Business & Technology
Still can’t get ‘The Odyssey’ IMAX 70 mm tickets? Bay Area fans turn to tech
This story began as an assigned utility piece on how fans were securing the summer’s hottest ticket. I gave the angle a Silicon Valley twist after speaking with moviegoers that had built AI-powered sites and robots to assist them in their own quests to the next IMAX 70 mm screening.
Florence Shen/S.F. Chronicle
Supreme Court considers slashing campaign spending restrictions for political parties
I covered oral arguments using a pen and pad, the only materials allowed in the courtroom. I interviewed a dozen legal experts beforehand who had filed amicus curiae briefs for either the petitioners or respondents. This background allowed me to file the story hours after leaving the courtroom.
Joshua Sukoff/Medill News Service
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More concerts are coming to Golden Gate Park. Here’s what that means for San Francisco
This explainer on concerts’ economic impacts in the Bay Area stemmed from an amended proposal during a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting. I broke down the proposal’s terms and figures while tying in perspectives from local business owners and dissatisfied neighbors.
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Outside Lands offered $15,749 weddings. No one booked them
What had been planned as a simple scene piece turned into a scoop revealing no couples had splurged on the music festival Outside Lands’ extravagant new offering. This story was one of five I filed from the field throughout the festival weekend, along with consistent live blog updates and social media video content.
Jessica Christian/S.F. Chronicle
IMF projects stronger-than-expected global economy
My co-author and I filed this story, which explains the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, just hours after attending the IMF’s press briefing. Under a tight deadline, source relationships from previous stories I’d written on tariffs came in handy for providing expert perspectives.
Lawmakers pressure House to vote on congressional stock trading ban
I’ve covered congressional hearings on patent law and stock trading, but the hearing itself is rarely the story. What was more notable here was the gaggle outside the hearing room beforehand. Two House representatives from opposite sides of the aisle shared a fist bump, a rare show of solidarity on an issue that has divided Congress for years.
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John C. Dvorak, podcaster and tech journalist who doubted the mouse and iPhone, dies at 80
I sifted through hours of Dvorak’s podcast, “The No Agenda Show,” as well as his former writings for this obituary.
Courtesy of Irina Petrovskaya
The race to 500: NU students chase LinkedIn’s magic number
After numerous emails, LinkedIn Editor in Chief Dan Roth's communications manager remained firm in saying Roth could only answer questions in written form. But Roth emailed me one day out of the blue saying a meeting had been cancelled and he could speak right that moment. I was in class, and I have never rushed out of a lecture hall so fast.
Illustration by Siri Reddy/The Daily Northwestern