Liz Rappaport
@LizRappaport
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I'm a journalist. The Wall Street Journal, mostly. Features editor, L.A. Bureau Chief, Personal Journal, Money & Investing.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2011
Yesterday was my last day at The Wall Street Journal. I loved that newsroom, and I will cherish the memories I made there. I’m not sure what’s next, but am excited to figure it out.
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RT @keachhagey: Less than a week before Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI, his mentor Peter Thiel gave him a warning over dinner: “the AI sa….
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I remember my editors asking me month after month, in the wake of 2008, if it was time to write that securitization was back. Well, it is now: They Crashed the Economy in 2008. Now They’re Back and Bigger Than Ever.
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Wall Street expects to sell more than $335 billion in asset-backed debt this year. Remember that conference in ‘The Big Short’? It just drew a record 10,000.
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How Botched Alerts Turned This L.A. Neighborhood Into a Fiery Death Trap
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Amid January’s historic fire, Los Angeles County sent evacuation alerts to some parts of suburban Altadena too late.
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I wrote about my experience this week.
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Liz Rappaport fled her home with her family. She still doesn’t know what she will find when she goes back.
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Amazing reporting by @jtoonkel. Netflix’s Extraordinary Parental Leave Was Part of Its Culture. That’s Over.
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Employees worry the pullback and other new restrictions mean the entertainment giant is losing the identity that fueled its success.
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RT @rebeccaballhaus: New X users with interests in topics such as crafts, sports and cooking are being blanketed with political content and….
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A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.
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Sorry, Harvard. Everyone Wants to Go to College in the South Now.
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The likes of Georgia Tech, Clemson and Ole Miss are drawing students from the North who want to have fun and save on tuition.
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The 35-Year-Old CEO Plotting Red Lobster’s Comeback - Great profile by @heatherhaddon via @WSJ.
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The former P.F. Chang’s leader promises better service, food and interiors, but no more $20 unlimited shrimp on the menu
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Silicon Valley’s Hot Talent Pipeline Is an Israeli Army Unit — Smart story by @MilesKruppa
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Unit 8200 has become an incubator for cybersecurity startups defending the world’s biggest companies against hackers.
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The transformation of Elon Musk to political animal . in his own words. via @WSJ.
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The billionaire’s social-media feed shows his metamorphosis from a businessman who largely avoided politics to a vocal Trump supporter.
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It Sank in 15 Minutes. How Tragedy Struck Mike Lynch’s Yacht. The story by @MMQWalker @MaximColch @aviswanatha via @WSJ.
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Prosecutors have launched a manslaughter investigation after the boat trip to celebrate Lynch’s acquittal in a U.S. fraud trial ended in a fatal wreck.
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This is quite literally sickening. -- Evan Gershkovich Sentenced to 16 Years in Russian Prison After Wrongful Conviction
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The books women can’t put down—Relationships are full of violence but rooted in consent, turning two extremes into bedfellows… blood, pain, wounding, lots of talk about losing control, but no sex starts until the heroines give the go-ahead. #romantasy
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It’s not smut, it’s “romantasy” and it’s tearing up the bestseller charts and delivering blockbuster sales.
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RT @yarotrof: Excited that my debut novel, 📚No Country for Love📚will be published by Little, Brown in just over a week. A murder mystery,….
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RT @paulwsj: “We urge the US government to continue to do everything possible to bring Evan home now” - statement from the Gershkovich fami….
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RT @grainnemcc: Evan is innocent. Evan is a staff reporter of The Wall Street Journal and as we watch these baseless proceedings play out,….
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RT @WSJ: 🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job. He remains in a Russi….
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RT @paulwsj: This is a very well deserved honor for @evangershkovich and a poignant award for all of us at @WSJ and beyond. #IStandWithEvan.
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