The Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation was set up by Marjorie Deane, a former Deputy Business Editor of The Economist. Marjorie represented The Economist at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
She was also behind the start of a new publication, The Economist Financial Report, a fortnightly newsletter that she edited for 13 years. After a long and successful career in financial journalism, Marjorie decided to encourage young people to follow in her footsteps. Her foundation started in 1998 and she was active in its affairs until her death in October 2008.
The formal aims of the Foundation are to advance the education of the public in financial and monetary theory and institutions and financial journalism by providing work experience for students and young people, and to provide financial support, to commission research and to provide vocational training.
John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of The Economist and a trustee of the foundation, said about Marjorie:
“Marjorie Deane was passionately interested in journalism and American finance—and she loved New York. …. The foundation has already had (great success) in encouraging people to learn more about financial journalism in Britain.”
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