File:David Smith 2.jpgDavid Smith at LSE 2015This article is about the journalist and author who has been Economics Editor of the UK Sunday Times since 1989. For the journalist who is Africa Correspondent of The Guardian in 2014, see David Smith (journalist). For other uses of David Smith, see David Smith.
David Henry Smith (born 3 April 1954) is a British journalist and author, specialising in economics. He has been economics editor of The Sunday Times since 1989, where he writes a weekly column. He is also an assistant editor and policy adviser. He is a visiting professor at the University of Wales[1][2] where he delivered his first lecture in 2007.[3]
Smith started as an economic report writer for Lloyds Bank, before moving to a forecasting role at the Henley Centre. He then became an economics/business writer for Now! magazine, economics/deputy editor for Financial Weekly before moving to News International and becoming economics correspondent of The Times in 1984. In 1989, he moved to sister publication The Sunday Times as economics editor and has since expanded his role to be a policy advisor and assistant editor. He also runs his own website - EconomicsUK.com - delivering economic commentary in blog style.[4] Smith is also a regular speaker at business and academic events.
Awards
2004 - Harold Wincott Award for Senior Financial Journalist of the Year[5]