David Alter
Director of programmes, Economist films
London, United Kingdom
As Director of programmes of Economist films, David Alter leads the creative team that produces documentaries and short-form videos...
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James Astill
Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist
Washington D.C., United States
James Astill is The Economist’s Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist. Having previously been the Washington correspondent, he has covered US politics...
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Ryan Avent
Senior editor and Free exchange columnist
Washington D.C., United States
Ryan Avent joined The Economist in 2009 as online economics editor. In 2011 he became economics correspondent, covering global economic...
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Adam Barnes
Deputy news editor
London, United Kingdom
Adam Barnes is the deputy news editor and joined The Economist online in June 2005. In 2008 he launched the...
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Barbara Beck
Special reports editor
London, United Kingdom
Barbara Beck edits The Economist’s special reports, which provide in-depth coverage of a particular country, industry or idea. She...
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Jonathan Beckman
Deputy editor, 1843
London, United Kingdom
Jonathan Beckman is deputy editor of 1843, The Economist's magazine of long-form storytelling. Before joining The Economist, he was senior editor of Literary...
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Sarah Birke
Tokyo bureau chief
Tokyo, Japan
Sarah Birke is The Economist‘s Tokyo bureau chief, covering Japanese politics, society and business. Prior to this she covered the...
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Hamish Birrell
Public policy correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Hamish Birrell is The Economist‘s public policy correspondent, writing mainly for the Britain section. Previously he was education correspondent....
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Rosie Blau
Editor, 1843 magazine
London, United Kingdom
Rosie Blau is editor of 1843 magazine, The Economist's bi-monthly cultural magazine. Previously, she was China correspondent based out of the Beijing office....
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Tamzin Booth
Britain business editor
London, United Kingdom
Tamzin Booth is The Economist’s Britain business editor. She was the Tokyo bureau chief for three years, writing about...
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Catherine Brahic
Environment editor
London, United Kingdom
Catherine Brahic is The Economist's Environment editor. She joined in September 2018 as Science correspondent, and was made Environment...
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Joel Budd
Social-policy editor
London, United Kingdom
Joel Budd joined The Economist in 2003 to cover British home affairs. He was posted to Los Angeles in...
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Edward Carr
Deputy editor
London, United Kingdom
Edward Carr is the deputy editor responsible for editorial. He works alongside the Editor-in-Chief to oversee The Economist's journalism....
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Geoffrey Carr
Science and technology editor
London, United Kingdom
Geoff Carr, Science and technology editor, joined The Economist in 1991 as Science Correspondent. He then became Tokyo Correspondent...
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Caroline Carter
Deputy Asia news editor
Hong Kong
Caroline Carter has been writing about about Hong Kong politics and society for the newspaper since late 2015. She also helps...
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Slavea Chankova
Health-care correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Slavea Chankova is The Economist's health-care correspondent. She was previously on the data journalism team and the Britain section, writing about...
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Jeremy Cliffe
Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief
Brussels, Belgium
Jeremy Cliffe is Brussels bureau chief for The Economist and writes the weekly Charlemagne column on Europe. He joined...
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Richard Cockett
News editor, Britain
London, United Kingdom
Richard Cockett joined The Economist in 1999 as Britain correspondent and then became education editor. In 2002 he became correspondent...
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Philip Coggan
Bartleby columnist
London, United Kingdom
Philip Coggan writes the Bartleby column, covering management and work. Previously he wrote the Buttonwood column and, before that,...
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Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer
Hong Kong
Simon Cox is the Emerging Markets editor at The Economist, based in Hong Kong. He has spent over ten...
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Tim Cross
Technology Editor
London, United Kingdom
Tim Cross joined The Economist as an intern in June 2004. He covered business, and then transport, energy and...
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Kenneth Cukier
Senior editor
London, United Kingdom
Kenneth Cukier is senior editor and the host of the weekly podcast on technology, Babbage. He is the coauthor...
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Henry Curr
Economics editor
London, United Kingdom
Henry Curr is the economics editor for The Economist. He joined the newspaper in 2014 as Britain economics correspondent...
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Josie Delap
International editor
London, United Kingdom
Josie Delap is The Economist's international editor. Prior to this role she was Middle-East business correspondent, covering e-commerce, traditional...
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Doug Dowson
Data journalist
London, United Kingdom
Doug Dowson is a data journalist at The Economist, covering business and economics. He joined the newspaper in 2015....
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Mark Doyle
Letters editor and editor, The World This Week
London, United Kingdom
Mark Doyle joined The Economist in 2000 in the research department, where he specialised in the politics of the United...
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Emma Duncan
Social policy editor
London, United Kingdom
Emma Duncan is social policy editor of The Economist. Previously she was editor of 1843, a bi-monthly magazine of ideas, culture and lifestyle, named...
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Tom Easton
Mumbai bureau chief
Mumbai, India
Tom Easton is Mumbai bureau chief. Tom joined The Economist in 2000, and was New York bureau chief before...
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Richard Ensor
Mexico City bureau chief
Mexico City, Mexico
Richard Ensor is The Economist's Mexico City bureau chief and covers Mexico, Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Prior...
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Gady Epstein
China affairs editor
New York, United States
Gady Epstein is The Economist's China affairs editor. Previously he served as media editor, writing extensively about how technology is changing...
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Jon Fasman
Washington correspondent
Washington D.C., United States
Jon Fasman, is the Washington correspondent, having previously been South-East Asia bureau chief and Atlanta correspondent. In addition to his work...
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Matthieu Favas
Finance correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Matthieu Favas is The Economist’s Finance Correspondent. He covers finance with a global remit, notably fintech, alternative assets, trade...
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Patrick Foulis
Business affairs editor
London, United Kingdom
Patrick Foulis is The Economist‘s business affairs editor. He joined The Economist in 2008. Between 2014 and 2018 he...
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Daniel Franklin
Executive and diplomatic editor, The Economist & Editor, The World in
London, United Kingdom
In 2018 Daniel Franklin was appointed to executive and diplomatic editor. Daniel initially held the role of Executive Editor...
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Alice Fulwood
Finance correspondent
New York, United States
Alice Fulwood is The Economist's American finance correspondent, covering a range of topics about banking and the financial system...
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Rob Gifford
Deputy special reports editor
London, United Kingdom
Rob Gifford edits The Economist's 10-page special reports. He joined the newspaper in 2011 as China editor. Prior to that...
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Lane Greene
Editor, Espresso and Johnson columnist
London, United Kingdom
Lane Greene, based in London, edits Espresso and writes the “Johnson” column on language for the newspaper. Prior to...
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Robert Guest
Foreign editor
London, United Kingdom
Robert Guest is The Economist's foreign editor. Previously he was US editor, business editor, Washington correspondent and Lexington columnist...
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Hal Hodson
Asia technology correspondent
Hong Kong
Hal Hodson is Asia Technology Correspondent at The Economist. Previously, he worked at New Scientist for three years in...
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Emma Hogan
Deputy briefings editor
London, United Kingdom
Emma Hogan is Deputy Briefings Editor at The Economist, working on long-form articles across the paper. Previously, Emma was South-East Asia correspondent, Deputy...
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Charlotte Howard
New York bureau chief & Energy and commodities editor
New York, United States
Charlotte Howard is the New York bureau chief and energy and commodities editor. She joined The Economist in 2004. From 2015 to 2018...
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Alok Jha
Science correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Alok Jha is a science correspondent for The Economist, writing on everything from cosmology to particle physics and stem...
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Mark Johnson
Beijing correspondent
Beijing, China
Mark Johnson is The Economist's Beijing correspondent. Previously, he wrote about business and politics. He previously covered environmental issues;...
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Miranda Johnson
South East Asia correspondent
Singapore, Singapore
Miranda Johnson is The Economist’s South-East Asia correspondent, based in Singapore. Previously she was the publication’s environment correspondent, Southern United...
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Ria Jones
Instagram editor
London, United Kingdom
Ria has worked for The Economist as a visual journalist since 2011. During her time as Digital & Social...
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Shashank Joshi
Defence editor
London, United Kingdom
Shashank Joshi is The Economist's defence editor. Prior to joining The Economist in 2018, he served as Senior Research...
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Helen Joyce
Finance editor
London, United Kingdom
Helen Joyce became editor of The Economist’s economics and finance section in February 2018. For the previous four years,...
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Idrees Kahloon
US policy correspondent
Washington D.C., United States
Idrees Kahloon is the US policy correspondent. Prior to this he worked on The Economist's data journalism team, producing...
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Soumaya Keynes
Trade & Globalisation editor
Washington D.C., United States
Soumaya Keynes writes for the print edition and the Free Exchange blog. Before joining The Economist Soumaya did research...
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Daniel Knowles
International correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Daniel Knowles works on the foreign desk of The Economist. He covers stories worldwide, with a particular focus on...
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Anton La Guardia
Digital editor
London, United Kingdom
Anton La Guardia is the Digital editor for The Economist. Prior to this role, he was the Deputy Foreign Editor...
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Jack Lahart
Deputy communities editor
London, United Kingdom
Jack Lahart is The Economist's deputy community editor, working in the social media team to distribute our content across...
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Patrick Lane
Banking editor
London, United Kingdom
Patrick is the banking editor of The Economist. Previously he edited The Economist's daily publication, Espresso. He joined the...
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Denise Law
Head of strategic product development
London, United Kingdom
Denise Law is head of product at The Economist where she leads product strategy and development. She previously set up and...
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Rachel Lloyd
Prospero editor
London, United Kingdom
Rachel Lloyd is the assistant editor of the Books and Arts section. As well as running the daily culture...
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Natasha Loder
Health-care correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Natasha Loder is The Economist’s health-care correspondent. She covers the pharmaceutical industry, medical science and technology. Between 2011 and...
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Simon Long
International editor
London, United Kingdom
Simon Long edits the international section of The Economist. Prior, he was the finance and economics editor. For six...
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Paul Markillie
Innovation editor
London, United Kingdom
Paul Markillie is The Economist’s innovation editor. Paul principally writes about new technologies and their implications in business. He...
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Sarah Maslin
Brazil correspondent
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sarah Esther Maslin joined The Economist in 2017. In 2018 she moved to São Paulo to become The Economist's Brazil...
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Edward McBride
Asia editor
London, United Kingdom
Edward McBride is The Economist‘s Asia editor. His previous roles were finance editor, Washington bureau chief, business editor and energy...
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Charlotte McCann
South East Asia correspondent
Singapore, Singapore
Charlie McCann is South East Asia correspondent, based in Singapore. Before that she was deputy digital editor and assistant...
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John McDermott
Africa correspondent
Johannesburg
John McDermott is The Economist‘s Africa correspondent, based in Johannesburg, and roving across the continent. Before joining The Economist in 2016,...
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Anne McElvoy
Senior editor and head of Economist Radio
London, United Kingdom
Anne McElvoy is a former foreign correspondent and columnist. She began her career on the Times, covering east Germany,...
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Roger McShane
Middle East editor
London, United Kingdom
Roger McShane is the Middle East editor for The Economist. Based in London, he reports on over 20 countries...
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James Miles
China editor
London, United Kingdom
James Miles took up his position as The Economist's China Editor in August 2014, having previously worked as Beijing...
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Andrew Miller
Culture editor
London, United Kingdom
Andrew Miller is Culture Editor of The Economist. Previously he was the paper’s Moscow correspondent, Britain editor, Bagehot columnist,...
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Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-chief
London, United Kingdom
Zanny Minton Beddoes is the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist. Previously she was the business affairs editor, responsible for the newspaper’s coverage...
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Leo Mirani
Senior Britain correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Leo Mirani is a roving correspondent on the Britain desk. Prior to this he was news editor, in charge...
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Elliott Morris
Data journalist
Washington D.C., United States
Elliot Morris is a journalist on the data team, writing quantitatively-driven pieces for The Economist on a wide range of subjects....
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Oliver Morton
Briefings editor
London, United Kingdom
Oliver Morton is The Economist’s briefings editor. Before coming to The Economist as energy and environment editor in 2009,...
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Sacha Nauta
Public policy editor
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sacha Nauta is the public policy editor for The Economist. She writes across the paper about societal change, looking...
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Tom Nuttall
Berlin bureau chief
Berlin, Germany
Tom Nuttall has been The Economist's Berlin bureau chief since November 2018. Before that he spent four years based...
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John O'Sullivan
Buttonwood columnist
London, United Kingdom
John O’Sullivan writes the Buttonwood column. He was economics editor from 2015 to 2018, following three years as a...
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Arkady Ostrovsky
Russia and eastern Europe editor
London, United Kingdom
Arkady Ostrovsky is Russia and eastern Europe editor for The Economist. Prior to this role, he was the Moscow Bureau...
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Andrew Palmer
Executive editor
London, United Kingdom
Andrew Palmer is the Executive editor. He was formerly business affairs editor, head of the data team, Americas editor,...
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Jason Palmer
Host of "The Intelligence" podcast, Economist Radio
London, United Kingdom
Jason Palmer is host of "The Intelligence" podcast. He joined The Economist as a science and technology correspondent in...
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John Parker
International correspondent
London, United Kingdom
John Parker is an international correspondent, writing without portfolio. He has spent about half his career in foreign bureau...
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Andrea Paterson
Head of development, Economist Films
London, United Kingdom
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Sophie Pedder
Paris bureau chief, and France correspondent
Paris, France
Sophie Pedder is the Paris bureau chief, writing about French politics and economics. She joined The Economist in 1990 and has...
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John Peet
Political and Brexit editor
London, United Kingdom
John Peet is The Economist's political and Brexit editor. Prior to this position, John was Europe editor covering European affairs....
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Nicolas Pelham
Middle East correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Nicolas Pelham is The Economist’s Middle East correspondent. He started work in Cairo as editor of the Middle East Times and since then...
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Stanley Pignal
European business and finance correspondent
Paris, France
Stanley Pignal writes about European business, finance and economics out of Paris. In previous roles as finance correspondent then...
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Jan Piotrowski
Business editor
London, United Kingdom
Jan Piotrowski is The Economist's business editor. Previously he was São Paulo bureau chief and environment correspondent. Jan also...
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John Prideaux
US editor
London, United Kingdom
John Prideaux joined The Economist as political correspondent in 2004. Prior to this he wrote for The Economist, the...
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Simon Rabinovitch
Asia economics editor
Shanghai, China
Simon joined The Economist as Asia economics editor in 2014, primarily focused on Chinese economics and finance. Prior to...
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Michael Reid
Bello columnist and writer-at-large, Latin America
Spain
Michael Reid writes the Bello column on Latin America and is the newspaper’s writer-at-large for the region. He is...
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David Rennie
Beijing bureau chief and Chaguan columnist
Beijing, China
David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. From July 2010 to...
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Mian Ridge
US news editor
Washington D.C., United States
Mian Ridge joined The Economist in 2015 as US news editor, based in Washington, DC where among other things...
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Bill Ridgers
Co-editor of Espresso
London, United Kingdom
Bill Ridgers is co-editor of Espresso, The Economist's daily news briefing app. He is also deputy editor of "The...
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Adam Roberts
Midwest correspondent
Chicago, United States
Adam Roberts is the Midwest correspondent for The Economist covering politics, policy and social affairs in America. Previously, he...
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Duncan Robinson
Political correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Duncan Robinson is the political correspondent at The Economist. Before joining the newspaper, he worked at the Financial Times...
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Fiammetta Rocco
Culture correspondent, The Economist and 1843 magazine
London, United Kingdom
Fiammetta Rocco is a Senior Editor, and the culture correspondent of both The Economist and 1843. Between 2003 and...
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Max Rodenbeck
South Asia bureau chief
New Delhi
Max Rodenbeck runs The Economist’s South Asia bureau in Delhi, covering the 1.7bn people of the Indian subcontinent. He...
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Lucy Rohr
Snapchat editor
New York, United States
Lucy has worked at The Economist as a multimedia journalist since 2008. She has experience in podcasting and short-form...
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Dan Rosenheck
Data editor
London, United Kingdom
Dan Rosenheck is the editor of The Economist’s data team, writing quantitatively-driven stories on a broad range of topics...
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Jonathan Rosenthal
Africa editor
London, United Kingdom
Jonathan Rosenthal is The Economist's London-based Africa editor. He joined The Economist in 2005 as British business correspondent, having...
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Tom Rowley
Britain correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Tom Rowley is a Britain correspondent at The Economist. He is particularly interested in social issues and home affairs. Before joining the...
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Lena Schipper
Seoul bureau chief
Seoul, South Korea
Lena Schipper is Seoul bureau chief for The Economist. Previous to this role she worked as assistant news editor in London....
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Guy Scriven
Climate risk correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Guy Scriven is The Economist's climate risk correspondent. Previously, he was South-East Asia correspondent, based in Singapore. Before that...
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd
Head of data journalism
London, United Kingdom
Alex Selby-Boothroyd is The Economist's head of data journalism. His team writes data-driven articles and creates all of the charts and...
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Rachana Shanbhogue
Economics correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Rachana writes about Europe's economies for The Economist. She joined the staff in 2017 as business correspondent. Previously she...
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Ludwig Siegele
US technology editor
San Francisco, United States
Ludwig joined The Economist as US technology correspondent in 1998. In 2003 he moved to Berlin as the newspaper’s...
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Xan Smiley
Editor
London, United Kingdom
Xan Smiley joined The Economist in 1983 as Middle East editor and became political editor and "Bagehot" columnist in...
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Noah Sneider
Moscow correspondent
Moscow
Noah Sneider is The Economist’s Moscow Correspondent, covering Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. He has covered the annexation...
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Tom Standage
Deputy editor, digital strategy and Deputy editor, The World In
London, United Kingdom
Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and "The World in.." series. He is also responsible for the newspaper's...
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Matt Steinglass
Europe correspondent
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Matt Steinglass is the Europe correspondent of The Economist. He began writing and blogging for The Economist in 2009...
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Stephanie Studer
Senior China business correspondent
Shanghai, China
Stephanie Studer is The Economist’s senior China business correspondent. Prior to this Stephanie was the Seoul Bureau Chief, writing...
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Alexandra Suich Bass
Senior correspondent for politics, technology and society
Dallas and San Francisco
Alexandra Suich Bass is The Economist’s senior correspondent for politics, technology and society, covering a range of political and public...
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James Tozer
Data journalist
London, United Kingdom
James Tozer is a journalist on The Economist’s data team. He writes data-driven articles for the graphic detail page...
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Alex Travelli
India correspondent and Asia news editor
Delhi
Alex Travelli is The Economist’s news editor in Asia and an India correspondent based in Delhi. As an editor...
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Henry Tricks
Schumpeter columnist
London, United Kingdom
Henry Tricks writes the Schumpeter column on global business and is based in London. Previously, he was the Energy...
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Brooke Unger
Americas editor
London, United Kingdom
Brooke Unger joined The Economist in 1990 as banking correspondent. In 1992 he went to Berlin to cover business...
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Vijay Vaitheeswaran
US business editor
New York, United States
An award-winning senior correspondent, he opened the magazine’s Shanghai bureau in 2012 and served as China business editor &...
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Matthew Valencia
Special assignments editor
London, United Kingdom
Matthew Valencia joined The Economist in 1995 as banking correspondent, and in 1998 moved to Frankfurt to cover German...
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Vendeline von Bredow
European business and finance correspondent
Berlin, Germany
Vendeline von Bredow is European business and finance correspondent for The Economist, based in Berlin. Previously she was Midwest correspondent...
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Tom Wainwright
Britain editor
London, United Kingdom
Tom Wainwright is the Britain editor of The Economist. He joined the paper in 2007 to write...
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Rosemarie Ward
New York correspondent
New York, United States
Rosemarie Ward is the New York correspondent for The Economist, based in New York City. She also covers New England,...
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Callum Williams
Britain economics correspondent
London, United Kingdom
Callum Williams is Britain economics correspondent for The Economist. He joined in 2014 and covers the British economy. He...
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Adrian Wooldridge
Political editor and Bagehot columnist
London, United Kingdom
Adrian Wooldridge is The Economist's political editor and writes the Bagehot column; an analysis of British life and politics,...
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Simon Wright
Industry editor
London, United Kingdom
Simon Wright is the industry editor covering cars and new mobility, aerospace, shipping, manufacturing and the like. He joined...
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Ann Wroe
Obituaries editor
London, United Kingdom
Ann Wroe is the Obituaries Editor of The Economist. After taking a first-class degree in History and a doctorate in...
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James Yan
China correspondent
Beijing, China
James Yan is The Economist's China correspondent. Previously he was Marjorie Deane fellow in New York and editorial assistant for The...
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Kevin Young
Communities editor
London, United Kingdom
Kevin Young leads The Economist's global social media team, which is responsible for promoting The Economist's journalism - from...
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Wade Zhou
US data journalist
London, United Kingdom
Wade Zhou is The Economist's US data journalist. He joined the newspaper in 2014.
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Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist
Hong Kong
Dominic Ziegler is The Economist's senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a...