NY Times names Cohen its global economics correspondent

The New York Times has named Patricia Cohen its global economics correspondent.

She will be based in London.

Cohen currently covers the U.S. economy for The Times and is the author of “In Our Prime: The Fascinating History and Promising Future of Middle Age.”

Cohen joined The Times in 1997 as ideas editor to create the Arts & Ideas section, and later oversaw the paper’s theater coverage. An award-winning reporter, she has written extensively about ideas, books and the arts, and worked as an investigative reporter in the Culture department.

Before joining The Times, Cohen worked at The Washington Post and Rolling Stone magazine, and did a stint working for a wire service in India. She started her journalism career at Newsday and New York Newsday as a member of the editorial board, and then political editor. She covered City Hall and the federal courts before becoming the editor of the Sunday opinion section, Currents.