The Economist promotes Guest to deputy editor
Robert Guest, a foreign editor at The Economist, has been appointed deputy editor. Previously, he held the posts of US editor, business editor, Washington correspondent and Lexington columnist. Guest covered American news and politics for The Economist and before this, covered Africa for seven years, based in London and Johannesburg. Prior to joining The Economist, […]
Prospect Publishing names Beard CEO
The following was sent out from Prospect Magazine: Mark Beard, the award-winning senior vice president, subscriptions marketing, at the Economist has been appointed CEO of Prospect Publishing, which publishes the leading current affairs monthly magazine, Prospect. Mark brings a decade’s worth of experience from the Economist, where his career has spanned digital media, marketing, licensing, syndication and circulation. He has […]
The Economist seeks a Britain business and finance correspondent
The Britain section is looking for a new Britain business and finance correspondent. This person will report on the private sector in Britain, looking at everything from industry clusters to trade frictions, listed firms to startups, financing to skills. An ability to connect the stories of individual businesses and industries to the wider economy, and to […]
NY Times hires Travelli as South Asia biz correspondent
Alex Travelli will join The New York Times as a South Asia business correspondent. Travelli will begin in January, based in Delhi. Since 2013, Travelli has been writing and editing from Delhi for The Economist. He joined The Economist in 2004, based in New York, then he moved to Hong Kong and then to Delhi. […]
The Economist senior podcast editor Gittleson departing
Kim Gittleson, the senior editor for podcasts at The Economist, is leaving to join Prologue Projects. Gittleson is the co-editor of “The Intelligence,” The Economist’s daily current affairs podcast. She previously worked as a podcast host at the Wall Street Journal. Previously, Gittleson was with BBC News where she first served as a New York business […]
How The Economist attracts readers with Instagram
Liv Moloney, head of social media for The Economist, writes about how it uses Instagram to attract readers. Moloney writes, “Over the past year, Instagram has become essential to the growth of our business and a true shop window for our best journalism. The platform’s link-in-bio feature, which enables us to link directly to individual pages, […]
Kahloon named DC bureau chief for The Economist
Idrees Kahloon, a Washington correspondent for The Economist, has been named its Washington bureau chief. He has been a Washington correspondent since January 2021. He previously was a policy correspondent covering domestic politics and policy. Prior to that, he worked on The Economist‘s data journalism team. He designed the magazine’s successful predictive model of the […]
Hashim departs The Economist for altruism organization
Shakeel Hashim, a news editor at The Economist, is leaving the publication to head of communications at the Centre for Effective Altruism. Hashim previously was growth manager at tech news site Protocol. Hashim was also a newsletter producer based in London for Protocol. He was previously an analyst at Finimize covering business and economics, and […]
The Economist seeks a journalist for its digital team in London
The Economist is looking for a journalist to join its digital team in London. Please note: applicants must have the right to work in the UK. This is a hybrid role that encompasses our evolving daily briefing products and our news-publishing operations for our apps and website. The role involves some shift and weekend working. The […]
NY Times hires González Gómez from The Economist
New York Times graphics director Archie Tse and graphics deputy editor Wilson Andrews sent out the following on Monday: We’re excited to announce that Martín González Gómez is joining the Graphics department as a graphics editor. Martín joins us from The Economist, where he was a visual journalist, building graphics and interactives on a variety of news […]
