Damian Paletta

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Damian Paletta
Alma mater Boston College, University of Missouri
Occupation(s)Economics Editor, Journalist
Years active2002-present
Employer The Washington Post

Damian Paletta is an American journalist who is currently the economics editor for The Washington Post . [1] [2] He was previously a White House correspondent for The Wall Street Journal .

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Education

Paletta received a B.A. from Boston College in 1999. He completed a M.S. in journalism at the University of Missouri in 2002.

Career

Paletta started at The Wall Street Journal as a reporter covering the fall-out from the 2008 financial crisis. [3] In 2011, Paletta won the Washington Reporting Raymond Clapper Award and the Sigma Delta Chi award for Washington correspondence. [4]

After the 2016 presidential election, Paletta was named a White House correspondent covering the new Trump administration for The Journal, [5] until he joined The Post in 2017 again as a White House reporter but this time focusing on economic policy. [6]

Paletta was appointed senior economics correspondent before being named economics editor in 2019. [7] He has appeared on WNYC , C-SPAN and MSNBC . [8] [9] [10] [11]

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  3. "Damian Paletta - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  4. "Announcing winners of the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for journalism". www.spj.org. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  5. Sterne, Peter. "Wall Street Journal reshuffles Washington bureau". POLITICO Media. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  6. "Damian Paletta, Authors at World Economic Forum". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  7. WashPostPR. "Damian Paletta to be a Senior Economics Correspondent for The Washington Post". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  8. "White House denies administration exploring a payroll tax cut". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  9. "Mnuchin reveals WH consulted Treasury Dept. about Trump tax returns". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  10. "People - Damian Paletta | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  11. "Damian Paletta | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  12. Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Paletta, Damian; Stead Sellers, Frances (29 June 2021). "Yasmeen Abutaleb & Damian Paletta discuss their new book "Nightmare Scenario"". Washington Post Live . Washington Post . Retrieved 30 June 2021 via YouTube.
  13. Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Paletta, Damian; Stead Sellers, Frances. "Transcript: Yasmeen Abutaleb & Damian Paletta, "Nightmare Scenario"". Washington Post Live . Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)