The Economist
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The United Kingdom's Weekly newspaper
The Economist is released weekly at 5pm GMT on Thursday. It is currently the 3rd most subscribed paper in the United Kingdom, and the highest ranked privately owned newspaper still publishing. The Economist also published the Economist Intelligence Unit Country-file articles.
Editorial
The Editor's pick of the week's news, this section is written by Iain Keers and may contain biased or personal opinions. The Editorial is usually a personal appraisal of the most important event of the previous week.
Leaders
A series of articles on the leading events of the week. The leaders are generally news items from all of the following sections which are designated as being more important than the norm. As such, some Economist readers only read the leaders in depth and glance through the rest of the magazine.
Britain
British News from the forums
Bagehot
British editorial news authored by Scipio The Great
United States
News from the USA forums
The Americas
News from Central and South America
Africa and the Middle East
News from South Africa, Israel, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan
Asia
News from Asia
Business News
An article on either businesses or business policy
Business Roundup
Quick stats on the UK Business
British Academy Award
In July the Economist won the Hassan Pesaran Award for Journalism. One of the judges was heard to comment that: “The Economist is a quality rag, I have to say.”
Journalism Awards
To celebrate the Economist reaching 300 subscribers, on 23rd April 2009 it decided to run a series of awards for the best and brightest in each section of the media. The decision was made by the editor, and was not based on politics, merely on the quality, and sometimes the fun level, of the newspapers concerned.
April
| Newspaper | Citizen | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Interviewing the Nation | JudgeDJ | Best Interview Newspaper |
| eUK Telegraph | CV James | Best Political Commentary Newspaper |
| The Freethinker | Goku Jones | Most Controversial Newspaper |
| The Defamatory Remark | RyanMcCulloch | Best Newcomer (less than one month) |
| eUK Home Office News | Minister of Home Affairs | Best Government Newspaper |
| newspaper2 | Rastari | Most Entertaining Newspaper |
| East Midlands Gazette | East Midlands Council | Best Regional Paper |
