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    James Astill
    Washington correspondent
    Washington D.C., United States

    James Astill is The Economist's Washington correspondent. Previous to this, he was Political Editor and Bagehot columnist based in London from...

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    Ryan Avent
    Economics senior editor and Free exchange columnist
    Washington D.C., United States

    Ryan Avent joined The Economist in 2009 as online economics editor. In 2011 he became economics correspondent, covering global economic...

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    Adam Barnes
    Mexico correspondent
    Mexico City, Mexico

    Adam Barnes joined The Economist online in June 2005. In 2008 he launched the site's business-travel blog, Gulliver, and edited it for...

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    Barbara Beck
    Special reports editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Barbara Beck edits The Economist’s special reports, which provide in-depth coverage of a particular country, industry or idea. She...

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    Ananyo Bhattacharya
    Science correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Ananyo Bhattacharya is The Economist's Science correspondent. Before joining the Economist, he spent five years at Nature, first as...

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    Sarah Birke
    Tokyo bureau chief
    Tokyo, Japan

    Sarah Birke is The Economist‘s Tokyo Bureau Chief, covering Japanese politics, society and business. Prior to this she covered the...

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    Hamish Birrell
    Education correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Hamish Birrell is the The Economist's education correspondent, writing mainly for the Britain section. He joined the newspaper in...

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    Rosie Blau
    China correspondent
    Beijing, China

    Rosie Blau is China correspondent for The Economist, based in Beijing. She joined The Economist in May 2011 as a...

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    Tamzin Booth
    Business editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Tamzin Booth is The Economist's business editor. She was the Tokyo bureau chief for three years, writing about Japan’s politics,...

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    Joel Budd
    Social-policy editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Joel Budd joined The Economist in 2003 to cover British home affairs. He was posted to Los Angeles in...

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    Edward Carr
    Deputy editor- Editorial
    London, United Kingdom

    Edward Carr is the Deputy Editor responsible for Editorial. He works alongside the Editor-in-Chief to oversee The Economist's journalism....

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    Geoffrey Carr
    Science editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Geoff Carr, Science Editor, joined The Economist in 1991 as Science Correspondent. He then became Tokyo Correspondent in 1994 and...

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    Slavea Chankova
    Data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Slavea Chankova is a Data Journalist. She joined The Economist in March 2015 and wrote primarily about health-care policy...

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    Bruce Clark
    Religion and public policy blog editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Bruce Clark joined The Economist in 1998. He is the religion and public policy blog editor. Prior to that he...

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    Jeremy Cliffe
    Bagehot columnist
    London, United Kingdom

    Jeremy Cliffe is The Economist's Bagehot columnist. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, NPR, BBC World, BBC Newsnight, Sky...

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    Richard Cockett
    Business Editor, Britain
    London, United Kingdom

    Richard Cockett joined The Economist in 1999 as Britain Correspondent and then became Education Editor. In 2002 he became correspondent...

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    Philip Coggan
    Buttonwood columnist and capital markets editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Philip Coggan is the Buttonwood columnist of The Economist. Previously, he worked for the Financial Times for 20 years, most...

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    Haley Cohen
    West Coast U.S. correspondent
    Los Angeles

    Haley Cohen is The Economist's West Coast correspondent, covering the United States west of Texas.​Previously she was based in​ Buenos Aires,...

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    Simon Cox
    Emerging Markets Editor and Senior Economics Writer
    Hong Kong

    Simon Cox is the Emerging Markets Editor at The Economist, based in Hong Kong. He has spent over ten...

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    Tim Cross
    Science correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

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

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    Kenneth Cukier
    Senior editor, Digital products
    London, United Kingdom

    Kenneth Cukier is senior editor of digital products, overseeing data analytics and managing The Economist's new digital product development. ...

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    Henry Curr
    US economics editor
    Washington D.C., United States

    Henry Curr is US economics editor for The Economist, and writes about a range of topics spanning macroeconomics, microeconomics and...

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    Josie Delap
    Britain home affairs correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Josie Delap writes about British home affairs for The Economist. She holds a BA in Arabic and French from...

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    Mark Doyle
    Letters editor / "The world this week" editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Mark Doyle joined The Economist in 2000 in the research department, where he specialised in the politics of the United...

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    Emma Duncan
    Associate editor, The Economist & editor, 1843
    London, United Kingdom

    Emma Duncan is the Associate Editor of The Economist and Editor of 1843, a bi-monthly magazine of ideas, culture and...

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    Tom Easton
    American finance editor
    New York, United States

    Tom Easton is the American finance editor. Tom joined The Economist in 2000, and was New York bureau chief before...

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    Gady Epstein
    Media editor
    New York, United States

    Gady Epstein is The Economist's media editor. He has written extensively about how technology is changing TV, film, music and...

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    Jon Fasman
    Southeast Asia bureau chief
    Singapore, Singapore

    Jon Fasman covers politics, business, finance and economics in Southeast Asia. Previously he covered the American South, with a...

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    Patrick Foulis
    New York bureau chief and US business editor
    New York, United States

    Patrick Foulis is The Economist's New York Bureau Chief and US Business Editor, appointed in 2014. Mr Foulis joined...

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    Daniel Franklin
    Executive editor, The Economist & editor, The World in...
    London, United Kingdom

    Daniel Franklin has been Executive Editor of The Economist since 2006 and Editor since 2003 of The Economist's annual publication,...

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    Rob Gifford
    Britain correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Rob Gifford is a correspondent in the Britain team covering everything from legal affairs to the property market to...

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    Lane Greene
    Deputy editor of books & arts and language columnist
    London, United Kingdom

    Lane Greene is Deputy Editor of Books & Arts based in London, and writes the "Johnson" column on language...

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    Robert Guest
    Foreign editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Robert Guest is The Economist's Foreign Editor. Previously he was US Editor, Business Editor, Washington Correspondent and Lexington columnist...

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    Emma Hogan
    Europe correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Emma Hogan is the Europe correspondent for The Economist. Prior to this, she was a Britain correspondent, writing about...

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    Charlotte Howard
    Consumer goods and marketing correspondent
    New York, United States

    Charlotte Howard joined The Economist in 2004 and is currently the consumer goods and marketing correspondent. From 2011 to...

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    Mark Johnson
    Correspondent

    Mark Johnson writes about business and politics. He previously covered environmental issues; prior to that he was the newspaper’s...

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    Miranda Johnson
    Environment correspondent, Business section guest editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Miranda Johnson is The Economist‘s Environment correspondent. Prior to this role, she was US southeast correspondent based in Atlanta. Miranda’s varied...

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    Helen Joyce
    International section editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Helen Joyce became editor of The Economist's international section in January 2014. Until October 2009 she was International Education Editor. She...

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    Soumaya Keynes 
    Economics correspondent 
    London, United Kingdom

    Soumaya Keynes writes for the print edition and the Free Exchange blog. Before joining The Economist Soumaya did research...

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    Andreas Kluth
    Berlin Bureau Chief and Germany Correspondent
    Berlin, Germany

    Andreas Kluth has been writing for The Economist since 1997. Andreas Kluth has been Berlin Bureau Chief and Germany Correspondent...

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    Daniel Knowles
    Africa correspondent
    Nairobi

    Daniel Knowles covers Africa for The Economist. He was previously based in Washington, writing about American politics, criminal justice and...

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    Krister Koskelo
    Finance correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Krister Koskelo is finance correspondent for The Economist. He joined in 2016 and covers non-bank finance, including alternative investments...

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    Anton La Guardia
    Deputy foreign editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Anton La Guardia is Deputy foreign editor The Economist. Prior to this role, he was Middle East  Africa editor. He...

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    Patrick Lane
    Banking editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Patrick is the Banking Editor of The Economist. Previously he edited The Economist's daily publication, Espresso. He joined the...

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    Denise Law
    Community editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Denise Law oversees social media innovation at The Economist. She currently leads a team of eight journalists focused on...

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    Natasha Loder
    Health-care correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Natasha Loder is The Economist's Health-care correspondent. She covers the pharmaceutical industry, medical science and technology. Between 2011 and 2014 she...

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    Simon Long
    Finance and Economics section
    London, United Kingdom

    Simon Long edits the Finance and Economics section of The Economist. Previously for six years he wrote “Banyan”, our...

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    Edward Lucas
    Senior editor
    London, United Kingdom

    He has more than 30 years’ experience dealing with the countries of central and eastern Europe, with postings which...

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    Paul Markillie
    Innovation editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Paul Markillie is The Economist's Innovation Editor. Paul principally writes about new technologies and their implications in business. He...

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    Edward McBride
    Finance editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Edward McBride is The Economist's Finance Editor. His previous roles were Washington bureau chief, Business Editor and Energy and...

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    John McDermott
    Public policy editor
    London, United Kingdom

    John McDermott is The Economist's global public policy editor. Before moving to The Economist in 2016, he was political...

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    Anne McElvoy
    Senior editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Anne McElvoy is a former foreign correspondent and columnist. She began her career on the Times, covering east Germany,...

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    Roger McShane
    Middle East correspondent
    Cairo, Egypt

    Roger McShane is the Middle East correspondent for The Economist. Based in Cairo, he reports from over 20 countries...

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    James Miles
    China editor
    London, United Kingdom

    James Miles took up his position as The Economist's China Editor in August 2014, having previously worked as Beijing...

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    Andrew Miller
    Southern correspondent
    Atlanta, United States

    Andrew Miller is The Economist’s Southern Correspondent. He joined The Economist in 2000 to write about British politics and culture. He covered...

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    Editor-in-chief
    London, United Kingdom

    Zanny Minton Beddoes is the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist. Previously she was the Business Affairs editor, responsible for the newspaper’s coverage...

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    Leo Mirani
    News editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Leo Mirani helps oversee The Economist's news operation across platforms. Before joining The Economist, he covered technology for Quartz...

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    Oliver Morton
    Briefings editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Oliver Morton is The Economist's briefings editor. Before coming to The Economist as energy and environment editor in 2009,...

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    Sacha Nauta
    Finance correspondent
    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Sacha Nauta is the Finance correspondent for The Economist. She writes about non-bank finance, including what big institutional investors...

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    Tom Nuttall
    Charlemagne columnist
    Brussels, Belgium

    Tom Nuttall covers European politics and economics in the Charlemagne column. He moved to Brussels in August 2014. Before...

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    John O'Sullivan
    Economics editor
    London, United Kingdom

    John O’Sullivan is the Economics Editor for The Economist. Previously he was South Asia Business and Finance Correspondent, based...

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    Arkady Ostrovsky
    Russia and Eastern Europe editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Arkady Ostrovsky is Russia and Eastern Europe editor for The Economist.  Prior to this role, he was the Moscow Bureau...

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    Andrew Palmer
    Business affairs editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Palmer is the Business Affairs Editor overseeing the coverage of business, finance and science at The Economist. He was...

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    Jason Palmer
    Co-editor, Economist Espresso
    London, United Kingdom

    Jason Palmer is co-editor of Espresso, The Economist's daily morning briefing app. He joined The Economist as a science and...

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    John Parker
    Beijing bureau chief
    Beijing, China

    "John Parker has been The Economist's Beijing bureau chief since 2015. He has spent about half his career in...

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    Sophie Pedder
    Paris bureau chief, and France correspondent
    Paris, France

    Sophie Pedder is the Paris bureau chief, writing about French politics and economics. She joined The Economist in 1990...

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    John Peet
    Political editor
    London, United Kingdom

    John Peet, Europe Editor, was previously Business Affairs Editor (from 1998), responsible for the business, finance and economics and...

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    Stanley Pignal
    South Asia business and finance correspondent
    Mumbai, India

    Stanley Pignal is the South Asia business and finance correspondent, based in Mumbai. In his previous roles as finance...

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    Jan Piotrowski
    São Paulo bureau chief
    Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Jan Piotrowski is The Economist's São Paulo bureau chief. Previously he was the Online Science Editor from 2010, having...

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    John Prideaux
    US editor
    London, United Kingdom

    John Prideaux joined The Economist as Political Correspondent in 2004. Prior to this he wrote for The Economist, the...

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    Simon Rabinovitch
    Asia economics editor
    Shanghai, China

    Simon joined The Economist as Asia economics editor in 2014, primarily focused on Chinese economics and finance. Prior to that he...

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    Michael Reid
    Columnist and writer-at-large, Latin America
    Spain

    Michael Reid writes the Bello column on Latin America and is the newspaper’s writer-at-large for the region. He is...

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    David Rennie
    Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist
    Washington D.C., United States

    David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. From July...

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    Bill Ridgers
    Business education editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Bill Ridgers is the business education editor at The Economist and editor of the Gulliver business travel blog. As...

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    Adam Roberts
    European business and finance correspondent, Business section guest editor
    Paris, France

    Adam Roberts is European Business and Finance correspondent based in Paris.  Prior to this he was South Asia correspondent...

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    Fiammetta Rocco
    Books and arts editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Fiammetta Rocco was appointed Editor of Books and Arts at The Economist in 2003. She supervises all The Economist's...

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    Max Rodenbeck
    South Asia bureau chief
    New Delhi

    Max Rodenbeck began writing for The Economist in 1989. Previous to his current role he was Middle East Bureau Chief...

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    Dan Rosenheck
    Data editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Dan Rosenheck is the editor of The Economist’s data team, writing quantitatively-driven stories on a broad range of topics...

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    Jonathan Rosenthal
    Africa Editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Jonathan Rosenthal is The Economist's London-based Africa Editor. He joined The Economist in 2005 as British business correspondent, having...

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    Adnan Sarwar
    Assistant community editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Adnan Sarwar works in the social media team to help deliver The Economist's content, including films, to a global audience. He...

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    Guy Scriven
    Data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Guy Scriven is a Data journalist at The Economist. He is responsible for data and infographics in the Europe and Middle...

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    Ludwig Siegele
    Technology editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Ludwig is the Economist's technology editor. He joined The Economist as US technology correspondent in 1998. In 2003 he...

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    Xan Smiley
    Editor at large
    London, United Kingdom

    Xan Smiley joined The Economist in 1983 as Middle East Editor and became Political Editor and "Bagehot" columnist in...

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    Adam Smith
    Deputy community editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Adam joined The Economist in 2015 in editorial's then newly established community team, working across all social media platforms to...

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    Tom Standage
    Deputy editor / Digital strategy
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist. He is also responsible for the newspaper's digital strategy and the development...

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    Matt Steinglass
    Europe editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

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    Stephanie Studer
    Seoul bureau chief
    Seoul, South Korea

    Stephanie Studer is The Economist's Seoul bureau chief, writing on North and South Korean politics, economy and business. She also...

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    Alexandra Suich
    US technology editor
    San Francisco, United States

    Alexandra Suich is The Economist’s US Technology Editor. Previously she served as Media Editor, based in London and New...

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    Matthew Symonds
    Defence and security editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthew Symonds is Defence and Diplomatic Editor covering a wide range of security-related and foreign-policy issues including arms control...

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    James Tozer
    Data analyst

    James Tozer is The Economist’s editorial data analyst. Prior to this role, he interned at Intelligent Life, and in...

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    Alex Travelli
    India correspondent and Asia news editor
    Delhi

    Alex Travelli is The Economist’s news editor in Asia and an India correspondent based in Delhi. As an editor...

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    Henry Tricks
    Energy and commodities editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Henry Tricks is based in London as the Energy and Commodities Editor. He joined The Economist as capital-markets editor in January...

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    Brooke Unger
    Americas editor
    London, United Kingdom

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

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    Vijay Vaitheeswaran
    China business and Finance editor
    Shanghai, China

    Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is an award-winning senior correspondent for The Economist. He joined the editorial staff in 1992 as...

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    Matthew Valencia
    Special assignments editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Matthew Valencia joined The Economist in 1995 as banking correspondent, and in 1998 moved to Frankfurt to cover German...

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    Vendeline von Bredow
    Midwest correspondent
    Chicago, United States

    Vendeline von Bredow is Midwest Correspondent of The Economist, based in Chicago. Until her move to the Midwest in...

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    Tom Wainwright
    Britain editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Tom Wainwright is the Britain Editor of The Economist. He joined the Britain section in 2007 to cover a...

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    Paul Wallace
    European economics editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Paul Wallace covers the economies and public finances of the European Union. A particular focus at the moment is...

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    Rosemarie Ward
    New York correspondent
    New York, United States

    Rosemarie Ward is the New York Correspondent for The Economist, based in New York City. She also covers New England,...

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    Callum Williams
    Britain economics correspondent
    London, United Kingdom

    Callum Williams is Britain economics correspondent for The Economist. He joined in 2014 and covers the British economy. He...

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    Adrian Wooldridge
    Management editor and Schumpeter columnist
    London, United Kingdom

    Adrian Wooldridge is The Economist's management editor and writes the Schumpeter column. He was previously based in Washington, DC,...

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    Simon Wright
    Deputy briefings editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Simon Wright is the industry editor for The Economist’s print edition. He joined The Economist in 1989 as a...

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    Ann Wroe
    Obituaries editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Ann Wroe is the Obituaries Editor of The Economist. After taking a first-class degree in History and a doctorate in...

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    Wade Zhou
    US data journalist
    London, United Kingdom

    Wade Zhou is The Economist's US data journalist. He joined the newspaper in 2014.

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    Dominic Ziegler
    Asia editor
    London, United Kingdom

    Dominic Ziegler joined The Economist in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then...