2007
Andrew Palmer has worked at The Economist since 2007 in several writing and editing roles.
“So I've been with the magazine since 2007. Multiple writing and editing jobs covering a variety of things from Latin America to finance to”
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The Economist
7 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2021
Packy McCormick co-wrote a piece with Chris Dixon that The Economist published in late 2021.
“You, with Chris Dixon, wrote a piece that was published in The Economist”
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The Economist has been a weekly news magazine for almost all of its history.
“The Economist for almost all of its history has been a weekly news magazine.”
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The Boss Class podcast had produced three series, the latest focused on generative AI in the workplace.
“We've had three series to date, and, as you said, the last one was specifically devoted to this thorny topic of generative AI in the workplace.”
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The Economist fact-checks everything it publishes, using a research team.
“we fact check everything that we do. So there's a research team there which has to pull through a ton of stuff.”
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Andrew Palmer used Claude to build a browser extension that checks copy against The Economist's style guide in about 75 minutes.
“I went away and in seventy five minutes had built an extension which did check copy against the style guide.”
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Colleague Ludwig Seegel had waited a year for developer time to build a style-guide checking tool at The Economist.
“Ludwig Seegel, who you mentioned earlier, had been waiting for a year to get developer time to build this.”
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