Jared G. Mitovich
@jaredmitovich.bsky.social
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal in Boston. Send tips & pitches to [email protected] or reach me securely on Signal: jaredmitovich.13
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Job Seekers Stare Down a Gloomy Holiday Hiring Season
Large companies say they are likely to add far fewer seasonal workers than in other recent years.
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers take on seasonal jobs during the holidays.
This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market.
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This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market.
wsj.com/economy/jobs... via @wsj.com
Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers take on seasonal jobs during the holidays.
This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market.
wsj.com/economy/jobs... via @wsj.com
This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market.
wsj.com/economy/jobs... via @wsj.com
Job Seekers Stare Down a Gloomy Holiday Hiring Season
Large companies say they are likely to add far fewer seasonal workers than in other recent years.
wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers take on seasonal jobs during the holidays.
This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market.
wsj.com/economy/jobs... via @wsj.com
This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market.
wsj.com/economy/jobs... via @wsj.com
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The anger is real. Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers, by @jaredmitovich.bsky.social
Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.
www.wsj.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The anger is real. Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers, by @jaredmitovich.bsky.social
Reposted by Jared G. Mitovich
Your summer getaway in Nantucket is on the ballot this year, as island residents vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals.
Your Summer Weekend in Nantucket Is on This Year’s Ballot
Residents of the island enclave vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals, with potential consequences for tourism and the local economy.
on.wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Your summer getaway in Nantucket is on the ballot this year, as island residents vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals.
New Jersey this, Virginia that. The real nail-biter vote on Tuesday is on Nantucket.
My report from the island on why an issue core to its DNA—short-term renters—has pitted billionaires vs. millionaires in a fight akin to national politics:
wsj.com/lifestyle/tr... via @wsj.com
My report from the island on why an issue core to its DNA—short-term renters—has pitted billionaires vs. millionaires in a fight akin to national politics:
wsj.com/lifestyle/tr... via @wsj.com
Your Summer Weekend in Nantucket Is on This Year’s Ballot
Residents of the island enclave vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals, with potential consequences for tourism and the local economy.
wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New Jersey this, Virginia that. The real nail-biter vote on Tuesday is on Nantucket.
My report from the island on why an issue core to its DNA—short-term renters—has pitted billionaires vs. millionaires in a fight akin to national politics:
wsj.com/lifestyle/tr... via @wsj.com
My report from the island on why an issue core to its DNA—short-term renters—has pitted billionaires vs. millionaires in a fight akin to national politics:
wsj.com/lifestyle/tr... via @wsj.com
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Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, frustrating many Americans.
Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.
on.wsj.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, frustrating many Americans.
Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, squeezing residents and small businesses and electrifying state politics.
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Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.
www.wsj.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, squeezing residents and small businesses and electrifying state politics.
🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/economy/cons... via @wsj.com
🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/economy/cons... via @wsj.com
Vermonters are taking aim at an annual scourge: leaf-peepers who clutter their landscapes for the perfect shot.
In my first a-hed @wsj.com, read about the towns where TikTokers trespass onto farms and fights break out over parking during fall:
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In my first a-hed @wsj.com, read about the towns where TikTokers trespass onto farms and fights break out over parking during fall:
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New Englanders Are Fed Up With Leaf-Peeping Tourists Ruining Their Fall
Locals are pushing for road closures and parking restrictions, while general stores peddle figurines that make fun of leaf-peeping tourists.
wsj.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Vermonters are taking aim at an annual scourge: leaf-peepers who clutter their landscapes for the perfect shot.
In my first a-hed @wsj.com, read about the towns where TikTokers trespass onto farms and fights break out over parking during fall:
🎁🔗 wsj.com/lifestyle/ne...
In my first a-hed @wsj.com, read about the towns where TikTokers trespass onto farms and fights break out over parking during fall:
🎁🔗 wsj.com/lifestyle/ne...
Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks: Government shutdowns can squeeze the economy in different ways.
But duration matters: The longer the closure lasts, the greater the hit to economic growth.
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But duration matters: The longer the closure lasts, the greater the hit to economic growth.
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How Government Shutdowns Affect the Economy
Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks loom.
www.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks: Government shutdowns can squeeze the economy in different ways.
But duration matters: The longer the closure lasts, the greater the hit to economic growth.
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But duration matters: The longer the closure lasts, the greater the hit to economic growth.
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Yesterday was my first day at @wsj.com as a news associate!
I'll be in Boston for the next six months reporting on the economy before returning to New York.
Get alerts when I publish: jaredmitovich.beehiiv.com and send me tips, pitches or Boston recs: [email protected]
I'll be in Boston for the next six months reporting on the economy before returning to New York.
Get alerts when I publish: jaredmitovich.beehiiv.com and send me tips, pitches or Boston recs: [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yesterday was my first day at @wsj.com as a news associate!
I'll be in Boston for the next six months reporting on the economy before returning to New York.
Get alerts when I publish: jaredmitovich.beehiiv.com and send me tips, pitches or Boston recs: [email protected]
I'll be in Boston for the next six months reporting on the economy before returning to New York.
Get alerts when I publish: jaredmitovich.beehiiv.com and send me tips, pitches or Boston recs: [email protected]
SCOOP: After his election, Trump blamed China for high transit tolls for U.S. ships crossing the Panama Canal.
Since then, a top business ally of China's Xi Jinping has left the advisory board that reviews toll increases.
And Panama hasn't addressed the unusual absence. politi.co/4n9WnWr
Since then, a top business ally of China's Xi Jinping has left the advisory board that reviews toll increases.
And Panama hasn't addressed the unusual absence. politi.co/4n9WnWr
‘I Don’t Think There’s a Government in Latin America That Has Given In More’
Trump is demanding a Panama-China break-up and triggering political backlash in Panama.
politi.co
August 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
SCOOP: After his election, Trump blamed China for high transit tolls for U.S. ships crossing the Panama Canal.
Since then, a top business ally of China's Xi Jinping has left the advisory board that reviews toll increases.
And Panama hasn't addressed the unusual absence. politi.co/4n9WnWr
Since then, a top business ally of China's Xi Jinping has left the advisory board that reviews toll increases.
And Panama hasn't addressed the unusual absence. politi.co/4n9WnWr
Reposted by Jared G. Mitovich
Trump is demanding a Panama-China break-up and triggering political backlash in Panama.
Trump Is Demanding a Panama-China Breakup — and Making Life Harder for Panama’s Leaders
In Panama City, politicians navigate tricky terrain: balancing Trump’s demand for a breakup with China along with an increasingly restive public.
www.politico.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump is demanding a Panama-China break-up and triggering political backlash in Panama.
🇵🇦 NEW: In Panama, Trump's fight with China is expanding beyond the canal. Can its shaken leaders hang on?
I traced Panama's quieter moves away from China — as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public.
My dispatch for @politico.com Magazine👇🏻 www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I traced Panama's quieter moves away from China — as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public.
My dispatch for @politico.com Magazine👇🏻 www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Is Demanding a Panama-China Breakup — and Making Life Harder for Panama’s Leaders
In Panama City, politicians navigate tricky terrain: balancing Trump’s demand for a breakup with China along with an increasingly restive public.
www.politico.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🇵🇦 NEW: In Panama, Trump's fight with China is expanding beyond the canal. Can its shaken leaders hang on?
I traced Panama's quieter moves away from China — as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public.
My dispatch for @politico.com Magazine👇🏻 www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I traced Panama's quieter moves away from China — as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public.
My dispatch for @politico.com Magazine👇🏻 www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Spoke with @politico.com about what I saw reporting on Liz Magill from the honeymoon start to tumultuous end of her presidency at @upenn.edu — including from the U.S. House chamber where she testified & became the first casualty of the war in higher ed.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The First Casualty in the War Against Elite Universities
Liz Magill goes deep, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation from the University of Pennsylvania — and launched a broader war on higher ed.
www.politico.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spoke with @politico.com about what I saw reporting on Liz Magill from the honeymoon start to tumultuous end of her presidency at @upenn.edu — including from the U.S. House chamber where she testified & became the first casualty of the war in higher ed.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Reposted by Jared G. Mitovich
Former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill opens up, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation — and marked a turning point in the politics of higher ed.
The First Casualty in the War Against Elite Universities
Liz Magill goes deep, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation from the University of Pennsylvania — and launched a broader war on higher ed.
www.politico.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill opens up, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation — and marked a turning point in the politics of higher ed.
Even reporting on historic news for the campus paper wasn’t enough to make me see all there is to see
@upenn.edu.
In my final byline for @dailypenn.bsky.social I reflected on what truly fueled my DP experience—123K Slack messages, coverage of 4 Penn presidents, & all: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
@upenn.edu.
In my final byline for @dailypenn.bsky.social I reflected on what truly fueled my DP experience—123K Slack messages, coverage of 4 Penn presidents, & all: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Jared Mitovich | Keep your palace gates open
Former DP Editor-in-Chief Jared Mitovich recounts his experiences at Penn and in the DP.
www.thedp.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Even reporting on historic news for the campus paper wasn’t enough to make me see all there is to see
@upenn.edu.
In my final byline for @dailypenn.bsky.social I reflected on what truly fueled my DP experience—123K Slack messages, coverage of 4 Penn presidents, & all: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
@upenn.edu.
In my final byline for @dailypenn.bsky.social I reflected on what truly fueled my DP experience—123K Slack messages, coverage of 4 Penn presidents, & all: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
NEW: "The community is left blighted — empty lots... empty buildings."
The slowdown in life sciences investment isn't just affecting developers. It’s leaving some Philly residents uncertain about the future (and grocery store) they envisioned for their neighborhood.
@whyy.org
The slowdown in life sciences investment isn't just affecting developers. It’s leaving some Philly residents uncertain about the future (and grocery store) they envisioned for their neighborhood.
@whyy.org
Philly life sciences slowdown leaves a proposed grocery store in flux
Economic challenges are leaving projects on hold as developers struggle to secure tenants and financing.
whyy.org
April 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
NEW: "The community is left blighted — empty lots... empty buildings."
The slowdown in life sciences investment isn't just affecting developers. It’s leaving some Philly residents uncertain about the future (and grocery store) they envisioned for their neighborhood.
@whyy.org
The slowdown in life sciences investment isn't just affecting developers. It’s leaving some Philly residents uncertain about the future (and grocery store) they envisioned for their neighborhood.
@whyy.org
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Before I join @wsj.com, I'm looking for freelancing opportunities on U.S. & China policy & investment in Panama during Trump 2.0.
I'm the 1st @upenn.edu journalist to receive an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellowship for foreign reporting.
📁: www.jared-mitovich.com
📩: [email protected]
I'm the 1st @upenn.edu journalist to receive an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellowship for foreign reporting.
📁: www.jared-mitovich.com
📩: [email protected]
Jared G. Mitovich
Jared G. Mitovich is an accomplished, award-winning reporter on global politics, power, and finance. He is an incoming News Associate at The Wall Street Journal.
www.jared-mitovich.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Before I join @wsj.com, I'm looking for freelancing opportunities on U.S. & China policy & investment in Panama during Trump 2.0.
I'm the 1st @upenn.edu journalist to receive an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellowship for foreign reporting.
📁: www.jared-mitovich.com
📩: [email protected]
I'm the 1st @upenn.edu journalist to receive an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellowship for foreign reporting.
📁: www.jared-mitovich.com
📩: [email protected]
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@wsj.com hires Jared Mitovich as a news associate: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
WSJ hires Mitovich as news associate - Talking Biz News
The Wall Street Journal has hired Jared Mitovich as a news associate. He will start next month. Mitovich served as the 140th editor-in-chief of The Daily Pennsylvanian and is currently an intern at WH...
talkingbiznews.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@wsj.com hires Jared Mitovich as a news associate: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
Personal news! In September, I'm joining @wsj.com as a News Associate.
Starting my career at the Journal is a dream come true & such a privilege. I can't wait to contribute to the paper's coverage of money, power, politics & more.
But for now: Time to soak up my last month @upenn.edu.
Starting my career at the Journal is a dream come true & such a privilege. I can't wait to contribute to the paper's coverage of money, power, politics & more.
But for now: Time to soak up my last month @upenn.edu.
April 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Personal news! In September, I'm joining @wsj.com as a News Associate.
Starting my career at the Journal is a dream come true & such a privilege. I can't wait to contribute to the paper's coverage of money, power, politics & more.
But for now: Time to soak up my last month @upenn.edu.
Starting my career at the Journal is a dream come true & such a privilege. I can't wait to contribute to the paper's coverage of money, power, politics & more.
But for now: Time to soak up my last month @upenn.edu.
BREAKING: Columbia's second presidential resignation in seven months. The school has announced a "review" of its leadership team and structure:
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www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong Is Stepping Down
Katrina Armstrong has come under pressure amid a high-profile battle with the Trump administration over the university’s federal funding.
www.wsj.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
BREAKING: Columbia's second presidential resignation in seven months. The school has announced a "review" of its leadership team and structure:
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
NEW: St. Joseph’s University is finalizing agreements to sell 3 “outlier” sites on its University City campus in Philly.
But there’s an Ivy League-sized elephant in the room: Is @upenn.edu, four blocks to the east, interested?
Here’s what I found:
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/sai...
But there’s an Ivy League-sized elephant in the room: Is @upenn.edu, four blocks to the east, interested?
Here’s what I found:
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/sai...
St. Joe’s nears sale of first properties on USciences campus
Developments have been proposed for three outlier sites. But some speculate that one of Philly’s “eds and meds” heavyweights could still enter the mix.
whyy.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW: St. Joseph’s University is finalizing agreements to sell 3 “outlier” sites on its University City campus in Philly.
But there’s an Ivy League-sized elephant in the room: Is @upenn.edu, four blocks to the east, interested?
Here’s what I found:
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/sai...
But there’s an Ivy League-sized elephant in the room: Is @upenn.edu, four blocks to the east, interested?
Here’s what I found:
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/sai...
NEW: Penn has officially lost $175M and, unlike Columbia, has no clear route to get it back.
As the university's Trump-driven upheaval deepens, Sen. Chris Coons plans to meet with school leaders in the coming weeks.
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/pen...
As the university's Trump-driven upheaval deepens, Sen. Chris Coons plans to meet with school leaders in the coming weeks.
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/pen...
Penn faculty ordered to halt $175M worth of research
The termination follows threats last week from the Trump administration. The White House has not told Penn how it can get the money back.
whyy.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
NEW: Penn has officially lost $175M and, unlike Columbia, has no clear route to get it back.
As the university's Trump-driven upheaval deepens, Sen. Chris Coons plans to meet with school leaders in the coming weeks.
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/pen...
As the university's Trump-driven upheaval deepens, Sen. Chris Coons plans to meet with school leaders in the coming weeks.
@whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/pen...
NEW: Philly councilmember Jamie Gauthier is urging @upenn.edu to take Trump to court after he froze $175M of the school's federal funding.
"Trump's deplorable decision to freeze Penn's federal funding hurts the entire city," she says.
@whyynews.bsky.social
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"Trump's deplorable decision to freeze Penn's federal funding hurts the entire city," she says.
@whyynews.bsky.social
mitovich.beehiiv.com/p/trump-free...
Trump freezes $175M in funding to Penn
“This is immediate proactive action to review discretionary funding streams” to the University of Pennsylvania, a senior White House official told WHYY News.
mitovich.beehiiv.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEW: Philly councilmember Jamie Gauthier is urging @upenn.edu to take Trump to court after he froze $175M of the school's federal funding.
"Trump's deplorable decision to freeze Penn's federal funding hurts the entire city," she says.
@whyynews.bsky.social
mitovich.beehiiv.com/p/trump-free...
"Trump's deplorable decision to freeze Penn's federal funding hurts the entire city," she says.
@whyynews.bsky.social
mitovich.beehiiv.com/p/trump-free...
NEW: Chuck Schumer isn’t coming to Philly this week after all.
He's postponed a book tour stop here after his vote to advance a GOP-sponsored spending bill sparked an uproar among Democrats.
@billy-penn.bsky.social
billypenn.com/2025/03/17/s...
He's postponed a book tour stop here after his vote to advance a GOP-sponsored spending bill sparked an uproar among Democrats.
@billy-penn.bsky.social
billypenn.com/2025/03/17/s...
Schumer postpones book tour stop in Philly amid vote backlash
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer isn’t coming to Philly this week after all, as he postponed an upcoming appearance that was part of a national book tour.
billypenn.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NEW: Chuck Schumer isn’t coming to Philly this week after all.
He's postponed a book tour stop here after his vote to advance a GOP-sponsored spending bill sparked an uproar among Democrats.
@billy-penn.bsky.social
billypenn.com/2025/03/17/s...
He's postponed a book tour stop here after his vote to advance a GOP-sponsored spending bill sparked an uproar among Democrats.
@billy-penn.bsky.social
billypenn.com/2025/03/17/s...
Over a quarter of Columbia University's federal grant funding has been cut — 6.6% of the school’s total budget — by Trump:
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is cutting off $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University. The FP's Maya Sulkin and Gabe Kaminsky report: thefp.pub/4ib79tb
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants to Columbia
The cuts are “only the beginning,” according to Trump’s antisemitism task force.
thefp.pub
March 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Over a quarter of Columbia University's federal grant funding has been cut — 6.6% of the school’s total budget — by Trump: