Ed Conway

From 1993 to 1998, Conway was educated at The Oratory School,[http://www.ossociety.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=oratorian.content&cmid=20 Notable Old Oratorians (1972-2009) - In the Arts and Media - Ed Conway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109145802/http://www.ossociety.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=oratorian.content&cmid=20 |date=9 January 2015 }} Publisher: The Oratory School Society, Woodcote, Oxfordshire. Retrieved: 24 March 2013. a Roman Catholic boarding independent school for boys in the village of Woodcote in Oxfordshire, followed by Pembroke College, Oxford, where he took an MA in English, and after having worked for several years, gained a Fulbright Scholarship to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States,[http://skynews.skypressoffice.co.uk/biographies/editors/ed-conway Biographies - Ed Conway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517234331/http://skynews.skypressoffice.co.uk/biographies/editors/ed-conway |date=2013-05-17 }} Publisher: Sky News Press Office. Retrieved: 24 March 2013. where he took an MPA (a master's degree in Public Administration).[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8695054/My-year-at-Harvard-University.html My Year at Harvard] Publisher: The Daily Telegraph. Author: Edmund Conway. Published: 12 August 2011. Retrieved: 24 March 2013.

Conway was formerly an economics correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper, followed by the Economics Editor of The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph newspapers.

In August 2011, Conway joined Sky News as economics editor and covered topics including financial market crisis Great Recession and euro crisis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/profile/ed-conway?page=1|title=Ed Conway {{!}} The Times & The Sunday Times|website=The Times|language=en|access-date=2018-12-04}} He is also known for his numerous stories including a G20 summit, Greek default and its rescue fund.[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sky-news-ed-conway-why-financial-crisis-good-news-economics-journalism Sky News' Ed Conway: Why the financial crisis is good news for economics journalism] Publisher: The Press Gazette. Published: 4 December 2012. Retrieved: 24 March 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/815d2990-f22b-11e3-9015-00144feabdc0|title='The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War – Fought Behind Closed Doors|last=Conway|first=Ed|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-04}} Among his many interviewees are the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, and the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. During the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis, he was the first to reveal the Bank of England's plans to create additional money through quantitative easing, and to warn of the funding gap in the banking system which later led to the collapse of Northern Rock.

Conway is the author of 50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know, first published in September 2009. The book has been translated into thirteen languages.{{Cite book|url=https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Edmund-Conway/50-Economics-Ideas-You-Really-Need-to-Know/15209385|title=50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know|date=2009-03-09|isbn=9781849165631|language=en-gb|last1=Conway|first1=Edmund}}

In May 2014, he published The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors.{{Cite book|title=The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors: Amazon.co.uk: Ed Conway: 9781408704929: Books|id={{ASIN|1408704927|country=uk}}}}

In 2023, he published Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award that year.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/10/04/238701/ft-business-book-of-the-year-award-shortlist/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |publisher=Books+Publishing}} In 2024, Material World was also shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2024-09-20 |title=London's British Academy Book Prize: The 2024 Shortlist |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/09/londons-british-academy-book-prize-the-2024-shortlist/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}

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