Alex Brummer
Encyclopedia
Alex Brummer is a veteran economic commentator, working as a British
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 is a regular contributor to the Jewish Chronicle (London), writing the weekly Media Analysis column and extensively on the Holocaust, Israeli economy, technology, and Middle East policy.
Brummer also writes "The Money" article for the New Statesman
.
as the Financial Correspondent. He was the main reporter on the fringe banking crisis of 1973/4 and the 1976 sterling crisis.
In 1979 he became the US Financial and Washington Correspondent for the Guardian. He covered the 1980
, 1984, and 1988 U.S. presidential elections for The Guardian. His work in this area earned him the 1989 Overseas Press Club
award for the best foreign correspondent in the US.
Brummer then took up positions as a Foreign Editor and Financial Editor, and completed his twenty-six year tenure at the Guardian as Associate Editor.
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 British Press Awards
. In 2000 he became the City Editor of the Daily Mail
. Brummer covered the 2003 Iraq War for the Daily Mail from Washington, D.C.
Brummer led the Daily Mails coverage on the 2007 run on Northern Rock
, collapse of Lehman Brothers
, and subsequent credit crunch
.
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
(Guardian), and Sky News Business Editor Jeff Randall
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". He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Jewish Renaissance
magazine.
and an MBA from the University of Bradford
Management Centre.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
journalist, editor, and author. He has been the City Editor of the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
(London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
) since May 2000, where he writes a daily column on economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
.
He is a regular contributor to the Jewish Chronicle (London), writing the weekly Media Analysis column and extensively on the Holocaust, Israeli economy, technology, and Middle East policy.
Brummer also writes "The Money" article for the New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
.
Career
Brummer started his media career at J Walter Thomson and Haymarket Publishing between 1970 and 1972. He then went to work for The GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
as the Financial Correspondent. He was the main reporter on the fringe banking crisis of 1973/4 and the 1976 sterling crisis.
In 1979 he became the US Financial and Washington Correspondent for the Guardian. He covered the 1980
United States presidential election, 1980
The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent...
, 1984, and 1988 U.S. presidential elections for The Guardian. His work in this area earned him the 1989 Overseas Press Club
Overseas Press Club
The Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
award for the best foreign correspondent in the US.
Brummer then took up positions as a Foreign Editor and Financial Editor, and completed his twenty-six year tenure at the Guardian as Associate Editor.
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 British Press Awards
British Press Awards
The British Press Awards is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of British journalism. Established in the 1970s, honours are voted on by a panel of journalists and newspaper executives...
. In 2000 he became the City Editor of the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
. Brummer covered the 2003 Iraq War for the Daily Mail from Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Brummer led the Daily Mails coverage on the 2007 run on Northern Rock
Northern Rock
Northern Rock plc is a British bank, best known for becoming the first bank in 150 years to suffer a bank run after having had to approach the Bank of England for a loan facility, to replace money market funding, during the credit crisis in 2007. Having failed to find a commercial buyer for...
, collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
, and subsequent credit crunch
Credit crunch
A credit crunch is a reduction in the general availability of loans or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from the banks. A credit crunch generally involves a reduction in the availability of credit independent of a rise in official interest rates...
.
On 4 February 2009, Brummer appeared as a witness at the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, along with Robert Peston
Robert Peston
Robert Peston is a British journalist. Since February 2006, he has been the Business Editor for BBC News. He became known to a wider public with his reporting of the late-2000s financial crisis, especially with his scoop on the Northern Rock crisis.-Early life and education:Peston is the son of...
(BBC), Lionel Barber
Lionel Barber
Lionel Barber is an English journalist.Barber was appointed Editor of the Financial Times in November 2005. Previously, he was the Financial Times' U.S. Managing Editor and before that, Editor of the FT's Continental European edition , during which he briefed US President George W. Bush ahead of...
(Financial Times), Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
Sir Simon David Jenkins is a British newspaper columnist and author, and since November 2008 has been chairman of the National Trust. He currently writes columns for both The Guardian and London's Evening Standard, and was previously a commentator for The Times, which he edited from 1990 to 1992...
(Guardian), and Sky News Business Editor Jeff Randall
Jeff Randall (journalist)
Jeff William Randall is a journalist, who presents Jeff Randall Live, a business and politics show on 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". He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Jewish Renaissance
Jewish Renaissance
Jewish Renaissance is a quarterly cultural magazine, founded in 2001, covering Jewish culture, arts and communities in Britain and beyond. It is published and edited by Janet Levin.-Description:...
magazine.
Education
Brummer has a degree in economics and politics from the University of SouthamptonUniversity of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
and an MBA from the University of Bradford
University of Bradford
The University of Bradford is a British university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The University received its Royal Charter in 1966, making it the 40th University to be created in Britain, but its origins date back to the early 1800s...
Management Centre.
Books
- James HansonJames Hanson, Baron HansonJames Edward, Baron Hanson was an English Conservative industrialist who built his businesses through the process of leveraged buyouts through Hanson plc.-Career:...
: a Biography (London: Fourth Estate, 1994) - Arnold WeinstockArnold WeinstockArnold Weinstock, Baron Weinstock was an English businessman whom The Guardian newspaper called "Britain's premier post-second-world-war industrialist."...
: The Life and Times of Britain's Premier Industrialist (London: HarperCollinsBusiness, 1998). - The Crunch: The Scandals of Northern RockNorthern RockNorthern Rock plc is a British bank, best known for becoming the first bank in 150 years to suffer a bank run after having had to approach the Bank of England for a loan facility, to replace money market funding, during the credit crisis in 2007. Having failed to find a commercial buyer for...
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).
Prizes
- Best Foreign Correspondent in the United States, Overseas Press ClubOverseas Press ClubThe Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
(1989). - Financial Journalist of the Year, British Press AwardsBritish Press AwardsThe British Press Awards is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of British journalism. Established in the 1970s, honours are voted on by a panel of journalists and newspaper executives...
(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 ForumWorld Leadership ForumThe Leadership Forum, The Leadership Forum, The Leadership Forum, (previously the world leadership forum a non-governmental organisation devoted to the development of leadership in a number of key areas including communication, education and policy, operated from October 2000 to October 2008....
(2006). - Commentator of the Year, World Leadership ForumWorld Leadership ForumThe Leadership Forum, The Leadership Forum, The Leadership Forum, (previously the world leadership forum a non-governmental organisation devoted to the development of leadership in a number of key areas including communication, education and policy, operated from October 2000 to October 2008....
(2006). - Magazine Commentator of the Year (New StatesmanNew StatesmanNew Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
), The Comment Awards (2009).
Positions
- The Daily Mail City Editor (2000–present)
- The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Assistant Editor (1998–1999) - The Guardian Financial Editor (1990–1999)
- The Guardian Foreign Editor (1989)
- The Guardian WashingtonWashington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Bureau Chief (1985–1989) - The Guardian Washington CorrespondentCorrespondentA correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
(1979–1985).
Online sources
- Alex Brummer's Daily Mail columns (thisismoney.co.uk)
- Alex Brummer's New Statesman articles
- Alex Brummer's Jewish Chronicle Articles
- Who's WhoWho's Who (UK)Who's Who is an annual British publication of biographies which vary in length of about 30,000 living notable Britons.-History:...
(London: A & C Black, 2006) - Debrett'sDebrett'sDebrett’s is a specialist publisher, founded in 1769 with the publication of the first edition of The New Peerage. The name "Debrett's" honours John Debrett...
People of Today (London: Debrett's Peerage, 2006) - Willings Press Guide (Cision UK, 2007)