Editorial directory

  • Nour Abraham
    Researcher
    New York, United States

    Nour Abraham is a researcher for The Economist. He joined the research team in New York in 2018 after...

  • Jeff Achampong
    Editorial manager, finance
    London, United Kingdom

    Jeff Achampong is Editorial manager, responsible for finance (budgeting forecasting and monthly reporting). He has been part of the management team...

  • Sophie Addison
    Foreign and Britain editorial assistant
    London, United Kingdom

    Sophie Addison is foreign and Britain editorial assistant. Prior to this Sophie was in administrative support roles; firstly as...

  • Miranda Aldersley
    Junior editor, By Invitation
    New York, United States

    Miranda Aldersley is Junior editor of By Invitation at The Economist. She joined the newspaper in 2018, initially as...

  • Yvonne Aldsworth
    Picture editor

    Yvonne Aldsworth started working on the picture desk at The Economist in March 2023. Prior to this, Yvonne has...

  • Carole Alimo
    Lead designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Carole Alimo is the Lead designer of the Graphics department. She joined in 2001 after working for Computec media...

  • Sheila Allen
    PA to Editor-in-Chief
    London, United Kingdom

    Sheila Allen is the personal assistant to the Editor-in-Chief, and also a proofreader for The Economist. She has solid...

  • Gilead Amit
    Science correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Gilead Amit is a science correspondent for The Economist based in London. He was previously Deputy Head of Features...

  • Tomas Araya Larrain
    Editorial researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    Tomas works in The Economist’s research department. He joined the paper in 2023 after working for a few years...

  • Helen Atkinson
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Helen Atkinson has been a member of the data team since its inception in 2015, first as an intern...

  • Anna Baddeley
    Senior editor, 1843 magazine
    London, United Kingdom

    Anna Baddeley is a senior editor at 1843, The Economist's features magazine. Before joining The Economist she ran The...

  • Georgia Banjo
    Britain correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Georgia Banjo is a Britain correspondent who writes mainly about health. She joined The Economist as a foreign intern...

  • Joanne Banks
    Picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Joanne Banks is a picture editor at The Economist. She also photographs content for The Economist’s print and online...

  • Jamie Barker
    Film editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Jamie Barker is a film editor and produces content for Economist Films. He previously worked at BBC 3 and...

  • 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...

  • Jonathan Beckman
    Editor, 1843 magazine
    London, United Kingdom

    Jonathan Beckman is the editor of 1843, The Economist's magazine of long-form storytelling. Before joining The Economist, he was senior editor of Literary...

  • James Bennet
    Lexington columnist and senior editor
    New York, United States

    James Bennet is The Economist's Lexington columnist and a senior editor. Previously he served for a year as a...

  • Nino Bennett
    Graphic designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Nino Bennett is a graphic designer at The Economist. He has a 15-year career in broadcasting, digital media and publicity...

  • Thomas Bennett
    Global business correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom is The Economist's global business correspondent. He joined The Economist in 2022. Previously he was a Marjorie Deane...

  • Hollie Berman
    Social-media editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Hollie Berman joined The Economist at the start of 2020 as a Social-media fellow, and took on the role...

  • Indrani Bhattacharya
    Researcher
    Delhi

    Indrani Bhattacharya is a Researcher based in The Economist’s New Delhi office. She joined the newspaper in 2008. Her...

  • Mike Bird
    Asia business & finance editor
    Hong Kong

    Mike Bird joined as Asia business and finance editor in 2021. He writes about capital markets, economic development and...

  • Sarah Birke
    Mexico City bureau chief
    Mexico City, Mexico

    Sarah Birke is The Economist‘s Mexico City bureau chief, covering politics, society and business in Mexico and Central America. Prior...

  • Hamish Birrell
    Finance editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Hamish Birrell edits The Economist's finance and economics section. Previously he was a senior editor on the digital desk, overseeing...

  • Rosie Blau
    International China correspondent, The Economist
    London, United Kingdom

    Rosie Blau is International China correspondent for The Economist. Previously, she was editor of 1843 magazine, The Economist‘s magazine...

  • Sophia Bradford
    Senior picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Sophia Bradford is the Senior picture editor at The Economist newspaper. Sophia was also the Picture editor on the...

  • 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...

  • Barclay Bram
    Producer, The Weekend Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Barclay Bram is producer of the Weekend Intelligence. Prior to this, he was a producer of the China podcast...

  • Aryn Braun
    West Coast correspondent
    Los Angeles

    Aryn Braun is The Economist’s West Coast correspondent. Based in Los Angeles, she covers politics, society and the environment all...

  • Katie Bryant
    Producer
    London, United Kingdom

    Katie Bryant is a Producer on the Films team, where she makes documentaries, short videos and video journalism projects...

  • Anna Bucks
    Series producer, Video
    London, United Kingdom

    Anna Bucks has been Series producer, Video since 2024, having joined as Producer director in 2019. Prior to this...

  • 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...

  • Andrea Burgess
    Editorial researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    Andrea Burgess is an Editorial researcher at The Economist. Her editorial research responsibilities include finding data, publications, and fact-checking....

  • Melissa Butcher
    Unit Manager, Films
    London, United Kingdom

    Melissa Butcher is the Unit Manager for Economist Films, having joined the team in 2019. Prior to this, she...

  • David Camier-Wright
    Senior researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    David Camier-Wright works as a senior researcher for The Economist. He is a mathematician by background and chartered accountant...

  • Gregg Carlstrom
    Middle East correspondent
    Dubai

    Gregg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist, based in Dubai. He has covered the region for...

  • 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....

  • Geoffrey Carr
    Senior editor, science and technology
    London, United Kingdom

    Geoff Carr, senior editor, science and technology, joined The Economist in 1991 as science correspondent. He then became Tokyo...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Farah Cheah
    Journalist and researcher

    Farah Cheah is a journalist and researcher at The Economist. She is based in the Singapore bureau where she...

  • Wu Chen
    Managing director, GBR
    Shanghai, China

    Wu Chen is the managing director for GBR (The Economist Global Business Review), responsible for curating content for GBR,...

  • Avantika Chilkoti
    International correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Avantika is international correspondent at The Economist. Before joining the newspaper she covered finance for The Wall Street Journal...

  • Shailesh Chitnis
    Business Correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Shailesh is The Economist‘s global business correspondent. Before joining the newspaper, Shailesh was an entrepreneur, helping build a healthcare...

  • Gary Cochran
    Art director, 1843 magazine
    London, United Kingdom

    Gary Cochran is Art director for 1843, The Economist's bi-monthly magazine. He has over 30 years experience designing award-winning magazines,...

  • 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...

  • Sam Colbert
    Senior Series Producer, Economist Podcasts
    London, United Kingdom

    Sam Colbert produces podcast series for The Economist. He was previously on the production team for The Intelligence, The...

  • Steve Coll
    Visiting Senior Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Steve Coll is a visiting senior editor at The Economist. Previously he was Dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism...

  • Sarah Collinson
    Executive producer and story editor, Economist Films
    London, United Kingdom

    Sarah Collinson is the Executive producer and story editor at Economist Films, having joined The Economist as a Producer/...

  • Aaron Coultate
    Head of newsletters
    London, United Kingdom

    Aaron Coultate is The Economist's head of newsletters. He previously spent eight years working at electronic music website Resident...

  • Simon Cox
    China economics editor and senior economics writer
    Hong Kong

    Simon Cox is the China economics editor at The Economist, based in Hong Kong. He has spent over 15...

  • Annie Crabill
    US News Desk editor
    New York, United States

    Annie Crabill joined The Economist in 2022 as a US Digital Fellow, working on the newsdesk, editing the Espresso daily...

  • 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...

  • Kenneth Cukier
    Deputy executive editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Kenneth Cukier is deputy executive editor, following two decades at the paper as a foreign correspondent, technology writer, data...

  • Henry Curr
    Economics editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Henry Curr has led The Economist’s economics coverage since 2018—through the covid-19 pandemic, the return of inflation, the energy...

  • Lisa Davies
    Researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    Lisa Davies works in the Editorial research department with a special focus on finance and economics. She also compiles...

  • Roxana Davis
    Head of research
    London, United Kingdom

    Roxana Davis is The Economist’s head of research. Her department provides data and research for journalists, creates charts and fact-checks...

  • Mia Deed
    HR advisor, editorial
    London, United Kingdom

    Mia Deed is the human resources advisor for editorial. Before joining she was an HR advisor in a manufacturing...

  • Josie Delap
    Middle East editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Josie Delap is The Economist‘s Middle East editor. Prior to this she was the international editor and deputy briefings editor....

  • Rachel Dobbs
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rachel Dobbs is a news editor for The Economist. She edits the newspaper’s website, app and the Espresso daily...

  • Graham Douglas
    Head of graphics
    London, United Kingdom

    As Head of the Graphics Department at The Economist, Graham Douglas manages a team of designers and photo editors working...

  • Doug Dowson
    Data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Doug Dowson is a data journalist covering business and economics. He joined the newspaper in 2015. Before that he worked as...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Ian Emery
    Researcher
    Lima, Peru

    Ian Emery is a member of The Economist’s editorial research department. He previously worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit...

  • Gady Epstein
    Senior editor
    New York, United States

    Gady Epstein is a senior editor at The Economist, editing longform projects including special reports, technology quarterlies and essays. Previously he was...

  • Ursula Esling
    Deputy editorial manager
    London, United Kingdom

    Ursula Esling works in the Editor’s office as the editorial production co-ordinator, liaising between the production/advertising side of the...

  • Ingrid Esling
    Managing editor, 1843 magazine
    London, United Kingdom

    Ingrid Esling is managing editor of 1843 (formerly Intelligent Life), The Economist’s sister magazine. She is also the proof...

  • Jon Fasman
    Senior reporter and presenter, Podcasts
    New York, United States

    Jon Fasman is a senior reporter and presenter for The Economist's podcasts. He co-hosts "The Intelligence," our daily news...

  • Matthieu Favas
    Commodities Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthieu leads The Economist’s coverage of natural resources globally, including energy, food and metals. He also covers financial warfare...

  • Mirabel Fawcett
    Editorial designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Mirabel Fawcett joined the newspaper's graphics department in 2015 and works on laying out the print pages, commissioning illustrations...

  • Abigail Fielding-Smith
    Deputy editor, 1843 magazine
    London, United Kingdom

    Abigail Fielding-Smith is deputy editor at The Economist's 1843 magazine. Previously she was international editor at the Bureau of...

  • Noah Flora
    Researcher
    New York, United States

    Noah Flora is a researcher at The Economist's New York bureau, where he is primarily tasked with fact-checking and...

  • Patrick Foulis
    Foreign editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Patrick Foulis is The Economist‘s foreign editor, responsible for its coverage globally outside of Britain and the United States....

  • Brooke Fowler
    Audience editor
    New York, United States

    Brooke Fowler is The Economist’s audience editor. She works on newsletters, the Espresso daily briefing and other digital projects....

  • Daniel Franklin
    Executive Editor and Acting US Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Daniel Franklin is currently serving as US editor, as well being executive editor. He has been executive editor since...

  • Bo Franklin
    Senior digital editor and special projects editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Bo Franklin is a senior digital editor and special projects editor at The Economist. He helps to oversee the...

  • James Fransham
    Data correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    James Fransham is a data journalist on The Economist's data team in London. As well as writing for the...

  • Alice Fulwood
    Wall Street correspondent
    New York, United States

    Alice Fulwood is The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent, covering a range of topics about banking and the financial system...

  • Rory Galloway
    Senior Producer, Economist Podcasts
    London, United Kingdom

    Rory Galloway produces lead items on The Intelligence, The Economist's daily global news podcast. He was brought into The Economist in the...

  • 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...

  • Tamara Gilkes Borr
    US policy correspondent
    Washington D.C., United States

    Tamara Gilkes Borr is the US policy correspondent of The Economist. She previously worked as a public school teacher in...

  • Martín González
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Martín González is a Visual data journalist who joined the data team in 2017. He makes interactive graphics for...

  • Lane Greene
    Madrid bureau chief
    Madrid

    Lane Greene is Madrid bureau chief and writes the “Johnson” column on language. Prior assignments have included culture, European...

  • Robert Guest
    Deputy editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Robert Guest is The Economist's deputy editor. His previous roles include foreign editor, US editor, business editor, Washington correspondent, Lexington...

  • Conny Günther
    Berlin bureau manager
    Berlin, Germany

    Conny Günther is Berlin bureau manager of The Economist. She has worked as a translator and interpreter for English and Russian (1982-1990),...

  • Lemin Guo
    Senior translator, GBR
    Shanghai, China

    Lemin Guo is senior translator of The Economist Global Business Review (GBR) app. She joined the newspaper in 2016....

  • Archie Hall
    Britain economics correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Archie Hall writes for The Economist with a focus on the British economy, covering macroeconomic trends, monetary and fiscal policy, and financial...

  • Ann Hanna
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Ann Hanna is a news editor at The Economist. She helps run the newspaper’s website, mobile app and Espresso...

  • Michelle Hennessy
    Daily Chart, editor
    New York, United States

    Michelle Hennessy joined The Economist in 2021 as a newsdesk editor in London, where she helped run the newspaper’s...

  • Stevie Hertz
    Audio correspondent, US
    London, United Kingdom

    Stevie Hertz is the US Audio Correspondent for The Economist's suite of podcasts. She covers a broad range of...

  • Hal Hodson
    Americas editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Hal Hodson is The Economist’s Americas editor, co-ordinating the paper's coverage of the Western Hemisphere outside the United States....

  • Emma Hogan
    Asia editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Emma Hogan is The Economist’s Asia Editor. Previously she was the Americas Editor and Deputy Briefings Editor. Before that...

  • Matthew Holehouse
    British political correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthew Holehouse is the British political correspondent of The Economist. Before joining the newspaper he worked at MLex Market...

  • Rachel Horwood
    Washington bureau manager
    Washington D.C., United States

    Rachel Horwood runs The Economist's Washington bureau as well as providing research support and fact-checking political and economic writers.

  • Jason Hosken
    Producer, Babbage Podcast
    London, United Kingdom

    Jason Hosken joined The Economist in 2020. He regularly produces "Babbage" and features for "The Intelligence" podcasts. Prior to...

  • Rosalind Hothi
    Senior picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rosalind Hothi is joint Lead on the Picture Desk, supervising the team whilst researching and commissioning images for print...

  • Charlotte Howard
    Executive editor and New York bureau chief
    New York, United States

    Charlotte Howard is The Economist's executive editor, New York bureau chief and co-host of the Checks and Balance podcast....

  • Marguerite Howell
    Co-editor, Economist Radio
    London, United Kingdom

    Marguerite Howell is the co-editor of The Intelligence podcast. Previously, she worked as the multimedia editor, overseeing the development...

  • Moeka Iida
    Reporter and researcher
    Tokyo, Japan

    Moeka Iida researches and reports from The Economist’s Tokyo bureau. Before joining the paper in 2021, she worked at...

  • Chris Impey
    Co-editor of The Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Chris Impey is co-editor of The Intelligence podcast. He worked at the BBC for ten years as a producer...

  • Emma Irving
    Asia news editor
    Hong Kong

    Emma Irving is an Asia news editor based in Hong Kong. She helps run the newspaper’s website, app and...

  • Rebecca Jackson
    Southern correspondent
    Washington D.C., United States

    Rebecca is the southern correspondent for The Economist. She was previously a fellow covering American policy and politics and...

  • Gavin Jackson
    Economics and finance correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Gavin Jackson is an economics and finance correspondent covering climate change and capital markets. He occasionally writes the Free...

  • Graeme James
    Cover designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Graeme James has worked as the Cover designer for The Economist since 1995. Previously he was a book cover...

  • Alizée Jean-Baptiste
    Audio producer
    Singapore, Singapore

    Alizee Jean-Baptiste is an audio producer for The Intelligence, The Economist's daily podcast. She produced the podcast's first mini...

  • Alok Jha
    Science and technology editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Alok Jha is the science and technology editor for The Economist, writing on everything from cosmology to particle physics...

  • Mark Johnson
    Education correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Mark Johnson is The Economist‘s Education correspondent, based in London. From 2017-2020 he covered Chinese politics and society from The Economist's...

  • Ainslie Johnstone
    Data journalist

    Ainslie Johnstone is a data journalist based in London. She joined the newspaper in 2021. Prior to this she...

  • Ria Jones
    Senior social-media editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Ria is a senior social-media editor at The Economist. She helps to lead the newspaper’s social-media strategy, and adapts...

  • Oliver Jones
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Oliver Jones is a News editor at The Economist. He edits the Espresso/World in Brief news briefing and helps...

  • 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...

  • Idrees Kahloon
    Washington bureau chief
    Washington D.C., United States

    Idrees Kahloon is the Washington bureau chief for The Economist and leads coverage of the White House, Congress and national...

  • Kirstin Kidd
    Picture Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Kirstin Kidd has worked on the picture desk at The Economist since 2019. Prior to this, Kirstin spent 12...

  • Daniel Knowles
    Midwest correspondent
    Chicago, United States

    Daniel Knowles is the Midwest correspondent for The Economist, based in Chicago. He covers stories across the region, but...

  • Libby Knowles
    Senior film editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Libby Knowles joined Economist Films as a senior film editor in 2023. Prior to this, she edited documentaries for...

  • Andrew Knox
    Seoul bureau chief
    Seoul, South Korea

    Andrew Knox is The Economist’s Seoul bureau chief and Koreas correspondent, writing about politics, economics and society in both...

  • Silvie Koanda
    Picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Silvie Koanda is a picture editor at The Economist working within the graphics department. She joined the newspaper in...

  • Hiroko Konno
    Office manager
    Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroko Konno is in charge of administrative matters in The Economist's Tokyo editorial office.

  • Anton La Guardia
    Diplomatic editor
    Washington D.C., United States

    Anton La Guardia is the diplomatic editor of The Economist, based in Washington, DC. Prior to this role, he...

  • Angela Lambert
    Editorial assistant and Contents editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Angela Lambert joined The Economist in 2006 as Contents editor and then in 2015 as Editorial assistant for the...

  • Patrick Lane
    Deputy digital editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Patrick Lane is Deputy digital editor for The Economist. Previously, he was Banking editor for the paper. Prior to...

  • Ana Lankes
    Brazil correspondent

    Ana Lankes is The Economist's Brazil correspondent, based in São Paulo. She covers politics, economics, and society in Brazil and...

  • Sarah Lawrynuik
    Senior Producer, The Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Sarah Lawrynuik is a senior producer on the team that creates The Economist's daily news podcast, The Intelligence. Her work...

  • Hemma Leckraz
    Team manager, Podcasts
    London, United Kingdom

    Hemma Leckraz joined The Economist in 2019. She is a team manager for podcasts. Prior to this she worked...

  • Thomas Lee-Devlin
    Global business correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Thomas is The Economist's global business correspondent. He covers cross-industry shifts in the business world. Prior to The Economist,...

  • Sarah Leo
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Sarah Leo is a visual data journalist at The Economist, where she designs charts, maps and other visualisations for...

  • Rachel Lloyd
    Deputy Culture Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rachel Lloyd is the deputy culture editor. As well as overseeing the section's digital output, she contributes articles to...

  • Natasha Loder
    Health editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Natasha Loder is The Economist’s health editor, covering a wide range of topics in medicine, technology, pharma and science. Between...

  • Simon Long
    Editor-at-large
    London, United Kingdom

    Simon Long is editor-at-large at The Economist, which he joined in 1995. Since then he has worked as South-East...

  • Joe Lyness
    Researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    Joe Lyness works in The Economist's research department. He joined the paper in 2019 after graduating from Goldsmiths, University...

  • Hannah Marinho
    Senior Producer, Economist Radio
    London, United Kingdom

    Hannah Marinho joined The Economist in 2018 and has been producing the newspaper's daily news and current-affairs podcast, The...

  • 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...

  • Jessie Mathewson
    Explainers editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Jessie Mathewson edits The Economist explains, an online section. She joined the paper in 2021. Jessie previously worked as...

  • Edward McBride
    Deputy foreign editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Edward McBride is The Economist‘s deputy foreign editor. His previous roles were Asia editor, finance editor, Washington bureau chief, business editor and...

  • Charlotte McCann
    Feature writer, 1843
    Washington D.C., United States

    Charlie McCann is a feature writer at 1843, The Economist's magazine of long-form storytelling. Before moving to Washington, D.C. for her...

  • John McDermott
    Africa correspondent
    Johannesburg

    John McDermott is The Economist‘s Chief Africa Correspondent, based in Johannesburg, but reporting across the continent. He is the...

  • Caitriona McHugh
    Assistant to the foreign & business affairs editors
    London, United Kingdom

    Caitriona McHugh is the assistant to the foreign and business affairs editors. Prior to this, she was an editorial assistant...

  • Matt McLean
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Matt McLean is a visual data journalist at the Economist. He joined the data department in 2015 and works...

  • Roger McShane
    China editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Roger McShane is the China Editor for The Economist, based in London. Previously he was Middle East Editor, based...

  • Adam Meara
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Adam Meara is a Visual data journalist. As one of the founding members of The Economist's data team, he...

  • Lee Mears
    Art director, Economist Films
    London, United Kingdom

    Lee Mears designs, art directs and edits video content for the Economist Films team. He joined the newspaper in...

  • James Miles
    China writer-at-large
    London, United Kingdom

    As China writer-at-large, based in London, James Miles covers the country's global impact as well as internal developments. From 2014...

  • Andrew Miller
    Special correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Miller is Special correspondent of The Economist and author of the Back Story column on culture. Previously he was the...

  • 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...

  • Leo Mirani
    Asia correspondent
    Mumbai, India

    Leo Mirani is Asia correspondent at the Economist. He has held a number of jobs at The Economist, including...

  • Miranda Mitra
    International editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Miranda Mitra is the international editor. She used to run By Invitation, The Economist’s digital section for guest opinion...

  • Vinjeru Mkandawire
    Britain Correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Vinjeru Mkandawire is a correspondent on The Economist’s Britain desk, where she writes about business and finance. She joined...

  • 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,...

  • Warefta Murshed
    Trainee, Films
    London, United Kingdom

    Warefta Murshed joined Economist Films as a trainee in 2021. She holds an MSc in Geography from the University...

  • Sacha Nauta
    Social affairs editor
    Washington D.C., United States

    Sacha Nauta is The Economist’s social affairs editor. Previously she was the publication’s public-policy editor. Her former roles include...

  • Catherine Nixey
    Britain correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Catherine Nixey joined The Economist in 2021 as a Britain correspondent. Her work has appeared in The Times, The...

  • Tom Nuttall
    Senior digital editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Nuttall has been a senior editor on The Economist‘s digital team since March 2022. Before that he spent...

  • Adam O' Neal
    Washington correspondent
    Washington D.C., United States

    Adam O'Neal is the Washington correspondent for The Economist. Prior to joining the newspaper in September 2023, he was executive...

  • Christian Odendahl
    European economics editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Christian Odendahl joined The Economist in 2022 as European economics editor, covering Europe’s economic integration, monetary and fiscal policies...

  • Ore Ogunbiyi
    Co-host, The Intelligence podcast
    London, United Kingdom

    Ore Ogunbiyi co-hosts our daily podcast “The Intelligence”. She was previously the health-care and consumer correspondent in the business section....

  • 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...

  • Isobel Owen
    Head of Social Media
    London, United Kingdom

    As Head of Social Media, Isobel leads a talented team of journalists creating engaging content for more than 60m...

  • Jess Padgham
    Senior Production Coordinator
    London, United Kingdom

    Jess is the Senior Production Coordinator for Economist Films, having freelanced for the team on and off since early...

  • Vishnu Padmanabhan
    Data journalist and news editor
    Singapore, Singapore

    Vishnu Padmanabhan joined The Economist as a data journalist and news editor in 2021. He writes data-based stories and...

  • Jeremy Page
    Asia Diplomatic Editor
    New Delhi

    Jeremy Page is The Economist’s Asia diplomatic editor, based in New Delhi. He covers China-related stories across the Indo-Pacific...

  • Andrew Palmer
    Britain editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Palmer is the Britain editor. He was formerly executive editor, business affairs editor, head of the data team,...

  • Jason Palmer
    Co-host of "The Intelligence" on Economist Podcast
    London, United Kingdom

    Jason Palmer co-hosts our daily podcast “The Intelligence”. He first joined The Economist as a science and technology correspondent...

  • Fani Papageorgiou
    Editor, Money Talks newsletter
    London, United Kingdom

    Fani Papageorgiou joined The Economist in 2018 and is the editor of Money Talks, the finance newsletter. Before that...

  • 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...

  • Lloyd Parker
    Visual journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Lloyd Parker is a visual journalist in The Economist‘s data-journalism department. He creates charts and maps for the newspaper,...

  • Ketna Patel
    Editorial assistant
    London, United Kingdom

    Ketna Patel is Foreign, Britain, US and Audio Editorial assistant. Prior to this, she was Production controller working on...

  • Rosamund Pearce
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Rosamund Pearce is a Visual data journalist for The Economist. She creates both static and interactive data visualisations, primarily...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • Elizabeth Peet
    Researcher
    New York, United States

    Elizabeth Peet works in the Research department in the New York office, and her role combines fact-checking articles with...

  • 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...

  • Stephen Petch
    Art director
    London, United Kingdom

    Stephen Petch was appointed art director in May 2016 and oversees all editorial creative content at The Economist. He...

  • Catherine Phillips
    Picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Catherine Phillips is a Picture editor in the Graphics department of The Economist. Prior to The Economist she worked in various...

  • Stanley Pignal
    Brussels bureau chief and Charlemagne columnist

    Stanley Pignal writes the Charlemagne column on European affairs, and serves as The Economist's Brussels bureau chief. His previous postings...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Kristene Quan
    Senior social-media editor
    Canada

    Kristene Quan is a senior social-media editor at The Economist. She helps lead the newspaper's daily social operations and...

  • Simon Rabinovitch
    US economics editor
    Washington D.C., United States

    Simon Rabinovitch is US economics editor of The Economist, based in Washington, DC since 2021. He previously served as a...

  • Arjun Ramani
    Global business & economics correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Arjun Ramani is The Economist's global business & economics correspondent. He joined the paper as a Marjorie Deane intern...

  • Nicolas Raufast
    Audio Engineer, Economist Radio
    London, United Kingdom

    Nicolas Raufast is an audio engineer who has worked in radio and podcast for the past 15 years for...

  • Daniella Raz
    US correspondent and data journalist
    Washington D.C., United States

    Daniella Raz is a US correspondent and data journalist based in Washington, DC. She joined the paper in 2021...

  • Claire Read
    Long-form Audio Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Claire joined The Economist in 2022. She works on long-form podcast series, including the award-winning The Prince. She previously...

  • Dominic Rech
    Senior newsletter editor

    Dominic Rech is a senior newsletter editor. He writes, edits and produces newsletters for The Economist. Before joining the newspaper...

  • 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...

  • Cerian Richmond Jones
    International economics correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Cerian is The Economist's international economics correspondent. She joined in 2022 and covers economic trends in the global south....

  • Mian Ridge
    Britain correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Mian Ridge is a correspondent on The Economist's Britain desk, where she writes about home affairs. She joined The...

  • Bill Ridgers
    Asia Digital editor
    Hong Kong

    Bill Ridgers is The Economist's Asia Digital editor, responsible for the Asia newsdesk in Hong Kong. He was previously co-editor...

  • Adam Roberts
    Digital editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Adam Roberts is the Digital Editor of The Economist, responsible for overseeing all digital journalism at the publication. Previously he...

  • Joshua Roberts
    City & finance correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Joshua Roberts writes for The Economist's finance section, covering capital markets and investment. He was previously the paper's City of...

  • Duncan Robinson
    Political Editor and Bagehot columnist
    London, United Kingdom

    Duncan Robinson is The Economist's political editor and Bagehot columnist. Prior to this Duncan was Brussels bureau chief and...

  • Max Rodenbeck
    Berlin bureau chief
    Berlin, Germany

    Max Rodenbeck runs The Economist’s Berlin bureau, covering Germany and its neighbours. He took up the post in 2022 after six...

  • Dan Rosenheck
    Data editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Dan Rosenheck is the editor of The Economist’s data team. He edits the weekly Graphic Detail section, which is dedicated...

  • 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...

  • Yvonne Ryan
    Editorial manager, print and Managing editor, The World In
    London, United Kingdom

    Yvonne Ryan looks after The Economist's correspondents and is also Managing Editor of The World In publication. During her...

  • Samira Saeed
    Editorial Assistant
    London, United Kingdom

    Samira Saeed joined The Economist in 2022 as an Editorial Assistant for the Business Affairs department. She graduated with...

  • Kinley Salmon
    Latin America correspondent
    Montevideo

    Kinley Salmon is The Economist’s Latin America correspondent, based in Montevideo and travelling across the region. He writes thematic...

  • Tom Sasse
    Britain public policy editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Sasse is public policy editor on the Britain desk. Before joining the newspaper he worked for the Institute...

  • Lena Schipper
    South Asia bureau chief
    Delhi

    Lena Schipper is South Asia bureau chief for The Economist. She moved to Delhi from Seoul, where she covered...

  • Amica Sciortino Nowlan
    Editor, Checks and Balance podcast
    London, United Kingdom

    Amica Sciortino Nowlan is editor of The Economist’s US politics podcast. Previously she was a senior producer on the...

  • Guy Scriven
    US Technology Editor
    San Francisco, United States

    Guy Scriven is The Economist‘s US Technology Editor. Previously he was the climate risk correspondent, writing about the intersection...

  • Poppy Sebag-Montefiore
    Editor, Drum Tower
    London, United Kingdom

    Poppy Sebag-Montefiore is the creator and editor of Drum Tower, The Economist's weekly podcast on China, and an award-winning...

  • Marie Segger
    Data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Marie Segger is a data journalist for The Economist, and covers a broad range of subjects from a quantitative perspective. She...

  • 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...

  • Rachana Shanbhogue
    Business affairs editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rachana is business affairs editor for The Economist, responsible for the paper's business, finance and science coverage. She has...

  • Matthew Sherrill
    Executive editor, 1843
    New York, United States

    Matthew Sherrill is the executive editor of 1843, The Economist‘s magazine of long-form storytelling. He was previously the deputy editor...

  • Krishna Sheth
    Photography Editor 1843
    London, United Kingdom

    Krishna Sheth is the Photography Editor for 1843, The Economist’s magazine of long-form storytelling. She is responsible for commissioning...

  • John Shields
    Director of Podcasts
    London, United Kingdom

    John Shields is The Economist’s Director of Podcasts. Previously he was director of the Podcast Innovation Lab, which produced...

  • Ericka Shin
    Fact checker
    New York, United States

    Ericka Shin is a fact checker in The Economist's editorial research department. In addition to her checking and research duties,...

  • Ben Shmulevitch
    Cover Art Director
    London, United Kingdom

    Ben Shmulevitch is The Economist's Cover Art Director, responsible for designing and art directing the front cover of the paper's print...

  • Ludwig Siegele
    Senior Editor, AI Initiatives
    Berlin, Germany

    Ludwig joined The Economist as US technology correspondent in 1998. In 2003 he moved to Berlin as the newspaper’s...

  • 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...

  • Noah Sneider
    Tokyo bureau chief
    Tokyo, Japan

     Noah Sneider is The Economist’s Tokyo Bureau Chief, covering Japanese politics, business, society and culture. Prior to this he...

  • Joshua Spencer
    Asia news editor
    Singapore

    Joshua Spencer is Asia news editor for The Economist based in Singapore. He writes on South-East Asia, culture, energy and society. He...

  • Zoe Spencer
    Picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Zoe Spencer is a Picture editor in the Graphics Department. She joined The Economist in 2001 after seven years...

  • Tom Standage
    Deputy editor, head of digital strategy and Editor, The World Ahead
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of its future-gazing annual, The World Ahead. He joined...

  • 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...

  • Stephanie Studer
    US digital editor
    New York, United States

    Stephanie Studer is the US digital editor, overseeing The Economist's non-print coverage of the United States. She was previously...

  • Alice Su
    Senior China correspondent
    Taiwan

    Alice Su is senior China correspondent for The Economist. She is based in Taipei and covers China and Taiwan. Before joining the paper in...

  • Alexandra Suich Bass
    Culture editor

    Alexandra Suich Bass is The Economist’s Culture editor, overseeing the paper’s books, arts and entertainment coverage. Previously, she served...

  • Rosie Summerhayes
    Editorial Manager: Wellbeing
    London, United Kingdom

    Rosie Summerhayes is a qualified Counselling Psychologist and her role here is to offer any member of the Editorial...

  • Kevin Tan
    Researcher
    Singapore, Singapore

    Kevin Tan joined The Economist in 2020 as a researcher, based in Singapore. Before that, he was an editorial...

  • Filippo Teoldi
    Interactive visual journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Filippo Teoldi is a visual interactive journalist based in London. He joined the newspaper in 2023. Previously, he worked...

  • Shao Tian
    Associate director, GBR
    Beijing, China

    Tian Shao is the Associate director of Global Business Review (GBR), The Economist's bilingual digital product. She joined the...

  • Kaitlin Tosh
    Assistant producer, Economist Films
    London, United Kingdom

    Kaitlin Tosh first joined The Economist in 2017. Before becoming an Assistant producer in the Economist Films department she...

  • 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...

  • Anjani Trivedi
    Global business correspondent
    Dubai

    Anjani Trivedi is The Economist's global business correspondent. She writes about shifts and trends across global industries. Anjani previously wrote a...

  • Sondre Ulvund Solstad
    Senior data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Sondre Ulvund Solstad is The Economist's Senior data journalist. He writes data-driven articles, as well as models, algorithms and...

  • Brooke Unger
    Senior digital editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Brooke Unger joined The Economist in 1990 as banking correspondent. In 1992 he went to Berlin to cover business...

  • Emily Upton
    Editorial assistant
    Paris, France

    Emily Upton grew up in France and graduated from the University of Exeter in 2015. During her studies she...

  • Vijay Vaitheeswaran
    Global energy & climate innovation editor
    New York, United States

    Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is the new Global energy & climate innovation editor, covering the energy and utility industries, the clean...

  • 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...

  • Olivia Vane
    Interactive data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Olivia joined The Economist as an interactive data journalist in 2021. She designs and builds data-rich and multimedia articles....

  • Milton Vargas
    Bureau manager
    New York, United States

    Milton Vargas has been with the Economist since 2019, working in a receptionist position before moving into his current...

  • Vendeline von Bredow
    Senior Germany Correspondent
    Berlin, Germany

    Vendeline von Bredow is Senior Germany correspondent for The Economist, based in Berlin. Before that, she was European business and...

  • Tom Wainwright
    Tech and media editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Wainwright is the tech and media editor of The Economist. He joined the paper in 2007 to write about...

  • 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,...

  • Kylie Warner
    Associate Editor, 1843
    London, United Kingdom

    Kylie Warner joined 1843, The Economist’s features magazine, as associate editor in 2022. She works on Eyewitness pieces and...

  • William Warren
    Audio Producer
    London, United Kingdom

    William Warren joined The Economist in 2019 as an Audio Producer. He helps produce the daily podcast The Intelligence...

  • Don Weinland
    China business and finance editor
    Shanghai, China

    Don Weinland joined The Economist as China business and finance editor in 2020. He writes about global Chinese investment...

  • Kennett Werner
    US news desk editor
    New York, United States

    Kennett Werner joined The Economist’s news desk in 2021. Three years before that he interned in the New York...

  • Imogen White
    Editorial coordinator
    London, United Kingdom

    Imogen White is editorial coordinator on the executive editor team. Previously she was coordinating editor for the culture section. She...

  • Maria Wilczek
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Maria Wilczek is a news editor at The Economist in London. She helps run the newspaper's website, mobile app...

  • Callum Williams
    Senior economics writer
    San Francisco, United States

    Callum Williams is senior economics writer at The Economist. He joined in 2014 and covers global economic trends including...

  • Jonny Williams
    Fellow
    New York, United States

    Jonny Williams joined The Economist in 2021 as an editorial fellow. Prior to this, he worked in public relations...

  • Alice Willis
    Digital Video Producer/Editor

    Alice Willis joined The Economist Films team in 2022. Before this, she spent six years at the BBC, in...

  • Owen Winter
    Political Data Scientist
    London, United Kingdom

    Owen Winter is a political data scientist for The Economist based in London. He oversees The Economist's polling aggregation and...

  • Matt Withers
    Graphic designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Matt Withers designs layouts, illustrations and occasionally the cover of the weekly print edition of The Economist. His work...

  • Sue-Lin Wong
    South-East Asia correspondent

    Sue-Lin Wong is The Economist's South-East Asia correspondent. She was previously China correspondent and host of The Prince, a...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Philip Wroe
    Researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    Philip Wroe works in The Economist’s Editorial research department.  Since 2017 he has also been part of The Economist...

  • Kevin Young
    Head of Audience
    London, United Kingdom

    Kevin Young spearheads The Economist’s digital growth in a role that builds on his previous position as Head of...

  • Piotr Zalewski
    Turkey correspondent
    Turkey

    Piotr Zalewski is The Economist’s  Turkey correspondent. He joined the newspaper in 2016, after covering Turkey for TIME and the...

  • Sophie Zhang
    Trainee, Economist Films
    London, United Kingdom

    Sophie Zhang joined Economist Films as a trainee in 2020. They previously studied human, social, political sciences at Cambridge...

  • Shan Zhong
    New media editor, The Economist GBR
    Shanghai, China

    Shan Zhong is responsible for the daily operation of The Economist Global Business Review (GBR) official SNS accounts, including...

  • 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...