With his family he returned to Berlin in late 1918, having spent the previous year residing in Stockholm, Sweden, where he could be close to the latest political developments in Russia. For several years, his journalistic career continued to prosper, and important newspapers engaged his services as a special correspondent in Russia, Scandinavia and the United States. He began his association with "The New York Times" in 1923, as their Berlin-based financial correspondent, and wrote weekly columns for them right up until the time of his death. He also wrote for "The Saturday Evening Post" and for newspapers in Birmingham and Leeds, England. Long resumed working for "The Economist" (of London) in 1926 (having previously been employed by them briefly in the early 1920s), and continued writing for the London weekly until his death.