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Stephanie Flanders
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Flanders in 2011
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Stephanie Hope Flanders
5 August 1968 |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford Harvard University |
| Occupation | Market strategist, journalist, editor, presenter |
| Title | (formerly) Economics Editor: BBC (2008–2013) |
| Parent(s) | Michael Flanders Claudia Cockburn |
Stephanie Hope Flanders (born 5 August 1968) is a British expert in economics and a journalist. She currently leads the economics team at Bloomberg News. Before this, she was a top strategist for markets in Britain and Europe at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. She also worked for five years as the economics editor for BBC News. Stephanie is the daughter of the famous British actor and singer Michael Flanders and the disability activist Claudia Cockburn.
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Early Life and Education
Stephanie Flanders was born on August 5, 1968. Her father, Michael Flanders, passed away when she was six years old. She went to St Paul's Girls' School and then to Balliol College, Oxford. There, she earned a top degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Later, she studied at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. She received a master's degree in Public Administration.
Starting Her Career
Stephanie began her career as an economist. She worked at the London Business School and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. In 1994, she started writing for the Financial Times newspaper. She also worked as an advisor to the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H. Summers, in 1997. In 2001, she joined The New York Times newspaper.
Working at the BBC
Stephanie Flanders joined the BBC's Newsnight program in 2002. She loves cycling, and in 2005, she presented a special report on Britain's economy. She did this while cycling across the country for the Panorama show. She also helped cover the last journey of the old AEC Routemaster buses for BBC News.
In 2007, Stephanie interviewed Conservative Party leader David Cameron on Newsnight. She asked him about his plan for tax breaks for married couples. As an unmarried mother, she also asked if the Conservative Party would prefer her to be married.
Becoming BBC Economics Editor
In February 2008, it was announced that Stephanie would become the BBC economics editor. She took over this important role on March 17. She took some time off for maternity leave, and Hugh Pym filled in for her.
Stephanie hosted a show called "Stephanomics" on BBC Radio 4. This program explored big questions about the world's economy. For example, it asked whether China or the United States would become the most important economic power. In 2012, she also presented Masters of Money, a BBC Two show. This series looked at the lives of famous economic thinkers like Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.
In 2012, a politician named Iain Duncan Smith complained to the BBC. He said Stephanie's reporting on unemployment figures seemed to favor the Labour Party. However, the BBC said they were happy that her reporting was fair.
Stephanie also filled in as a presenter for The Andrew Marr Show and Newsnight. In 2009, she even played herself in a BBC Radio story.
Leaving the BBC
On September 26, 2013, Stephanie announced she would leave the BBC. She joined J.P. Morgan Asset Management as a chief market strategist for Europe and the UK. A writer for The Guardian newspaper, Peter Preston, said she was "an intellectual player in a vital, but often arcane, area." Robert Peston took over her role as BBC economics editor. Stephanie still sometimes appears on the BBC as an expert.
In September 2017, Stephanie co-presented the Today program on BBC Radio 4. Later, she joined Bloomberg News as a Senior Executive Editor for Economics. She also became the head of Bloomberg Economics.
Academic Work
Since 2008, Stephanie has been a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. On February 28, 2013, she gave a special lecture at the University of Kent.
Family and Personal Life
Stephanie Flanders comes from a family of journalists and writers. Her grandfather was the British journalist Claud Cockburn. Her sister, Laura Flanders, is also a journalist. The actress Olivia Wilde is her cousin.
Stephanie is married to John Arlidge, who is also a journalist. They have a son, born in 2006, and a daughter, born in 2008.
In 2007, Stephanie presented a BBC Radio 4 show about her father's career. It was called Flanders on Flanders.
