Dave Keating

Dave Keating is an American-European journalist in Brussels. He is the Brussels Correspondent for France 24, and author of the Gulf Stream Blues Substack. He has also written for the New Statesman, Energy Monitor, IP Quarterly, Euractiv, Forbes and World Politics Review. Previously he was the editor of EuropeanVoice.com, a side publication of The Economist.​​ He is ranked as the number one EU social media influencer for 2023, coming in second in 2024 and 2022 and third in 2021 and 2020.

Before arriving in Brussels in 2010, Dave covered the boardrooms of London, the halls of the US Congress in Washington, the cafes of Paris, the politics of Prague, the courtrooms of Chicago and the streets of New York City. He has also covered climate policy in Berlin. Dave previously covered US politics in Washington and draws comparisons between the American federal system and the European Union. He is well-known in Brussels not only for his reporting but also his conference moderation.

Originally from the New York City area, Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in film/television and European history. He also holds a Masters of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.