Nick Baker

Deputy Editor-in-Chief at CoinDesk
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Greater Chicago Area

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Experience

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Deputy Editor-in-Chief
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      I help oversee one of the world's largest crypto newsrooms and edited our three Polk Award–winning scoops on FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. Duties include: • editing and writing stories • mentoring reporters and editors • plotting newsroom strategy • developing a news product geared toward professionals I help oversee one of the world's largest crypto newsrooms and edited our three Polk Award–winning scoops on FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. Duties include: • editing and writing stories • mentoring reporters and editors • plotting newsroom strategy • developing a news product geared toward professionals

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Editor, U.S. Markets Editing Hub
      • Mar 2021 - Jul 2022

      Edited high-profile enterprise stories on U.S. markets, including bonds and stocks. Reported on cryptocurrencies and market structure.

    • Editor, Rates & FX
      • Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

      Edited stories about U.S. Treasuries, the dollar and high-frequency traders. Reported on market structure.

    • Team Leader, Editor & Reporter for Market Structure
      • Sep 2013 - Mar 2019

      Ran and edited coverage of exchanges, dark pools, high-frequency trading and cryptocurrencies/blockchain. Broke news on M&A, the market's plumbing and how traders use radio waves to gain an edge.

    • Editor, Real M&A Column
      • Jul 2012 - Sep 2013

      Edited the Real M&A column, which analyzed proposed and prospective takeovers and often moved stock prices of the companies we wrote about.

    • Team Leader, U.S. Stocks
      • Dec 2008 - Jun 2012

      Oversaw coverage of the U.S. stock market in the tumultuous years following the 2008 financial crisis. Team produced a daily summary of markets that was consistently the most-read piece on the Bloomberg terminal. Edited enterprise stories on equities and options as well as breaking news and features on exchanges and market structure.

    • Reporter & Editor
      • Nov 2005 - Dec 2008

      Wrote and edited enterprise stories and daily summaries of the U.S. stock market.

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Editor
      • Apr 2005 - Jul 2005

      Edited a value investing newsletter and related website content. Edited a value investing newsletter and related website content.

    • United States
    • Online Media
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Reporter
      • Sep 2001 - Feb 2005

      Covered bankruptcies (Enron & WorldCom), telecom (Cisco) and the stock market. Covered bankruptcies (Enron & WorldCom), telecom (Cisco) and the stock market.

    • United States
    • Hospitality
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Waiter
      • Apr 2001 - Aug 2001

      A paycheck while waiting for a Dow Jones Newswires hiring freeze to thaw. A paycheck while waiting for a Dow Jones Newswires hiring freeze to thaw.

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Reporter
      • Dec 2000 - Apr 2001

      Wrote articles about business in Ohio's capital city. Wrote articles about business in Ohio's capital city.

  • Dow Jones Newswires
    • Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
    • Reporting Intern
      • May 2000 - Aug 2000

      Accepted into competitive business journalism program overseen by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. Reported on general corporate news, earnings and the stock market. Accepted into competitive business journalism program overseen by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. Reported on general corporate news, earnings and the stock market.

Education

  • Ohio University
    Bachelor of Science, Journalism
    1995 - 2000

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