Catherine Rampell
Economics editor at The Bulwark and MS NOW anchor; Washington Post columnist from 2014 to 2025.
At a glance
Roles
The Bulwark (writer)
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- Catherine Rampell is an American journalist on economics, politics, public policy and immigration.
- She was an economics reporter and editor, Sunday Magazine columnist and theater critic at The New York Times, then wrote a syndicated opinion column for The Washington Post from 2014 to 2025.
- She is now the economics editor at The Bulwark, where she writes the newsletter Receipts, and an anchor at MS NOW (formerly MSNBC).
Key facts
- Current roles
- Economics editor at The Bulwark; anchor at MS NOW; contributor to Marketplace2
- Born
- 4 November 19841
- Education
- AB in anthropology, Princeton University (2007), Phi Beta Kappa1
- The Washington Post
- Opinion columnist from 2014 to 2025; took a buyout in July 20251
- The New York Times
- Economics reporter and editor, Sunday Magazine columnist and theater critic, before 20142
- The Bulwark
- Joined in November 2025; newsletter Receipts, and the podcast Receipts with Catherine Rampell from September 20261
- Awards
- 2021 Online Journalism Award for Commentary; seven-time Gerald Loeb Award finalist2
Roles
Before
Part of until 2014
The New York Times (economics reporter and editor, Sunday Magazine columnist and theater critic, before joining The Washington Post)
Part of until Jul 2025
The Washington Post (opinion columnist; took a buyout in July 2025)
Links
Sources
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