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Is an editorial director of The Economist Film Project, an initiative in collaboration with PBS NewsHour that showcases the work of independent documentary filmmakers from around the world. The project selects films that provide new insights into world affairs on a broad range of subjects, and airs segments of them on the NewsHour, in order to bring them to a wider audience and stimulate debate. He has written for The Economist on global affairs, technology and science since 1996, as a staff correspondent in London, Mexico City, Moscow, Jerusalem and, currently, New York City. He has also been the paper's deputy digital editor, responsible for online innovation and strategy; the founding editorial director of its e-learning venture, Economist Education; and an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.