Alex Brummer
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Alex Brummer | |
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Born | Brighton, England | 25 May 1949
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor, author |
Notable credit(s) | City Editor, Daily Mail |
Alex Brummer (born 25 May 1949) is an English economics commentator, working as a journalist, editor, and author. He has been the city editor of the Daily Mail (London) since May 2000, where he writes a daily column on economics and finance. He was the financial editor of The Guardian between 1990 and 1999.
He is a regular contributor to The Jewish Chronicle (London), writing extensively on business, the media, the Holocaust, and Middle East policy.
Brummer also writes "The Money" article for the New Statesman and is a member of the editorial advisory board of Jewish Renaissance magazine.[1] He is a Vice-President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
Career
Born in
In 1979, he became the US financial and Washington correspondent for The Guardian. He covered the
He worked as consultant editor for the Financial Mail on Sunday between 1999 and 2000 and was voted Financial Journalist of the Year at the
On 4 February 2009, Brummer appeared as a witness at the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, along with Robert Peston (BBC), Lionel Barber (Financial Times), Simon Jenkins (The Guardian), and Jeff Randall (Sky News) to answer questions on the role of the media in financial stability and "whether financial journalists should operate under any form of reporting restrictions during banking crises".[2]
Honours
In 2014 Brummer was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of the University by Bradford University.
Books
- James Hanson: a Biography (London: Fourth Estate, 1994)
- Arnold Weinstock: The Life and Times of Britain's Premier Industrialist (London: HarperCollinsBusiness, 1998).
- The Crunch: The Scandals of Northern Rock and the Looming Credit Crisis (London: Random House Business Books, 2008).
- The Crunch: How Greed and Incompetence Sparked the Credit Crisis (London: Random House Business Books, 2009).
- The Great Pensions Robbery: How the politicians betrayed retirement (London: Random House Business Books, 2011).
- Britain for Sale: British Companies in Foreign Hands – the Hidden Threat to Our Economy (London: Random House Business Books, 2012).
- Bad Banks: Greed, Incompetence and the Next Global Crisis (London: Random House Business Book, 2014).
- The Great British Reboot: How the UK Can Thrive in a Turbulent World (London: Yale University Press, 2020).
Prizes
- Best Foreign Correspondent in the United States, Overseas Press Club (1989).
- Financial Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards(1999).
- Best City Journalist, Media Awards (2000).
- Senior Financial Journalist of the Year, Wincott Prize (2001).
- Newspaper Journalist of the Year, Work Foundation (2002).
- Business Journalist of the Year, World Leadership Forum (2006).
- Commentator of the Year, World Leadership Forum (2006).
- Magazine Commentator of the Year (New Statesman), The Comment Awards (2009).
- Financial Journalist of the Year, City of London Corporation (2013).
Positions
- The Daily MailCity Editor (2000–present)
- The Guardian Assistant Editor (1998–1999)
- The Guardian Financial Editor (1990–1999)
- The Guardian Foreign Editor (1989)
- The Guardian Washington Bureau Chief (1985–1989)
- The Guardian Washington Correspondent (1979–1985).
Online sources
- Alex Brummer's New Statesman articles
- Alex Brummer's Jewish Chronicle articles
- Who's Who (London: A & C Black, 2006)
- Debrett's People of Today (London: Debrett's Peerage, 2006)
- Willings Press Guide Archived 2 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Cision UK, 2007)
- Israel's economy: the in-tray, Fathom: For a deeper understanding of Israel and the region, 30 January 2013
- First Industrial Nation meets Start-Up Nation in Fathom Spring (2016)
References
- ^ "Who We Are". Jewish Renaissance. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Treasury Committee".