Paddy Hirsch
Paddy Hirsch is an author,[1] journalist, web video host, financial blogger and a commentator on the economy.[2][3] and financial markets[4] He is the author of Man vs Markets, Economics Explained, Plain and Simple, a lighthearted, illustrated book explaining the workings of the financial markets, published by HarperCollins. Hirsch is the Senior Producer overseeing personal finance coverage at the American Public Media radio program Marketplace, where he produces the weekend personal finance program Marketplace Money and also writes and hosts the Marketplace Whiteboard, a weekly video explainer that covers the financial markets and the economy. Marketplace Whiteboard was a Webby Award Honoree in 2009.[5] Hirsch was editor of the Marketplace New York Bureau throughout the financial crisis of 2008/2009. In 2010 he was awarded a fellowship with the John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists at Stanford University.[6][7] He returned to Marketplace in July 2011, and joined the launch team for a new program, the Marketplace Index, which launched in September 2011.[8]
Biography
Hirsch joined Marketplace in March 2007.[9] Previously, he worked as a senior editor for Leveraged Commentary & Data, a division of Standard and Poor's, and for Bank Letter, a newsletter in the Euromoney Institutional Investor portfolio. He worked as the editor of the Vietnam Economic Times in 1998, and as a field producer at CNBC Asia in Hong Kong between 1995 and 1997. Before becoming a journalist, he served as an officer in the Royal Marines from 1986 to 1995. He graduated top of his class from the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, and was awarded the Sword of Honour. Hirsch attended the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, and Campbell College in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
References
- ↑ Publishers Weekly, 22 July 2012 "Publishers Weekly Non-fiction review, Man vs Markets", retrieved 18 October 2012
- ↑ Todd Mundt, WFPL News, 22 August 2011 " "Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch on the backstory behind the financial crisis on the Marketplace special The Breakdown", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ The Economist, 3 February 2006 "The state of American media", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ The Economist, 20 April 2006 "US leveraged loans", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ Paddy Hirsch, 3 October 2008 "Uncorking CDOs", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ Kevin Roderick LAObserved, 31 August 2010 "Marketplace Senior Editor off to Stanford", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ John S. Knight Fellowships, 31 May 2011 2011 "Knight Fellow Paddy Hirsch advocates for a "slow news" movement", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ Net News, AllAccess.com, 30 August 2011 "Paddy Hirsch joins team launching the Marketplace Index, with David Brancaccio", retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ Vince Veniziani, Business Insider, 24 March 2010 "Beyond The Whiteboard: A Q&A With Marketplace's Financial Guru Paddy Hirsch", retrieved 10 September 2011
External links
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Living people
- American Public Media
- American public radio personalities
- American radio journalists
- American reporters and correspondents
- Journalists from Northern Ireland
- Radio personalities from California
- Royal Marines officers
- Stanford University Knight Fellows
