Paddy Hirsch is a fiction[1] and non-fiction[2] author, journalist and economic commentator.[3][4][5] He is the author of the Justice Flanagan series of historical thrillers, including The Devil's Half Mile and Hudson's Kill, and 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 editor of the NPR podcast The Indicator, from Planet Money. Previously he was a Senior Producer at the American Public Media production house Marketplace, where he produced the weekend personal finance program Marketplace Money and produced and hosted the Marketplace Whiteboard, a weekly video explainer covering the financial markets and the economy. Marketplace Whiteboard was a Webby Award Honoree in 2009.[6] 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.[7][8] He was a Webby Award nominee in 2009 and was a 2014 winner of the Edward R Murrow award for excellence in reporting.
Biography edit
Hirsch was born in Weymouth, England, and grew up in Northern Ireland and Dublin, Ireland.[9][10] He joined Marketplace in March 2007.[11] 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 edit
- ^ The Devil’s Half Mile: Journalist Hirsch makes his fiction debut with a superb historical whodunit. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-9913-7
- ^ 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" Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 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
- ^ "World-famous financial journalist Paddy Hirsch, whose father was in the Army, on his difficult childhood in Northern Ireland in the Troubles, his career in the Marines... And how he finally found contentment with his wife, the actress Eileen Fogarty". Belfasttelegraph.
- ^ "About". Paddy Hirsch Official Website. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Vince Veniziani, Business Insider, 24 March 2010 "Beyond The Whiteboard: A Q&A With Marketplace's Financial Guru Paddy Hirsch", Retrieved 10 September 2011