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Reporter at The Wall Street Journal. jared.mitovich@wsj.com. 201-250-3524. Reach me on Signal at jaredmitovich.02.

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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
NEW in @wsj.com: a trail of missteps in the search for Nancy Guthrie - The homicide lead was reprimanded for 'poor judgment' 2 months prior - Deputies minimized the importance of blood found on the porch - The FBI says asks for federal assistance came late Read more: www.wsj.com/us-news/how-...
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‘How Can Someone Vanish Without a Trace?’
Six months after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond a trail of tragic missteps.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 02/08/2026
When Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from the Tucson, Ariz., adobe-brick ranch house where she had lived for a half-century, she instantly became as famous as her daughter Savannah Guthrie, the co-host of America’s longest-running TV morning show.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 03/08/2026
Six months after Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond bad luck, bad blood and a trail of tragic missteps. on.wsj.com/4yLrE8u
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‘How Can Someone Vanish Without a Trace?’
Six months after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond a trail of tragic missteps.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 17/03/2026
More states are wanting to buy precious metals as a hedge against economic turmoil.
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Inside an Old Newspaper Building, Wyoming Is Stashing 2,312 Ounces of Gold
More states are looking to precious metals to guard against economic calamity.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
NEW: Inside the vault where Wyoming has begun to prep for economic doomsday. Within a low-slung building on the outskirts of Casper, Wyo. lies treasure—roughly $11.6 million in gold bars—purchased by the state in December as required by a new state law. www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
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Inside an Old Newspaper Building, Wyoming Is Stashing 2,312 Ounces of Gold
More states are looking to precious metals to guard against economic calamity.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/03/2026
The health secretary questioned the healthiness of the chain’s iced coffee. It didn’t go over well in Massachusetts. on.wsj.com/4rVqsf2
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RFK Jr. Just Found Out How to Start a Revolt in Boston: Diss Dunkin’
The health secretary questioned the healthiness of the chain’s iced coffee. It didn’t go over well in Massachusetts.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
NEW: RFK Jr. just questioned the healthiness of an iced coffee from Dunkin.’ The people of Boston didn’t take it well. My latest for @wsj.com from the place where there's no weather cold enough to keep people from buying iced coffees (myself included): www.wsj.com/lifestyle/rf...
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RFK Jr. Just Found Out How to Start a Revolt in Boston: Diss Dunkin’
The health secretary questioned the healthiness of the chain’s iced coffee. It didn’t go over well in Massachusetts.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
NEW: A fight over civil liberties is growing after Alex Pretti's death. ICE observers in Minneapolis say they're exercising their rights. Trump officials say their actions constitute obstruction, rioting and, at times, domestic terrorism. www.wsj.com/us-news/fall...
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Fallout From Minnesota: Citizen-Watchdog Claims of ICE Retaliation
Observers say they are exercising their rights. Trump administration officials say their actions at times constitute domestic terrorism.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was recording the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis when he was fatally shot by a Border Patrol officer. The 37-year-old ICU nurse was described by the Trump administration as a “domestic terrorist.” Friends and family rejected that label. 🔗: on.wsj.com/45tT2uT
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The man fatally shot by a federal Border Patrol officer Saturday morning on a Minneapolis street was described by the Trump administration as a “domestic terrorist." Friends and family of Alex Pretti rejected that label. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/what...
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What We Know So Far About Alex Pretti
The 37-year-old ICU nurse fatally shot by a border patrol officer was recording the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The government has an inflation-busting meal idea: “It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla and one other thing,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday. @wsj.com went out to buy that meal: www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
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We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinner—and Actually Found It
Reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested meal.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 16/01/2026
WSJ reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested $3 meal.
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We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinner—and Actually Found It
Reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested meal.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Boston’s biotech sector, long a vital economic engine for one of America’s wealthiest metro areas, is sputtering. A double whammy of cutbacks in venture capital and government funding have taken a toll, leading to layoffs and struggles for job seekers. www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
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Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters
A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 29/12/2025
A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.
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Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters
A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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
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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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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The anger is real. Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers, by @jaredmitovich.bsky.social
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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.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 03/11/2025
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.
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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
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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.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 02/11/2025
Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, frustrating many Americans.
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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. 🎁🔗 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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How Government Shutdowns Affect the Economy
Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks loom.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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: jared.mitovich@wsj.com
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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
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‘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.
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Politico @politico.com · 19/08/2025
Trump is demanding a Panama-China break-up and triggering political backlash in Panama.
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🇵🇦 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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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...
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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.
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Politico @politico.com · 02/06/2025
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.
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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...
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Jared Mitovich | Keep your palace gates open
Former DP Editor-in-Chief Jared Mitovich recounts his experiences at Penn and in the DP.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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 📩: jaredmit@sas.upenn.edu
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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.
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Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
@wsj.com hires Jared Mitovich as a news associate: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
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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...
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Over a quarter of Columbia University's federal grant funding has been cut — 6.6% of the school’s total budget — by Trump:
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Ken Thomas @kthomasdc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New: President Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday aimed at abolishing the Education Department, according to people briefed on the matter www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department
Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
SCOOP: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has met with the leader of the University of Pennsylvania’s Health System multiple times as Philly's largest private employer faces an “existential threat” from a loss of federal funding. @whyynews.bsky.social whyy.org/articles/gov...
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Gov. Shapiro meets with Penn Med leader amid Trump funding cuts
The top administrator painted a dire portrait of Penn Medicine’s future amid a “chaotic pace of government regulations and executive orders.”
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Some personal news... honored to have won the 22nd Nora Magid Mentorship Prize at @upenn.edu! Thanks to @stephenfried.bsky.social, Isabella Simonetti, Eliot Kaplan, & the committee; Ken Winneg, my @dailypenn.bsky.social family, & everyone who's supported me. stephen-fried.medium.com/nora-magid-m...
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
NEW: Two Philly-area lawmakers walked out of a meeting with the @upenn.edu president on Tuesday after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.” One state senator called the meeting “bullshit.” @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/pen...
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Philly-area lawmakers walk out of meeting with Penn president over DEI cuts
A Pennsylvania state senator and state representative left the meeting after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.”
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A new food hall will debut this fall across from 30th Street Station at a prominent gateway to University City. It'll include six local vendors, an elevated bar and small business development programs. @whyy.org mitovich.beehiiv.com/p/gather-foo...
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Food hall to open this fall across from 30th Street Station
The Gather Food Hall and Bar will open on the ground floor of the Bulletin Building, the historic former home of the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NEW: Residents are awaiting more information about a hotel slated for the site of a classic diner in South Philadelphia — but as of now, some are uncertain it’s the ideal proposal for the neighborhood. @whyy.org mitovich.beehiiv.com/p/broad-stre...
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Residents anticipate proposed 110-key hotel at site of Broad Street Diner
The latest plan from the diner’s owners is to turn the property into a 110-key hotel operated by Hyatt Studios, a new, extended-stay extension of the Hyatt brand.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
SCOOP: Two University of Pennsylvania schools have shut down central offices and initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, scrubbed webpages suggest. It’s the University’s most significant steps to date suggesting a backpedaling on DEI. mitovich.beehiiv.com/p/penn-depar...
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Penn scrubs webpages for diversity offices, initiatives
The changes — which come amid federal attacks on DEI — suggest the University of Pennsylvania is backpedaling on some of the initiatives it has championed in recent years.
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Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Excited to be reporting for @whyy.org as a newsroom intern with their Plan Philly desk! Send me your Philly transit, real estate, and urban development tips: jmitovich@whyy.org. And subscribe here to follow my work: mitovich.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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