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Ed Conway
Speaking at the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Summit 2021
Born
Edmund Conway
EducationThe Oratory School, Oxfordshire
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Occupation
  • Economics Editor
Years active2003–present[1]
EmployerSky News

Ed Conway is the Economics Editor of Sky News, the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky Group. He is based at Sky Central in Osterley in West London. He is a former correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper and the Economics Editor of The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph newspapers.[2] He became Sky News' first Economics Editor in 2011.[3]

Education

From 1993 to 1998, Conway was educated at The Oratory School,[4] a Roman Catholic boarding independent school for boys in the village of Woodcote in Oxfordshire, followed by Pembroke College, Oxford, where he took an MA in English, and after having worked for several years, gained a Fulbright Scholarship to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States,[4][5] where he took an MPA (a master's degree in Public Administration).[6]

Life and career

Conway was formerly an economics correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper, followed by the Economics Editor of The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph newspapers.[3]

In August 2011, Conway joined Sky News as economics editor and covered topics including financial market crisis Great Recession and euro crisis.[3][7] He is also known for his numerous stories including a G20 summit, Greek default and its rescue fund.[8][5][9] Among his many interviewees are the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, and the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. During the early stages of the 2008 banking crisis, he was the first to reveal the Bank of England's plans to create additional money through quantitative easing, and to warn of the funding gap in the banking system which later led to the collapse of Northern Rock.[5]

Publications

Conway is the author of 50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know, first published in September 2009. The book has been translated into thirteen languages.[10]

In May 2014, he also published The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors.[11]

In 2023, he also published Material World, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award that year.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Ed Conway - Biography". Sky News. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ Sandy Fleming 1 March 2017 (March 2017). "Sky News Economics Editor gives Bob Friend Lecture - University of Kent". The University of Kent. Retrieved 1 July 2020.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c Sky News appoints Ed Conway as first economics editor Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Publisher: Press Gazette. Published: 6 July 2011. Retrieved: 28 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b Notable Old Oratorians (1972-2009) - In the Arts and Media - Ed Conway Archived 9 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Publisher: The Oratory School Society, Woodcote, Oxfordshire. Retrieved: 24 March 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Biographies - Ed Conway Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Publisher: Sky News Press Office. Retrieved: 24 March 2013.
  6. ^ My Year at Harvard Publisher: The Daily Telegraph. Author: Edmund Conway. Published: 12 August 2011. Retrieved: 24 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Ed Conway | The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  8. ^ Sky News' Ed Conway: Why the financial crisis is good news for economics journalism Publisher: The Press Gazette. Published: 4 December 2012. Retrieved: 24 March 2013.
  9. ^ Conway, Ed. "'The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War – Fought Behind Closed Doors". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  10. ^ Conway, Edmund (9 March 2009). 50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know. ISBN 9781849165631.
  11. ^ The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors: Amazon.co.uk: Ed Conway: 9781408704929: Books. ASIN 1408704927.
  12. ^ "FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist". Books+Publishing. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

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