The Economist is offering year-long paid fellowship in the U.S.
We are looking for a talented, enterprising and adaptable fellow for the expanding Digital department of The Economist. This fellow will spend one year working in our New York bureau, and will start as soon as possible. The fellowship will involve: working on the newsdesk and Espressonews app, as part of a global team tracking the workflow […]
The Economist is offering year-long paid fellowship in the U.S.
We are looking for a talented, enterprising and adaptable fellow for the expanding Digital department of The Economist. This fellow will spend one year working in our New York bureau, and will start as soon as possible. The fellowship will involve: working on the newsdesk and Espressonews app, as part of a global team tracking the workflow […]
Bennet becomes first American to write Economist’s Lexington column
James Bennet, senior editor at The Economist, is the new Lexington columnist. The weekly column, dedicated to U.S. politics, takes its name from Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Prior to joining The Economist in 2021 as an editor, Bennet was editorial page editor of The New York Times […]
The Economist has best financial year since 2016
The Economist had its most successful year financially since 2016 last year with profit up and record revenue, thanks to increased subscriptions, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “The magazine and digital publisher said subscriber numbers were ‘robust,’ totalling 1,185,000 despite a ‘sluggish’ start to the financial year in April 2021 which it put down to a ‘slow […]
Economist exploring charging for podcasts
The Economist, which has twice as many podcast listeners as subscribers, is exploring whether to charge to listen to them, writes Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher writes, “Most podcasts associated with news websites remain un-paywalled, with one notable exception being that of the otherwise paywall-free Il Post in Italy. “The Economist has some breathing room to figure out […]
Inside the Economist’s relaunch of its subscription mobile app
Sara Guaglione of Digiday writes about how The Economist quietly relaunched its subscription mobile app in March. Guaglione writes, “The core mission of the app hasn’t changed with this redesign, Cohn said. ‘It’s a daily digital briefing that complements the core subscription with short bits of news and analysis aimed at readers on the go,’ he […]
Page hired by The Economist as Asia diplomatic editor
Jeremy Page, the China political and diplomatic editor for The Wall Street Journal, has been hired by The Economist to be its Asia diplomatic editor. He will be based in India. Page has been in The Journal’s Beijing bureau, leading coverage of domestic politics, international relations and security. He joined the Journal in Beijing in […]
The Economist hires Odendahl as European economics editor
Christian Odendahl will be joining The Economist as European economics editor. He begins in April. Currently, he is at the Centre for European Reform in London, where he works as a chief economist. He was also a senior economist at Roubini Global Economics in London. He previously was a Marjorie Deane fellow at The Economist. […]
Economist nearing 1 million digital subscribers
The Economist is nearing 1 million digital subscribers, reports Andrew Kearsley of Press Gazette. Kearsley reports, “The newest data suggests the magazine is now just under 5,000 digital subscriptions away from the one million total after recording a 14% increase in global digital circulation last year, from 874,802 to 995,228. “The title account for nearly half of […]
The Economist hires Su from LA Times
Alice Su, the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times, has been hired by The Economist to be a senior China correspondent. She will start later this month. Su was formerly a freelance journalist based in Amman, Jordan, focusing on migration, religion, China and the Middle East. Su has reported from Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, […]
