economist has tapped Hollie Berman to be a news editor in New York. Berman joined The Economist at the start of 2020 as a social-media fellow, and took on the role of social-media editor later in the year. Her day-to-day work involves collaborating with editorial to adapt The Economist’s journalism for output across the paper’s four […]
Hodson named Americas editor at The Economist
Hal Hodson has been named Americas editor at The Economist, overseeing coverage of Canada and Latin America. He currently is a special projects writer, based in London. He joined the publication in 2016 as science and technology correspondent, writing about face recognition, tigers and the brain. In 2018 he was named Britain’s best science writer. In […]
