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Adam Barnes      

Deputy News Editor at The Economist

Adam Barnes is the deputy news editor and joined The Economist online in June 2005. In 2008 he launched the site’s business-travel blog, Gulliver, and edited it for five years.

During that time he also oversaw the online edition of The Economist and was a deputy home-page editor. He took over as deputy editor of the Books and Arts section in 2014.

In 2015 he moved to Mexico City to become The Economist‘s Mexico correspondent. Before joining the company Mr Barnes worked as a sports journalist, a guidebook writer and a freelance travel editor. He has written for Time Out Guides, The Times, The Independent, Greenwood Guides and How To Books.

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