Newly minted Dad 😏 For(bes) the Culture senior editor covering business & Blackness. prev: @WSJ @IBJNews @courierpress. @_HamptonU grad 💙⚓️
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Wow it's here. Words can't express how proud I am to be part of team that worked tirelessly on this series over past several months. Please take time to tap into our phenomenal coverage of the legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre starting with this piece
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Love this kind of journalism reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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Black Borrowers Feel The Pain Of The High Court’s Student-Loan Decision @JaredCouncil @forbes forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
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"Byron Allen Thinks McDonald’s Is Racist And Wants To Prove It In Court"
by @JaredCouncil for @Forbes
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Earlier this month @Timbaland previewed a song that used AI to recreate the voice of Biggie Smalls. Now he wants to commercialize the technology, which he thinks can revolutionize the music industry. My latest for @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
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Exclusive: Sam Altman’s Backing Helps Community College Startup Raise $29 Million @JaredCouncil @forbes forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
In 2015, an elderly Black Minnesotan had her condo seized and sold b/c she owed $13K in property taxes. Property was valued at $93K, sold for $40K, and government kept all the profit. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in "home equity theft" case today forbes.com/sites/kellyphilli…
Man, this story. Solid work @alexrkonrad
Twitter committed about $20M to back Black, Latinx and women VC fund managers after the murder of George Floyd.
Under Elon Musk, it's now trying to quietly sell those stakes -- while not wiring the leftover millions it promised.
My story in @forbes:
forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/…
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Angel Reese’s Marketability Skyrocketed During Her Victorious NCAA Championship Weekend @JaredCouncil @forbes forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
LSU's women's basketball star @Reese10Angel said "the price went up" after her team's national championship victory Sunday. And she wasn't lying. My latest for @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
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Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed Despite Being ‘Woke,’ Not Because Of It @JaredCouncil @forbes forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
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A reparations recommendation is before San Francisco officials.
On the list:
-$5 million to every eligible Black adult.
-eliminating personal debt & tax burdens
-guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97K for 250 years
-homes in SF for just $1 a family
apnews.com/article/san-franc…
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"I think what unites all of these efforts is a growing understanding of the impact and longstanding legacy of slavery and Jim Crow segregation." — Professor @rachelswarns, quoted by @JaredCouncil in @Forbes on #reparations in Tennessee County
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We aim to be diverse, thoughtful & interesting
Our February guests embody that.
@WhosWorld - Futuro Media
@ChiefRebelle - The 19th
@bmisick - Gulf States Newsroom
@JaredCouncil - Forbes
4 Black journalists sharing their distinct perspectives
Try us!
pod.link/journalismsalute
Thanks for having me!
New interview! -
@JaredCouncil, senior editor at @Forbes
- His unusual path to a journalism major/job
- Learning business reporting on the fly
- Writing for Wall St. Journal about the Tulsa Race Massacre & lack of insurance payouts
- Paying it forward
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The S&P 500 is on track to see its eighth Black CEO this spring, a record. The overall number is still low (less than 2%), but the pace of appointing Black CEOs has increased since 2020. My latest: forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
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Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations (via @AP) apnews.com/article/death-of-…
My latest piece is about a reparations proposal in Tennessee's largest county that would be funded in part by federal Covid-19 relief money forbes.com/sites/jaredcounci…
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Few people cover business with the nuance and acumen of my @_HamptonU brother @JaredCouncil.
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