Deena Zaidi


Data Journalist

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Current: Editorial Fellow at Axios (2023-2024)

Previous: Data and visual journalist at CTV News, data reporter at The Puget Sound Business Journal, markets contributor at TheStreet.com, financial writer at Seeking Alpha and tech/AI writer at VentureBeat.

Education: MSc. in International Banking and Finance from the University of Durham, England and an MBA in Finance from ICFAI Business School, India.

Working paper: “The role of credit rating agencies in the Eurozone Debt Crisis” for Global Credit Review and University of Singapore.


Deep dive: Before joining Axios (my work at Axios is highlighted in my resume), I worked at CTV News-National in Toronto as a data and visuals journalist, covering a wide range of stories— from hidden COVID-19 fatalities and rising Omicron numbers to immigration backlogssoaring inflation and climate change. I am comfortable with mapping tools and have created multimedia interactives through ESRI’s GIS interface. These stories included “50 Years Later: Expulsion from Uganda” and “Canadian skies turn lethal for migratory birds.”

Prior to CTV News, I worked for The Puget Sound Business Journal(PSBJ),one of the 44 markets of American City Business Journals, for about 2.5 years.

As a data reporter , I covered special sections such as economy of food trucks, pandemic impact on small businesses, financial aid to them and supply chain disruption at the time. I also maintained the local database to produce weekly lists of regional businesses along with insights on the findings, which were eventually published as the Annual Book of Lists.

Earlier in my careers, I covered financial topics for The Street in 2013 for 2.5 years, writing extensively on stock markets, earnings reports, Federal Reserve, interest rates, campaign finance, Brexit and personal finance. My bylines can be found in Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and MSN Money.

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