Reporters Wanted (Economy, Capitalism)

Omidyar Network is launching its inaugural Reporters in Residence program to help expand the amount and quality of reporting on big-picture economic issues, and enable freelance journalists focused on economic issues to devote more time to writing, research, and general career advancement. We will select and contract with three reporters, one tied to each of Omidyar Network’s core programmatic areas within Reimagining Capitalism: New Economic Paradigms; Worker Power; Corporations, Capital Markets & the Common Good. Reporters in Residence will have regular access to Omidyar Network’s Reimagining Capitalism Team, and our diverse network of grantees and partners. As part of our commitment to transparency and journalistic independence, Omidyar Network will have no editorial discretion over reporters’ work. This program builds on work we began in April of 2021, when Omidyar Network engaged its first Writer in Residence, Zach Carter. While working with us, Zach was able to devote more time to his award-winning coverage of economic policy and history for top publications, and to help drive the national conversation about the structural inequities at the root of our economy. During his residency, Zach wrote articles for publications including The New Republic, The Atlantic, and The New York Times, launched a Substack “In the Long Run,” and began work on his forthcoming book on John Stuart Mill.