Ethan Lou

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Ethan Lou
Nationality Canada
Occupation journalist
Known for wrote a book on his reporting on controversial cryptocurrencies

Ethan Lou is a Canadian journalist, who specializes in financial reporting.[1] He finished a degree in journalism at Ryerson University, in 2015. Lou has been a visiting journalist at the University of British Columbia.[2][3]

Lou worked for Reuters, and The Toronto Star, prior to becoming a freelance author.[1][3] He is the author of Field Notes from a Pandemic and Bitcoin Miner.[4] CBC Books included Field Notes froma Pandemic on its list of 2020's best non-fiction books.

The Sri Lankan Guardian published excerpts from Bitcoin Miner, on October 21, 2021.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Book Talk: Field Notes from a Pandemic with Ethan Lou". Ryerson University. 2021-01-29. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122140327/https://www.ryerson.ca/alumni/events/2021/01/book-talk-field-notes-from-a-pandemic-with-ethan-lou/. Retrieved 2021-10-21. "Join us on January 29 for a book talk with author, journalist and Ryerson alumnus, Ethan Lou (Journalism '15). Ethan will discuss his nonfiction book, Field Notes from a Pandemic." 
  2. "Ethan Lou". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120140005/https://www.thestar.com/authors.lou_ethan.html. Retrieved 2021-10-21. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Ethan Lou". Transatlantic Agency. Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210307014612/https://www.transatlanticagency.com/clients/speakers/lou-ethan/. Retrieved 2021-10-21. "He writes regularly in a wide range of publications including the Guardian and the Washington Post. Lou is a former Reuters reporter and has served as a visiting journalist at the University of British Columbia." 
  4. "Once a Bitcoin Miner". CBC Books. 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20211001024402/https://www.cbc.ca/books/once-a-bitcoin-miner-1.6121022. Retrieved 2021-10-21. "In Once a Bitcoin Miner, journalist and author Ethan Lou takes readers on a richly told first-person narrative through the proverbial cryptocurrency Wild West." 
  5. "Scandal and Turmoil behind Cryptocurrency". Sri Lankan Guardian. 2021-10-21. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211021055206/http://www.slguardian.org/2021/10/scandal-and-turmoil-behind.html. Retrieved 2021-10-21. "In this book, Ethan Lou goes on an epic quest through the proverbial cryptocurrency Wild West, through riches, absurdity, wonder, and woe. From investing in Bitcoin in university to his time writing for Reuters, and then mining the digital asset ― Lou meets a co-founder of Ethereum and Gerald Cotten of QuadrigaCX (before he was reported dead), and hangs out in North Korea with Virgil Griffith, the man later arrested for allegedly teaching blockchain to the totalitarian state."