David Rennie (columnist)

David Rennie (born 1971)[1] is a British journalist. He is a columnist for The Economist, where until September 2017 he served as the Lexington columnist (Farewell Lexington column). He is currently Beijing bureau chief.[2] He is the son of Sir John Rennie, a former 'C' (i.e., Director) of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).[3]

Career

David Rennie started his career at the Evening Standard, where he worked from 1992 until 1996.[4] He then went to work for The Daily Telegraph in London, before joining their foreign staff, being posted to Sydney (1998), Beijing (1998 to 2002), Washington, (2002–2005) and Brussels (2005-07).[4] From 2006 until 2007 he was also a contributing editor at The Spectator.[4]

Rennie joined The Economist in 2007, writing the Charlemagne column on EU affairs from Brussels,[5] before moving to London, where he wrote the Bagehot column (focusing on British politics).[6] In 2010, he received the UACES/Thomson Reuters "Reporting Europe" award.[2][7] Following the death of Peter David in 2012 he moved to Washington, DC to serve as the magazine's Lexington columnist.[2][8] He moved to Beijing to take up a new posting as bureau chief in May 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Britain and the EU: The ultimate Eurosceptic fantasy: putting faith in the Commonwealth | The Economist
  2. 1 2 3 Bagehot on the move: Britain's cheering gloom | The Economist
  3. ↑ "Past Chiefs of SIS". MI6. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mr David Rennie - Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist". The Economist. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Charlemagne moves town: Goodbye Brussels". The Economist. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 Jun 2010.
  6. ↑ "Journalist listing — Mr David Rennie". The Economist. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Reporting Europe prize 2010 | UACES/Thomson Reuters
  8. ↑ Lexington: Peter David | The Economist


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