Jared Council
@JaredCouncil
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Newly minted Dad 😏 For(bes) the Culture senior editor covering business & Blackness. prev: @WSJ @IBJNews @courierpress. @_HamptonU grad 💙⚓️
New Jersey, USA
Joined September 2014
Wow it's here. Words can't express how proud I am to be part of team that worked tirelessly on this series over past several months. Please take time to tap into our phenomenal coverage of the legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre starting with this piece https://t.co/9XwkoU5Lmv
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The Oklahoma community now known as ‘Black Wall Street’ has become a symbol of the challenges Black communities face in building and sustaining wealth in America, a century after the massacre.
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Black Borrowers Feel The Pain Of The High Court’s Student-Loan Decision @JaredCouncil @forbes
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Earlier this month @Timbaland previewed a song that used AI to recreate the voice of Biggie Smalls. Now he wants to commercialize the technology, which he thinks can revolutionize the music industry. My latest for @Forbes:
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Exclusive: Sam Altman’s Backing Helps Community College Startup Raise $29 Million @JaredCouncil @forbes
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Entrepreneur Tade Oyerinde had the original idea for Campus, a national community college startup, five years ago when he met an adjunct professor who was so broke he slept on the floor of his UCLA...
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In 2015, an elderly Black Minnesotan had her condo seized and sold b/c she owed $13K in property taxes. Property was valued at $93K, sold for $40K, and government kept all the profit. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in "home equity theft" case today
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Man, this story. Solid work @alexrkonrad
Twitter committed about $20M to back Black, Latinx and women VC fund managers after the murder of George Floyd. Under Elon Musk, it's now trying to quietly sell those stakes -- while not wiring the leftover millions it promised. My story in @forbes:
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Angel Reese’s Marketability Skyrocketed During Her Victorious NCAA Championship Weekend @JaredCouncil @forbes
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LSU's women's basketball star @Reese10Angel said "the price went up" after her team's national championship victory Sunday. And she wasn't lying. My latest for @Forbes:
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Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed Despite Being ‘Woke,’ Not Because Of It @JaredCouncil @forbes
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The bank made an effort to reach out to Black entrepreneurs, and some fear its demise will leave a void.
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A reparations recommendation is before San Francisco officials. On the list: -$5 million to every eligible Black adult. -eliminating personal debt & tax burdens -guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97K for 250 years -homes in SF for just $1 a family https://t.co/2v8k9k0DP4
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"I think what unites all of these efforts is a growing understanding of the impact and longstanding legacy of slavery and Jim Crow segregation." — Professor @rachelswarns, quoted by @JaredCouncil in @Forbes on #reparations in Tennessee County https://t.co/FCimTwf4yo
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We aim to be diverse, thoughtful & interesting Our February guests embody that. @WhosWorld - Futuro Media @ChiefRebelle - The 19th @bmisick - Gulf States Newsroom @JaredCouncil - Forbes 4 Black journalists sharing their distinct perspectives Try us! https://t.co/S1kPjNfVOt
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Listen to The Journalism Salute wherever you get your podcasts!
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Thanks for having me!
New interview! - @JaredCouncil, senior editor at @Forbes - His unusual path to a journalism major/job - Learning business reporting on the fly - Writing for Wall St. Journal about the Tulsa Race Massacre & lack of insurance payouts - Paying it forward https://t.co/ObjhZMtmKq
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The S&P 500 is on track to see its eighth Black CEO this spring, a record. The overall number is still low (less than 2%), but the pace of appointing Black CEOs has increased since 2020. My latest:
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Bro said ouija boarding lol in hip hop it’s just called freestyling
John Mayer improvising a song live is the most incredible thing you’ll see today:
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Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations (via @AP)
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Japanese American activists in their 70s and 80s are fighting for Black reparations as more U.S. cities take up atonement for slavery and discrimination.
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My latest piece is about a reparations proposal in Tennessee's largest county that would be funded in part by federal Covid-19 relief money
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Few people cover business with the nuance and acumen of my @_HamptonU brother @JaredCouncil. https://t.co/DhzZeHGy8J
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It's that time of year again, when we celebrate the outstanding work of Black journalists during Black History Month and every month. 🧵
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