ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan and Brett Murphy, recipients of the New York Financial Writers' Association's 2023 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism, discuss their winning series, “Friends of the Court: Scotus Justices’ Beneficial Relationships With Billionaire Donors” with NYFWA board member Greg Miles.
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has long been a legend in the hedge fund industry, having built Bridgewater Associates into the world’s largest hedge fund firm. New York Times journalist Rob Copeland dispels the image of Dalio as a hedge fund god, revealing that his widely promoted principles and leadership style created a toxic culture within the firm he built and detailing how high-profile leaders were taken in by him.
Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO & chief strategist for QI Research and the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America, discusses why she chose to use Substack to distribute her company’s newsletters and how she has gone about building up a following. The conversation is facilitated by Peter Coy, an economic writer for the New York Times Opinion and NYFWA’s immediate past president.
Join members of the New York Financial Writers’ Association on April 11th to honor recipients of the 2023 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism, ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan, Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski. The team of ProPublica journalists were chosen as winners of NYFWA's Impact Award – which celebrates a body of work that spurs change– for a series of articles investigating conflict of interest, failed oversight and ethical indiscretions at the nation’s highest court.
New York, NY, February 21, 2024 –The New York Financial Writers’ Association announced today that ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan, Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski have been named winners of the 2023 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism. The award is for a series of articles investigating conflict of interest, failed oversight and ethical indiscretions at the nation’s highest court.
Join the New York Financial Writers' Association for a discussion about the realities of making a living through Substack, the new medium that allows journalists to send subscription-based digital newsletters directly to their readers by email. Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO & chief strategist for QI Research and the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America, will talk about why she chose to use Substack to distribute her company’s newsletters and how she has gone about building up a following.
In 2021, cryptocurrency was the next big thing. No one really knew what it was or how it worked, but it was clear some people were making a fortune off it. So Bloomberg News investigative reporter Zeke Faux decided to dig into it. "What started as a curiosity -- with a dash of FOMO -- would morph into a two-year, globe-spanning quest to understand the wizards behind the world's new financial machinery," Faux says on his website.
Wall Street Journal reporters Jeff Horwitz, Emily Glazer and Keach Hagey discuss the Facebook Files -a package of articles that demonstrated Facebook's knowledge of the toxicity of Instagram for teenage girls that was awarded the New York Financial Writers' Association's 2022 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism. The discussion, which examines the ongoing impact of the articles, is facilitated by NYFWA board member Greg Miles.
