Lynnley Browning is an American business writer known for compelling analyses and scoops at leading media outlets, including Bloomberg, The New York Times, Newsweek and Reuters, in Moscow, Russia, and New York, N.Y.
A creative and versatile reporter, storyteller and editor, she frames complex ideas into high-impact stories that appeal to a broad audience. She has written extensively about tax planning, Swiss private banks and hedge funds, but also about Putin's love of judo, climate change in a remote Alaskan Yupik village and the sociology of barbecue. She has a demonstrated ability to transform complex technical, financial and academic writing into easy-to-understand content, and loves the big picture with the telling details.
She spent nearly six years as a reporter in Russia, where she led coverage of energy and commodities across the former Soviet Union for Reuters in Moscow. She is fluent in Russian.
She grew up in Tulsa, Okla., graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in Slavic Languages and Literatures and from The University of Texas at Austin with an MA in Comparative Literature. She lives in Chicago.
