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 […]
The Economist names new president
Luke Bradley-Jones, Disney+ general manager of EMEA, has been named president and managing director of The Economist. Bradley-Jones will continue to accelerate The Economist’s digital evolution. He will be based in London and will also have a significant presence in The Economist’s New York office. He will assume the role of president this summer. Prior to […]
The Economist taps Hogan as Asia editor
The Economist has named Emma Hogan to be its new Asia editor. She is currently the Americas editor. She oversees the coverage of Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. Previously she was deputy briefings editor, working on cover briefings, long-form articles and editing the Christmas issue in 2020. Her other roles across the paper include South-East Asia […]
The Economist taps Lankes as its Brazil correspondent
The Economist has named Ana Lankes to be its Brazil correspondent. She has been its Latin America correspondent. She covers politics, economics, and society in South America. Previously she was the paper’s Argentina and Chile correspondent, based in Buenos Aires. She has also worked for the New York Times and has been interviewed by the BBC World […]
Economist president Cohn named CEO of Baltimore Banner
Bob Cohn, the president of The Economist Group, has been named chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner. Liz Bowie of The Banner website writes, “Cohn covered the U.S. Supreme Court and the White House for Newsweek in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the executive editor of Stanford Magazine, The Industry Standard and Wired. […]
The Economist is seeking an Asia correspondent
The Economist is hiring an Asia correspondent. The job will be Asia-based and involve a lot of travel. The successful candidate will be able to provide exceptionally ambitious, imaginative and original coverage of the region. A knowledge of geopolitics and economics is helpful. Applicants should send a cv, a cover letter and an unpublished article […]
1843 Magazine names Fielding-Smith deputy editor
The Economist’s features section 1843 Magazine has tapped Abigail Fielding-Smith to serve as deputy editor. Recently, she was a senior editor at the magazine. Previously, Fielding-Smith worked at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism as an international editor. She also served as Beirut correspondent at the Financial Times. You can congratulate Fielding-Smith via X/Twitter.
