Matt Whittaker

Matt Whittaker is Financial Writer at Encyclopædia Britannica.

THE BIG PICTURE

I’m a veteran natural resources journalist, having covered the mining, energy, and agriculture industries for two decades. In recent years, I’ve been closely following the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. I’ve been published in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, and other publications.

EDUCATION

BS, Communications | University of Tennessee
International Journalism Diploma | School of Journalism, Utrecht, Netherlands, and Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus, Denmark
Knight Center Fellow | University of Maryland

IN MATT’S OWN WORDS …

I specialize in writing about natural resources because I want to help readers understand where the materials that underpin modern life come from. I hope this understanding can help us extract and use these resources justly and sustainably. At the same time, when I write about natural resources investing, I want to help readers determine how to best use another key resource—their hard-earned money.

Recent Articles

Finance & the Economy

Dutch disease and the resource curse: Paradoxes of plenty

economics