Editorial directory

  • 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
    Editorial assistant
    London, United Kingdom

    Sophie Addison is an editorial assistant at The Economist, where she works across the Foreign, Culture, Britain and US...

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

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

  • Yvonne Aldsworth
    Picture editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • Carole Alimo
    Deputy head of graphics
    London, United Kingdom

    Carole Alimo works as Deputy Head of Graphics. She joined in 2001 after working for Computec media as a...

  • 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
    Deputy science editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Gilead Amit is the deputy science editor for The Economist based in London. He was previously deputy head of...

  • 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 in...

  • 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...

  • Shera Avi-Yonah
    Business correspondent
    New York, United States

    Shera Avi-Yonah is The Economist’s US business correspondent, covering the trends shaping American capitalism. She joined the paper in...

  • 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 mostly about innovation. After a stint in São Paulo covering Brazil, she...

  • 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...

  • Samuel Beal
    Washington correspondent
    Washington D.C., United States

    Samuel Beal is a Washington correspondent for The Economist, where he writes about American politics and foreign affairs. He was previously...

  • Jonathan Beckman
    Editor, 1843 magazine
    London, United Kingdom

    Jonathan Beckman is the editor of 1843, The Economist’s home of long-form storytelling. Under his editorship 1843 has won dozens of awards, including The Economist's...

  • James Bennet
    Lexington columnist
    New York, United States

    James Bennet is The Economist’s Lexington columnist. Previously he served for a year as a visiting senior editor at...

  • Nino Bennett
    Senior motion graphics designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Nino Bennett is a senior motion graphics designer at The Economist. He has a 15-year career in broadcasting, digital...

  • Thomas Bennett
    Schumpeter columnist
    New York, United States

    Tom has been The Economist’s Schumpeter columnist since 2026. Prior to this, he was the paper's US business editor in...

  • Hollie Berman
    News editor
    New York, United States

    Hollie Berman is a News Editor working out of The Economist’s New York bureau, where she edits the Espresso daily...

  • Indrani Bhattacharya
    Senior Researcher
    Delhi

    Indrani Bhattacharya is Senior Researcher based in the Delhi office. She joined the paper in 2008 as Researcher and South...

  • Mike Bird
    Wall Street editor
    New York, United States

    Mike Bird is The Economist’s Wall Street editor, leading coverage of topics across the American financial industry, and contributing to...

  • 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 and economics editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • Rosie Blau
    Co-host of "The Intelligence" podcast and Senior Audio Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rosie Blau co-hosts our daily podcast "The Intelligence", and is a senior editor in the audio department. Previously, she...

  • Milly Booth
    Studio manager and production coordinator
    London, United Kingdom

    Milly Booth is the video team's studio manager and production coordinator. She joined the team in 2023 as the...

  • Sophia Bradford
    Senior picture editor, digital
    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
    Staff writer at 1843 and Senior Producer of the Weekend Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Barclay Bram is staff writer at 1843 and producer of the Weekend Intelligence. Prior to this, he was a...

  • Aryn Braun
    West Coast correspondent
    Los Angeles

    Aryn Braun is The Economist’s West Coast correspondent, based in Los Angeles. She covers politics and policy in California...

  • Katie Bryant
    Senior Producer
    London, United Kingdom

    Katie Bryant is a senior producer on the video team, where she specialises in visual investigations using open source...

  • Anna Bucks
    Executive producer, Video
    London, United Kingdom

    Anna Bucks has been Executive producer, video since 2024. She joined The Economist in 2019 initially as a producer...

  • Joel Budd
    Social affairs editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Joel Budd is The Economist’s social affairs editor. Joel joined The Economist in 2003 to cover British home affairs. He...

  • 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. He...

  • 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...

  • Oliver Carroll
    Foreign correspondent
    Kyiv

    Oliver Carroll is a foreign correspondent for The Economist, previously Moscow correspondent for The Independent and Managing Editor of...

  • Tom Carter
    Britain Economics Correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Carter writes about Britain’s economy for The Economist. He covers fiscal and monetary policy, labour markets, trade and the...

  • 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
    Reporter, Researcher and Bureau Manager
    Singapore

    Farah Cheah is a reporter and a researcher at The Economist. She has been based in Singapore since 2011 where...

  • Avantika Chilkoti
    Global business writer
    London, United Kingdom

    Avantika is global business writer at The Economist. She previously served as international correspondent, covering development and aid, and...

  • Shailesh Chitnis
    Global business writer
    London, United Kingdom

    Shailesh is The Economist’s global business writer. 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
    Senior editor, digital
    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 documentary-style podcast series at The Economist. His credits include “The Prince”, “Next Year in Moscow”, “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
    Creative director of video
    London, United Kingdom

    Sarah Collinson is creative director of video, having joined The Economist as a Producer/ Director in 2018. She started...

  • Aaron Connelly
    Asia diplomatic editor
    Singapore

    Aaron Connelly is Asia diplomatic editor, senior Asia correspondent and Singapore Bureau chief at The Economist, where he writes...

  • 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
    Senior economics writer
    London, United Kingdom

    Simon Cox is senior economics writer at The Economist, based in London. He has spent over 20 years with the...

  • 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
    Senior science writer
    London, United Kingdom

    Tim Cross joined The Economist as an intern in June 2004. He covered business, and then transport, energy and...

  • Gabriel Crossley
    China correspondent
    Beijing, China

    Gabriel Crossley is China correspondent for The Economist. He is based in Beijing and writes about climate, society and politics. Before...

  • 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, Acting Business Affairs Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Henry Curr currently runs The Economist's finance & economics, business and science coverage as the acting head of the business affairs department. Henry Curr has...

  • Lisa Davies
    Senior researcher
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • Mia Deed
    HR business partner, editorial
    London, United Kingdom

    Mia Deed is the human resources business partner for editorial, having started her HR career in 2018. Mia holds...

  • Josie Delap
    Middle East editor
    Dubai

    Josie Delap is The Economist’s Middle East editor. She also edits the Christmas double issue. Prior to this she was...

  • Rachel Dobbs
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rachel Dobbs works as a News editor for The Economist. Previously she worked as an environment editor and prior...

  • Alex Domash
    Economics correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Alex Domash is an economics correspondent based in London. He writes stories on the global trading system, the economics...

  • 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...

  • Corbin Duncan
    Global correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Corbin Duncan is global correspondent at The Economist, covering geopolitics and global affairs. He joined the paper in 2023....

  • 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, Longform
    New York, United States

    Gady Epstein is a senior editor at The Economist, editing weekly longform stories as well as special reports and...

  • Ursula Esling
    Deputy editorial manager/PA to deputy editors and executive editors
    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 culture correspondent
    New York, United States

    Jon Fasman is The Economist’s senior culture correspondent. He was previously American business and society correspondent, and the co-host of “The Intelligence,”...

  • Matthieu Favas
    Commodities editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthieu Favas is The Economist’s commodities editor. He previously wrote about banking, fintech, crypto, private markets and insurance. Before...

  • Mirabel Fawcett
    Associate art director
    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...

  • Daniel Franklin
    Executive editor and Senior editor, Britain
    London, United Kingdom

    Daniel Franklin is The Economist’s Executive editor and Senior editor, Britain. Previously he was Senior editor, United States. From...

  • Bo Franklin
    Senior editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Bo Franklin is The Economist’s senior editor, overseeing Espresso. Prior to this, Bo was senior digital editor and special...

  • 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
    US Business & Finance editor
    Washington D.C., United States

    Alice Fulwood is The Economist’s US Business & Finance editor, covering industry in America. She is based in Washington, D.C....

  • Rory Galloway
    Senior Development Producer, The Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Rory Galloway is the senior development producer for The Economist’s daily global news podcast, The Intelligence. He also collaborates...

  • Tom Gardner
    Africa correspondent
    Nairobi

    Tom Gardner is an Africa correspondent for The Economist, based in Nairobi. He has covered the region for the...

  • Rob Gifford
    Senior editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rob Gifford a senior editor at The Economist. He joined the newspaper in 2011 as China editor. Prior to...

  • Tamara Gilkes Borr
    Producer of The Weekend Intelligence
    Washington D.C., United States

    Tamara Gilkes Borr is a producer of The Weekend Intelligence. Prior to this role, she was the US policy correspondent....

  • Jat Gill
    Co-editor of The Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Jat Gill co-edits The Intelligence podcast. Prior to joining The Economist in 2021 he worked as a senior producer/ editor...

  • Lane Greene
    Senior digital editor
    Madrid

    Lane Greene is a senior digital editor and writes frequently about language. Prior assignments have included Spain, 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),...

  • Hugo Gye
    British political correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Hugo Gye covers British politics, elections and public opinion for The Economist. Before joining the newspaper, he was political...

  • Archie Hall
    US Economics Editor, acting Economics Editor
    Washington D.C., United States

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

  • Ann Hanna
    Producer
    London, United Kingdom

    Ann Hanna is a producer for The Intelligence, our daily podcast. Prior to that she was a news editor,...

  • Michelle Hennessy
    Graphic Detail, editor
    New York, United States

    Michelle Hennessy is the editor of The Economist’s Graphic Detail section, which visualises the world's most significant stories through charts and...

  • Alex Hern
    AI writer
    London, United Kingdom

    Alex Hern is The Economist’s AI Writer, focusing on the science and technology of artificial intelligence. Before joining the...

  • Stevie Hertz
    US policy correspondent
    New York, United States

    Stevie Hertz is the US policy correspondent for The Economist. She covers healthcare, poverty and culture war clashes from New...

  • 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....

  • Em Hogan
    Senior digital editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Em Hogan is a Senior digital editor. Previously Em was the Asia Editor, the Americas Editor and the Deputy Briefings Editor....

  • Matthew Holehouse
    Public Policy editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthew Holehouse is The Economist's public policy editor, based in the Britain section. He writes about areas including state...

  • 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
    Senior producer
    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 a senior picture editor at The Economist. Prior to this she was a picture researcher at...

  • 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....

  • Kira Huju
    Asia correspondent
    Delhi

    Kira Huju is The Economist’s Asia correspondent. In her previous life as an academic, she was a Lecturer in...

  • Miriam Hymer
    Senior audience editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Miriam is a senior audience editor at The Economist. She writes, edits and produces the paper’s newsletters, and develops new...

  • Moeka Iida
    Reporter
    Tokyo, Japan

    Moeka Iida reports from The Economist’s East Asia bureau. Before joining the paper in 2021, she worked at a...

  • 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
    Atlanta, United States

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

  • Gavin Jackson
    South Asia Business and Economics Correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Gavin Jackson is the South Asia Business and Economics Correspondent. He occasionally writes the Free Exchange column. Before working...

  • Joshua Jamieson
    London, United Kingdom

    Joshua Jamieson is a senior audience editor. He joined The Economist in 2022 as a social-media fellow, and helps coordinate the promotion...

  • Alizée Jean-Baptiste
    Asia senior producer
    Singapore

    Alizée Jean-Baptiste is Asia Senior Producer at The Economist, based in Singapore. She has produced shows and packages for many of The...

  • 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
    Senior editor, Asia
    London, United Kingdom

    Mark Johnson is a senior editor at The Economist, covering Asia. He is the deputy editor of the Asia and...

  • Ainslie Johnstone
    Data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Ainslie Johnstone is a data journalist and science correspondent based in London. She writes about science, health, education, demographics...

  • Ria Jones
    Deputy Head of Social Media
    London, United Kingdom

    Ria is Deputy Head of Social Media at The Economist. She helps to lead the newspaper’s social-media strategy, and...

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

    Shashank Joshi is The Economist’s Washington bureau chief. He served for eight years as the paper's defence editor, writing...

  • 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...

  • Andrew Knox
    News editor, digital
    London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Knox is a news editor with the digital team. Before that he was The Economist’s Seoul bureau chief and Koreas...

  • 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
    Bureau 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 bureau chief
    Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Ana Lankes is The Economist’s Brazil bureau chief, based in São Paulo. She covers politics, economics, and society in Brazil...

  • 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
    Business editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Thomas is The Economist’s business editor. He oversees the paper’s coverage of companies globally. He previously worked as a management...

  • Elizabeth Lees
    Visual data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Elizabeth Lees is a visual data journalist at The Economist. First joining the data team as a trainee in...

  • 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...

  • Weidong Lin
    Sound designer, Economist Podcasts
    London, United Kingdom

    Weidong is an award-winning producer of audio features and a sound designer, with work showcased on radio, in art...

  • Maria Lisik
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Maria Lisik (previously Wilczek) is a news editor at The Economist in London. She edits the World in Brief section and...

  • Rachel Lloyd
    Deputy Culture Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Rachel Lloyd is the deputy culture editor. She contributes articles to the newspaper about books, television and film. Before...

  • 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...

  • Joe Lyness
    Researcher
    New York, United States

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

  • Hannah Marinho
    Executive Producer
    London, United Kingdom

    Hannah Marinho oversees The Economist’s weekly Features podcasts, such as Drum Tower and Babbage. She joined the newspaper in...

  • Rachel Mayman
    Senior audience editor
    New York, United States

    Rachel Mayman is a senior audience editor. She helps distribute The Economist’s journalism across a range of social media...

  • Edward McBride
    Briefings editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Edward McBride is The Economist’s briefings editor. His previous roles were Asia editor, finance editor, Washington bureau chief, business editor...

  • 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
    Chief Africa correspondent
    Johannesburg

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

  • Henrietta McFarlane
    Senior Producer, The Intelligence
    London, United Kingdom

    Henrietta McFarlane is a senior producer on The Economist's daily news podcast:  ‘The Intelligence’. She has also produced documentary...

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

    Caitriona McHugh is the assistant to the foreign and business affairs editors. She is also the managing editor of...

  • Fraser McIlwraith
    Foreign correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Fraser McIlwraith is a foreign correspondent, writing about international affairs for The Economist. He was previously a news editor. Before...

  • Matt McLean
    Lead data visualisation designer
    London, United Kingdom

    Matt McLean is lead data visualisation designer at The Economist. He joined the data department in 2015 and works...

  • Roger McShane
    US digital editor
    New York, United States

    Roger McShane is the US digital editor for The Economist, based in New York. Previously he was China editor,...

  • 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
    Global China correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    As Global China correspondent, based in London, James Miles covers the country’s global impact as well as internal developments....

  • 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. She is a renowned global economics expert, sought-after for her...

  • Leo Mirani
    Ashoka columnist
    Mumbai, India

    Leo Mirani writes the Ashoka column, covering Indian politics, economics and society from Mumbai. He has held a number of jobs...

  • Stephanie Mitcalf
    Senior producer
    London, United Kingdom

    Stephanie Mitcalf is a senior producer at The Economist. Previously, she was a journalist at the BBC, working on...

  • Miranda Mitra
    China editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Miranda Mitra is the paper’s China editor. Prior to this role she was its International editor, shaping The Economist’s  geopolitical...

  • Vinjeru Mkandawire
    Britain Correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Vinjeru Mkandawire is a News editor on The Economist’s Digital desk. Prior to this, she was Britain correspondent. She...

  • Oliver Morton
    Senior and Briefings editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Oliver Morton is The Economist’s senior and briefings editor. Before coming to The Economist as energy and environment editor...

  • Charlotte Munns
    Editorial Researcher
    London, United Kingdom

    Charlotte Munns works in The Economist’s editorial research department, where she specialises in the Middle East and Africa. She is...

  • Warefta Murshed
    Producer/Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Warefta Murshed is a Producer/Editor at The Economist. She holds an MSc in Geography from the University of Bristol...

  • Sacha Nauta
    Britain editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Sacha Nauta is The Economist’s Britain editor. She was formerly the publication’s social-affairs editor, based in Washington DC, and executive...

  • Catherine Nixey
    Britain correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Catherine Nixey joined The Economist in 2021 as a Britain correspondent. She writes for the Britain section and the...

  • Tom Nuttall
    Chief Germany correspondent and Head of Berlin bureau
    Berlin, Germany

    Tom Nuttall is The Economist's chief Germany correspondent and head of the Berlin bureau. He previously served as Charlemagne columnist...

  • 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
    Africa Correspondent
    Lagos

    Ore Ogunbiyi is an Africa correspondent for The Economist based in Lagos, Nigeria. She previously co-hosted our daily news podcast “The Intelligence”....

  • 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...

  • Vishnu Padmanabhan
    Asia correspondent
    Singapore

    Vishnu Padmanabhan is Asia correspondent at The Economist. He writes about public policy and development across the region. He also regularly...

  • Jeremy Page
    Chief China Correspondent
    Taipei

    Jeremy Page is The Economist’s chief China correspondent, based in Taipei. He co-leads the paper's China coverage, with a focus...

  • Andrew Palmer
    Executive Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Palmer is Executive Editor, helping to oversee The Economist's B2B strategy and products. He also writes the Bartleby column...

  • 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...

  • 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
    Associate editor
    London, United Kingdom

    John Peet is The Economist’s associate editor. Previously, John was political and Brexit editor. Prior to this position, John...

  • 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
    Editorial creative director
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • Anshel Pfeffer
    Israel correspondent
    Israel

    Anshel Pfeffer is The Economist’s Israel correspondent. He wrote for the newspaper as a freelancer from 2015 before joining...

  • Stanley Pignal
    Brussels bureau chief and Charlemagne columnist
    Brussels, Belgium

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

  • Jan Piotrowski
    Finance and economics editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Jan Piotrowski is The Economist’s Finance and economics editor. Previously he was Schumpeter columnist, business editor, São Paulo bureau...

  • Ted Plafker
    Beijing, China

    Ted Plafker is China correspondent for The Economist, working in the Beijing bureau. He covers China’s domestic politics, policy, society...

  • John Prideaux
    Executive Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    John Prideaux is the Executive Editor, business to consumer. In this role he is the liaison between editorial and...

  • Kristene Quan
    Deputy Head of Social Media
    New York, United States

    Kristene Quan is Deputy Head of Social Media at The Economist. She helps lead the newspaper's daily social operations...

  • Simon Rabinovitch
    Beijing Bureau Chief and Chaguan columnist
    Beijing, China

    Simon Rabinovitch is The Economist's Beijing Bureau Chief and author of the magazine's weekly Chaguan column on Chinese politics,...

  • 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
    New York, United States

    Daniella Raz is a US correspondent based in Boston and New York. She is interested in science policy, health and education,...

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

    Claire joined The Economist in 2022. She is the Narrative Podcast Series Editor. She has edited and/or produced the award-winning series Scam...

  • Dominic Rech
    Senior newsletter editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • David Rennie
    Geopolitics editor and The Telegram columnist
    London, United Kingdom

    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. On the paper's cover, she has written about how low-income women are...

  • Mian Ridge
    Senior digital editor
    Washington D.C., United States

    Mian Ridge works as a senior digital editor out of The Economist's Washington, DC office. Previously she was a correspondent...

  • Bill Ridgers
    Hong Kong bureau chief & Asia digital editor
    Hong Kong

    Bill Ridgers is The Economist's Hong Kong bureau chief and Asia digital editor. He was previously co-editor of the...

  • Adam Roberts
    Foreign editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Adam Roberts is the Foreign editor of The Economist, responsible for its coverage globally outside of Britain and the...

  • Josh Roberts
    Capital markets correspondent; Acting Britain editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Josh Roberts is currently overseeing The Economist’s coverage of Britain, as acting Britain editor. He normally writes for The Economist’s finance...

  • 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...

  • 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
    International correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Jonathan Rosenthal is The Economist’s international correspondent. He joined The Economist in 2005 as British business correspondent, having worked for several years at...

  • Will Rowe
    Sound Designer, Composer, Economist Podcasts
    London, United Kingdom

    Will is the sound designer for The Economist’s daily news and analysis podcast, ‘The Intelligence’. As well as his...

  • 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
    South Asia bureau chief
    Delhi

    Tom Sasse is The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief. He lives in Delhi and covers India, Pakistan and the...

  • Lena Schipper
    Africa editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Lena Schipper is Africa editor for The Economist. She was previously South Asia bureau chief, based in Delhi, and...

  • Guy Scriven
    Global business writer
    London, United Kingdom

    Guy Scriven is The Economist’s global business writer. Previously, he was The Economist’s US technology correspondent. Prior to that,...

  • 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...

  • Nadeem Shad
    Series producer

    Nadeem Shad joined The Economist as a series producer in 2025, having previously worked for Reuters, the South China...

  • 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...

  • 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. He set up the team that produces The Economist‘s award-winning series including The...

  • 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 is The Economist's Senior Editor of AI Initiatives, leading the newspaper's efforts to adopt artificial intelligence in the...

  • 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
    East Asia bureau chief
    Tokyo, Japan

    Noah Sneider is The Economist’s East Asia Bureau Chief. He primarily covers Japan, North Korea and South Korea. 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 editor
    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Matt Steinglass is the Europe editor of The Economist. He began writing and blogging for The Economist in 2009...

  • Emilie Steinmark
    Science correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Ida Emilie Steinmark is a science correspondent for The Economist and is based in London. She previously covered the news...

  • Stephanie Studer
    Special projects editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Stephanie Studer is special projects editor, overseeing The Economist’s visual and interactive articles. She was previously US digital editor. Prior...

  • Alice Su
    Senior international correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Alice Su is The Economist's senior international correspondent, based in London. She was previously senior China correspondent, covering China and Taiwan,...

  • Carla Subirana Artús
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Carla Subirana is a news editor at The Economist. She edits the World in Brief news briefing and helps to...

  • Alexandra Suich Bass
    Culture editor
    Paris, France

    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...

  • Caitlin Talbot
    Digital culture correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Caitlin Talbot is digital culture correspondent at The Economist. She writes about arts, entertainment and online culture, and oversees digital offerings such...

  • Nichole Tan
    Digital Video Producer/Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Nichole Tan is a video producer/editor at The Economist. She joined the newspaper as a social-media fellow in 2022,...

  • 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...

  • Henry Tricks
    US Technology Editor
    Los Angeles

    Henry Tricks is The Economist’s US technology editor based in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he wrote the the Schumpeter...

  • 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...

  • Alex Turner
    Defence Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Alex Turner joined The Economist from the British Army, where he served for nearly thirty years, spanning service in...

  • Sondre Ulvund Solstad
    Senior Data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Sondre Ulvund Solstad has been The Economist's senior data journalist since February 2020. He writes data-driven articles, as well as...

  • 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 is the global energy & climate innovation editor of The Economist. He has produced numerous cover stories and...

  • Matthew Valencia
    By Invitation editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthew Valencia has edited By Invitation, The Economist’s guest-essays section, since 2023. He joined the paper in 1993, first covering central...

  • 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
    Media editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • 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
    Senior Editor, 1843
    London, United Kingdom

    Kylie Warner joined 1843, The Economist’s long-form section, as an editor in 2022. She was previously an intern at 1843 and an assistant...

  • William Warren
    Senior creative producer
    London, United Kingdom

    William Warren is a senior creative producer on 'The Intelligence' podcast. He joined The Economist in 2019 as an...

  • 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
    Washington correspondent
    Washington D.C., United States

    Kennett Werner is The Economist's Washington correspondent. He writes about American politics, law and society. He joined the paper in 2021....

  • Imogen White
    Associate executive editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Imogen White is associate executive editor. Previously she was coordinating editor for the culture section. She joined the newspaper in 2015,...

  • Callum Williams
    Senior economics writer and San Francisco bureau chief
    San Francisco, United States

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

  • Alice Willis
    Digital Video Producer/Editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • Owen Winter
    Political Data Journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Owen Winter is a political data journalist, based in London. Owen reports on opinion polls and elections and oversees...

  • Sue-Lin Wong
    Asia correspondent
    Singapore

    Sue-Lin Wong is Asia correspondent at The Economist. She was previously China correspondent and South-East Asia correspondent. She also co-created...

  • 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
    Head of research
    London, United Kingdom

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

  • Ethan Wu
    Asia business and finance editor
    Singapore

    Ethan Wu is Asia business and finance editor at The Economist, where he covers economies across East and South-East...

  • Sarah Wu
    China correspondent
    Beijing, China

    Sarah Wu is China correspondent for The Economist, based in Beijing. She also co-hosts the Drum Tower podcast with Jeremy Page. Sarah is...

  • 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...

  • Dominic Ziegler
    Senior editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Dominic Ziegler is The Economist’s senior editor. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on...