Top Journalists in Finance and Insurance
Andrew Ackerman The Washington Post
Fed and financial-regulation reporter at The Washington Post; joined in September 2024 after more than a decade covering the beat at the Wall Street Journal. Specialties: Federal Reserve, bank supervision, CFPB/SEC/FDIC/OCC policy, financial regulation in Washington.
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Max Abelson Bloomberg News / Bloomberg Businessweek
Finance reporter at Bloomberg News and longtime Businessweek contributor; also hosts The Businessweek Show. Specialties: Wall Street culture, big banks, billionaires, money and power, finance-and-society coverage.
AnnaMaria Andriotis The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal reporter focused on big banks and consumer finance. Specialties: Large U.S. banks, consumer finance/credit cards, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, retail banking trends.
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Gunjan Banerji The Wall Street Journal
Markets and money reporter at the Wall Street Journal; frequent CNBC contributor. Specialties: Markets and derivatives, options activity, retail-investor flows, volatility.
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David Benoit The Wall Street Journal
Co–Wall Street bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, previously a leading banking reporter. Specialties: Banks, Wall Street leadership, deals/activism; oversees coverage of finance for WSJ’s Wall Street bureau.
Elizabeth Blosfield Carrier Management / Insurance Journal
Deputy Editor at Carrier Management and frequent Insurance Journal contributor; hosts The Insuring Cyber Podcast. Specialties: Property/casualty insurance, cyber insurance, underwriting/claims trends; Carrier Management and Insurance Journal coverage.
Katherine Chiglinsky Bloomberg News
Bloomberg journalist and team leader who has covered insurers such as AIG and Berkshire Hathaway and now oversees real estate coverage. Specialties: Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway (prior beat), property risks, re/insurance market dynamics; now also leads real estate coverage team.
Jesse Eisinger ProPublica
Senior editor and reporter at ProPublica; Pulitzer Prize and Gerald Loeb Award winner known for in‑depth investigations of Wall Street and the tax system. Specialties: Financial accountability and enforcement, Wall Street investigations, tax avoidance and policy.
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David Enrich The New York Times
Business investigations editor at The New York Times and author (Dark Towers) focused on complex finance stories and banks. Specialties: Financial investigations, banking misconduct, legal/regulatory accountability.
Emily Flitter The New York Times
New York Times reporter covering banking and Wall Street; author of The White Wall on race and money. Specialties: Wall Street and big banks, discrimination and consumer-harm investigations, culture of finance.
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Victoria Guida Politico
Economics correspondent and columnist at Politico, focusing on the intersection of finance, policy and politics in Washington. Specialties: Federal Reserve and macro policy, financial regulation on Capitol Hill, Treasury/CFPB/FDIC/OCC.
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John Heltman American Banker
Washington bureau chief at American Banker and creator of the Bankshot podcast, leading coverage of Congress’s impact on finance. Specialties: Congress and financial services, bank policy and regulation, Fed/FSOC oversight.
Liz Hoffman Semafor
Business & finance editor at Semafor; formerly WSJ M&A/IB reporter and author of Crash Landing. Specialties: Dealmaking and corporate finance, Wall Street firms, C‑suite strategy; private credit and capital markets.
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Dawn Lim Bloomberg News
Bloomberg reporter covering the firms and people behind private equity and what their portfolios touch. Specialties: Private equity and alternative assets, asset management industry, institutional capital flows.
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Ron Lieber The New York Times
Your Money columnist at The New York Times and author of The Price You Pay for College. Specialties: Personal finance, college costs and family money decisions, consumer protection in finance and insurance.
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Gretchen Morgenson NBC News Investigations
Senior financial reporter on NBC News Investigations; Pulitzer winner known for incisive coverage of Wall Street and private equity. Specialties: Investigations at the nexus of money and power, private equity scrutiny, Wall Street accountability.
Dan Primack Axios
Business editor at Axios and author of the daily Pro Rata newsletter on dealmakers and private markets. Specialties: Deals across VC/PE/M&A, finance policy implications, late‑stage private markets and IPO pipelines.
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Hugh Son CNBC
CNBC banking reporter breaking news on Wall Street, fintech and regulatory developments; previously covered finance at Bloomberg. Specialties: Big U.S. banks, fintech, regulatory actions and enforcement, banking/tech convergence.
Nick Timiraos The Wall Street Journal
Chief economics correspondent at the Wall Street Journal and author of Trillion Dollar Triage on the Fed’s crisis response. Specialties: Federal Reserve and monetary policy, macro shocks to finance, crisis response and economic policy.
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Jason Zweig The Wall Street Journal
Investing columnist (The Intelligent Investor) at the Wall Street Journal; noted for clear, research‑driven guidance to retail and professional investors. Specialties: Investing and behavioral finance, personal finance, portfolio strategy, investor protection.
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