Bryce Covert is an independent journalist who writes about the economy. She is a contributing op-ed writer at the New York Times and a contributing writer at The Nation.Covert's writing has appeared in Time Magazine, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, the New Republic, and Slate. She has appeared on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, and NPR.Previously, Covert was Economic Editor at ThinkProgress, Editor of the Roosevelt Institute’s Next New Deal blog, and a contributor at Forbes. She has also worked as a financial reporter and head of the energy sector at mergermarket, an online newswire that is part of the Financial Times group.Covert studied at Hampshire College before transferring to Brown University, where she received her B.A. in English.