@BSteverman

Bloomberg reporter/writer on the personal sides of capitalism. Knight-Wallace Fellow. Pitches bsteverman at bloomberg dot net Non-pitches: bensteverman at gmail

 New York, NY
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Joined May 2011
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I’m making a rare Twitter appearance with some PROFESSIONAL NEWS: These are my last minutes until May in the Bloomberg newsroom, because on Monday I start the Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan wallacehouse.umich.edu/annou… Luckily… (1/5)

Announcing the 2023-2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows

Meet the 2023-2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows. This cohort of 19 journalists marks our 50th class of Fellows.

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On today’s Big Take podcast, @sarahsholder and Bloomberg’s @BSteverman break down the great American fun shortage, what it means for the economy and consumers and what can be done about it. Listen wherever you get your podcasts bit.ly/4tEkU8R
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Josh Eidelson@josheidelsonSep 10
Excited to see folks at #NLGJA26 in SF - please get in touch if you want to chat about journalism, or about working at Bloomberg in particular. And come check out our panel today, with the fabulous @Lynnmdoan, @rakshitasaluja, @_ToddGillespie, and @BSteverman!
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Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillisJul 6
Epic @BSteverman bit on how it's getting so hard to have fun: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable

With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be.

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Moritz Kuhn@kuhnmoJan 29
Great to see me cited in @BSteverman's piece for Bloomberg @business on the current state of US wealth inequality! 👉bloomberg.com/news/articles/… If you want to read more about the race between the stock and the housing market see 👉macro-inequality-lab.net/wp-… #MacroInequalityLab

Rich Americans Had a Good 2025. Everyone Else Fell Behind

The top 1% of households now hold almost one-third of the nation’s wealth.

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And, my 2022 piece on the post-pandemic nightlife was singled out for an award from the NLGJA, the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. This is one of the topics I’m eager to explore further on my fellowship. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New York Gay Bars Are Declining—and Covid Isn’t All to Blame

Red tape stymies new LGBTQ spaces from helping stoke the city’s comeback

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I’m back at Bloomberg in May 2024, and looking forward to doing many more stories like these. In the meantime, you can reach me in many ways, but I won’t be looking at my work email. xoxo (5/5/END)
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Sarah Holder@sarahsholder15 Aug 2023
fascinating @BSteverman on the two Nassaus, one in Florida, one in NY, and how their housing policies -- and therefore, qualities of life -- are diverging bloomberg.com/news/features/…

One Nassau County Has a Housing Crisis, the Other Nassau County Has a Solution

Northeast Florida is booming and making room for new arrivals. New York’s Long Island is frozen in the 20th century.

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In which the SLA says NYC initiated a spate of nightclub raids, and then NYC says, no no, it was SLA... great reporting from @adlankj hellgatenyc.com/who-is-leadi…

Who Is Leading Raids on NYC Nightclubs? - Hell Gate

A 2019 law requires surprise inspections to be documented, but these most recent raids won't be.

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Biz Carson@bizcarson22 Apr 2023
New from master sleuth @BSteverman and me: Sergey Brin has a new nonprofit around climate change and health, funded by some interestingly timed Tesla share sales 👀
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@markets22 Apr 2023
Google co-founder Sergey Brin sold Tesla stock near its peak to help fund a new, half-billion-dollar nonprofit focused on health and climate change. trib.al/BesFttC
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Noah Buhayar@NBuhayar22 Apr 2023
Great sleuthing by ⁦@BSteverman⁩ & ⁦@bizcarson⁩ on the Google cofounder’s new half-billion dollar charity-and-influence fund. It’s wild that it takes this kind of digging to know what the rich and powerful are up to… bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Billionaire Brin Sold Tesla Near Its Peak for New Giving Vehicle

Sergey Brin’s latest nonprofit, Catalyst4, offers the Google co-founder tax breaks, as well as increased levels of flexibility, secrecy and political influence.

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Devon Pendleton@DevPend17 Apr 2023
Excellent @BSteverman story that personalizes the faceless "villains" at the IRS who have a way harder job than I ever realized
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@business12 Apr 2023
The real lives of IRS agents reveal just how broken the US tax system has become trib.al/eMdQMH5

Inside the IRS’s Shrinking Band of Wealth Hunters

Former auditors dish on truant taxpayers, decrepit tech and why $80 billion might not be enough to fix everything that’s wrong.

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“It’s down to 84,000 (almost all unarmed) workers, a loss of 10,000 employees since 2010 and about the same as in 1974, when the US had 120 million fewer people and an economy a quarter of its current size.” bloomberg.com/news/features/… @BSteverman @BW
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@business12 Apr 2023
The real lives of IRS agents reveal just how broken the US tax system has become trib.al/eMdQMH5

Inside the IRS’s Shrinking Band of Wealth Hunters

Former auditors dish on truant taxpayers, decrepit tech and why $80 billion might not be enough to fix everything that’s wrong.

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Brody Ford@BrodyFord_14 Mar 2023
Biden's $80B IRS plan means that doing your taxes could get a lot easier. W/ @BSteverman bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Free IRS TurboTax Competitor Is Closer After Biden Funding

Intuit has warned investors for decades about the potential threat from government-funded software.

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Nancy Cook@nancook9 Feb 2023
NEW: Key R donors + political groups keep backing away from Trump to try to make room for a fresh GOP standard bearer ahead of 2024 w/@laurapdavison, @JenniferJJacobs: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Donald Trump Could Lose Millions in Backing From Conservative Donors

Key Republicans are trying to choke off any momentum that Donald Trump can build for a third White House campaign to make room for a fresh GOP standard bearer.

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SCOOP: George Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the Broadway Spider-Man Musical. Turns out, that wasn't the case. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

George Santos Produced Ill-Fated Spider-Man Musical. At Least, He Claims He Did

Add Broadway producer to the long list of George Santos’s fabrications.

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Biden is investing taxpayer billions to take on the world in green tech, semi conductors & other indus of the future. But he won’t get far without people, and the US workforce is shrinking by the day @sdonnan @kearney_melissa @bsteverman bloom.bg/4086CQj

America’s Coming Demographic Crisis Is Bad News for Employers

A tight labor market that’s getting tighter and falling birth rates spell trouble for the world’s largest economy.

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