LA Times hires Olson to cover the consumer economy
The Los Angeles Times has hired Carly Olson to cover the consumer economy. Her first day was Monday, Olson has been a reporting fellow at the New York Times for the past year. She has also been freelancing for The Guardian, Architectural Digest and Oprah Daily, among others. She previously interned for the Los Angeles Times business […]
The Messenger seeks a markets and economics editor
The Messenger is looking for an experienced editor to run the Markets & Economics team. You will know who all the biggest players are at Jackson Hole and Davos, will be able to spot trends in trading, interpret outsized market gyrations and Fed interest rate changes, explain what a credit default swap is to a […]
Financial Times hires Keynes as podcast host and columnist
The Financial Times has hired Soumaya Keynes as an economics podcast host and columnist. Keynes is currently Britain economics editor at The Economist and will join the FT in the summer. In her column, Keynes will write about the new ideas, old arguments and current debates over the economy and how they are shaping our […]
Bloomberg taps Ganatra to serve on economics team
Elina Ganatra has joined Bloomberg’s economics team as a reporter. Since June 2022, she had been working as a rotating producer and reporter. Ganatra freelanced and was an assistant producer at Podmaters, a podcast production company that provides news about news, politics, culture and entertainment. She also served as a radio assistant and output manager […]
CNN hires Buchwald as economy explainer reporter
CNN has hired Elisabeth Buchwald to be an economy explainer reporter. She has been at USA Today covering personal finance and markets. Buchwald previously was a personal finance reporter at MarketWatch. Buchwald joined MarketWatch in 2018 as an intern covering personal finance, economics and retirement. She has also interned at CNBC and written for the Business section of MediaFile about topics pertaining to […]
Washington Post’s Romm joining economics team
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, economics editor Damian Paletta, deputy economics editor Jen Liberto and Washington economics editor Mike Madden sent out the following on Monday: We are delighted to announce that Tony Romm is becoming the Washington accountability reporter for the Econ team, a new position focused on delivering revelatory stories that trace […]
NY Times hires Ngo to cover economics
New York Times Washington bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller and economics editor Deborah Solomon sent out the following on Monday: We’re ecstatic to announce that Maddie Ngo, who was our 2021–22 Rosenbaum fellow, is back as a reporter in the Washington bureau. Maddie will cover economics and follow the money to see where all those billions of […]
Kihara of Reuters on how to cover an economy
Leika Kihara of Reuters talks about covering the Bank of Japan and the Japanese economy. Here is an excerpt: How have you developed such a rich coverage file? It is about making use of the day-to-day reporting. Covering economic news differs from covering something like war or a big natural disaster in that many events are […]
Davidson named Fed team leader at Bloomberg
Kate Davidson has been named Federal Reserve team leader at Bloomberg News. She joined Bloomberg in late 2022 as U.S. economy editor. She previously had been at Politico. Before that, she spent nearly seven years at The Wall Street Journal, where she covered the Biden administration’s economic agenda, the Treasury Department and U.S. fiscal policy. She previously […]
Avis hired by AFP to be US economics correspondent
Agence France-Presse has hired Daniel Avis to be its U.S. economics correspondent. He is based in Washington. He has been with Bloomberg News in Israel covering the Israel economy and government. Avis previously spent five years with the BBC, working as a broadcast journalist for “Newshour,” the BBC’s flagship international news program. He interned on the financial regulation team […]
