Paddy Hirsch is a fiction and non-fiction author, journalist and economic commentator. He is the author of the Justice Flanagan series of historical thrillers, including ''The Devil's Half Mile'' and ''Hudson's Kill'', and of ''Man vs Markets, Economics Explained, Plain and Simple'', a lighthearted, illustrated book explaining the workings of the financial markets, published by HarperCollins. Hirsch is the editor of th
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Previously he was a Senior Producer at the

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production house

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, where he produced the weekend personal finance program Marketplace Money and produced and hosted the ''Marketplace Whiteboard'', a weekly video explainer covering the financial markets and the economy. ''Marketplace Whiteboard'' was a

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Honoree in 2009. Hirsch was editor of the

New York Bureau throughout the financial crisis of 2008/2009. In 2010 he was awarded a fellowship with the

John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford is a paid 10-month journalism fellowship at Stanford University. It is one of 20 such programs available in the US for working journalists. It is connected to the School of Humanities and Scie ...

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. He was a Webby Award nominee in 2009 and was a 2014 winner of the Edward R Murrow award for excellence in reporting.

Biography

Hirsch was born in

Weymouth, England Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,427 in 2021. It is the third l ...

, and grew up in Northern Ireland and

Dublin, Ireland Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 cen ...

. He joined

in March 2007. Previously, he worked as a senior editor for Leveraged Commentary & Data, a division of

Standard and Poor's S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities. S&P is consi ...

, and for ''Bank Letter'', a newsletter in the

Euromoney Institutional Investor Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is one of Europe's largest business and financial information companies which has interests in business and financial publishing and event organization. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a c ...

portfolio. He worked as the editor of the ''Vietnam Economic Times'' in 1998, and as a field producer at

CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at ...

in Hong Kong between 1995 and 1997. Before becoming a journalist, he served as an officer in the

Royal Marines The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious light infantry and also one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. The Corps of Royal Marine ...

from 1986 to 1995. He graduated top of his class from the

Commando Training Centre Royal Marines Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) is the principal military training centre for the Royal Marines. It is situated near the villages of Lympstone and Exton, between the city of Exeter, and the town of Exmouth in Devon, England. Histo ...

, and was awarded the Sword of Honour. Hirsch attended the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

in the United Kingdom, and

Campbell College Campbell College located in Belfast, Northern Ireland and founded in 1894 comprises a preparatory school department (junior age) and a senior Northern Ireland 'Voluntary Grammar' school, the latter meaning, in terms of provision of education, a ...

in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

References

External links

American Public Media names Paddy Hirsch Senior Producer, Personal Finance, Marketplace

''Marketplace Whiteboard'' webpage

Leveraged Commentary & Data

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