Tom Standage (born 1969) is a British journalist, author, and editorial executive currently serving as the Deputy Editor of The Economist newspaper under editor-in-chef, Zanny Minton Beddoes. As head of the newspaper's digital strategy, Standage is the editor-in-chief of The Economist's website, applications, and digital platform. He first joined the paper in 1998 as a science correspondent from where he was successively appointed technology editor, business editor, and finally, digital editor.