Liz Alderman

Liz Alderman is a Paris-based chief European business correspondent for The New York Times. She reports on European economic, business and environmental issues through stories that highlight the impact on everyday lives. Her coverage since 2010 has included the European economic and refugee crises, the Paris terrorist attacks and the war in Ukraine. Her work focuses on inequality and economic and societal shifts. She interviews a range of actors, from government officials and corporate executives to workers, families and those on the margins who are living out the effects of policies made higher up. She also writes about culture in the European countries she covers. Alderman has reported on economic issues for more than 20 years. She was an assistant business editor at The Times in New York when Lehman Brothers fell, editing coverage of Wall Street and the U.S. financial crisis. Before that, she was the business editor of the Paris-based International Herald Tribune, and headed the Paris bureau of the U.S. financial news agency BridgeNews, directing European economics reporting. Before that she was a Federal Reserve correspondent in Washington, covering the U.S. economy and monetary policy. Alderman is a recipient of The Times' Nathaniel Nash Award for 'excellence in business and economics journalism,' and was part of a team honored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for international news coverage of Europe's debt crisis. In accordance with The Times' extensive ethics policy, she cannot accept press trips, favors or gifts from people or companies that feature in her reporting, nor can she hold stock in companies she covers. She identifies herself as a reporter for The Times when contacting people for information and gives subjects an opportunity to comment and express their side of a story. If she grants anonymity to a source, she abides by that agreement. Alderman's journalistic ethics require her to identify herself as a reporter for The New York Times when contacting sources, give subjects the opportunity to comment and express their side of a story, and abide by agreements of anonymity. She cannot accept press trips, favors or gifts from people or companies she covers nor hold stock in those companies. Alderman has won several awards for her work.