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From what I understand, it isn't really anonymous. People who care, know who the writers for each country are. At one point I knew who covered each country in
by compsciphd 10y ago
From what I understand, it isn't really anonymous. People who care, know who the writers for each country are. At one point I knew who covered each country in the middle east, I've since lost interest / forgot, but it was openly discussed in media forums.
- saryant 10y agoPlus they have an online directory of their editorial staff and correspondents. http://mediadirectory.economist.com/ http://mediadirectory.economist.com/
- matt4077 10y agoIndeed. This has nothing to do with hiding the authors. There are, traditionally, two sorts of newspaper articles: the quick, half-page max Who/What/When/Where, and the longer pieces based on weeks of reporting, being exclusive etc. The former are anonymous or have the author's initials only. It's considered an honour to get one of the latter published. Those are also written differently, allowing for more of a personal voice. As it happens, The Economist has a strong focus on the first kind of article–only the editors get to gave fun when they add the photo captions. Compare to The New Yorker, or Foreign Affairs, or the Rolling Stone where it just wouldn't make sense to publish articles without names.