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Jared G. Mitovich

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Reporter at The Wall Street Journal in Boston. Reach me at jared.mitovich@wsj.com or on Signal: jaredmitovich.13.

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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.

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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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 β€œdomestic terrorist.” Friends and family rejected that label.

πŸ”—: on.wsj.com/45tT2uT

25.01.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

The man fatally shot by a federal Border Patrol officer Saturday morning on a Minneapolis street was described by the Trump administration as a β€œdomestic terrorist."

Friends and family of Alex Pretti rejected that label. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/what...

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We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinnerβ€”and Actually Found It Reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested meal.

The government has an inflation-busting meal idea:

β€œIt 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...

16.01.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinnerβ€”and Actually Found It Reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested meal.

WSJ reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested $3 meal.

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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.

Massachusetts faces competition from other states and China, which are eager to peel away talent and investment.

β€œThere are states and countries chasing us every single day,” Gov. Maura Healey said in an interview.

My latest in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

29.12.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.β€”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...

29.12.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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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.

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.

29.12.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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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.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers take on seasonal jobs during the holidays.

This year those jobs look harder to come byβ€”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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Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.

The anger is real. Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers, by @jaredmitovich.bsky.social

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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.

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.

03.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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 DNAβ€”short-term rentersβ€”has pitted billionaires vs. millionaires in a fight akin to national politics:

wsj.com/lifestyle/tr... via @wsj.com

03.11.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, frustrating many Americans.

02.11.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8
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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.

Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, squeezing residents and small businesses and electrifying state politics.

πŸŽπŸ”— www.wsj.com/economy/cons... via @wsj.com

01.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.

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:

πŸŽπŸ”— wsj.com/lifestyle/ne...

13.10.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Government Shutdowns Affect the Economy Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks loom.

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.

πŸŽπŸ”— @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

30.09.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

09.09.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜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.

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

21.08.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Is Demanding a Panama-China Breakup β€” 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.

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 β€” 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.

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦ 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 β€” as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public.

My dispatch for @politico.com MagazineπŸ‘‡πŸ» www.politico.com/news/magazin...

19.08.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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 β€” and launched a broader war on higher ed.

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 β€” 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...

02.06.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€” and launched a broader war on higher ed.

Former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill opens up, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation β€” and marked a turning point in the politics of higher ed.

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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.

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 experienceβ€”123K Slack messages, coverage of 4 Penn presidents, & all: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

16.05.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

whyy.org/articles/phi...

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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.

NEW: "The community is left blighted β€” 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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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.

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.

πŸ“: www.jared-mitovich.com
πŸ“©: 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.

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.

πŸ“: www.jared-mitovich.com
πŸ“©: jaredmit@sas.upenn.edu

22.04.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

@wsj.com hires Jared Mitovich as a news associate: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...

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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.

22.04.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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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