Karen Langley
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The Wall Street Journal
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Reporter
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Sep 2019 - Present
I report on U.S. stocks as a member of the markets team. I have written about what the coronavirus pandemic might mean for corporate earnings, why small-cap stocks suffered more than larger companies during the selloff and why a recent breakdown in correlations among asset classes made some investors nervous. I regularly write about the daily U.S. stock market action, explaining to readers how investors see these movements and what they anticipate going forward. I report on U.S. stocks as a member of the markets team. I have written about what the coronavirus pandemic might mean for corporate earnings, why small-cap stocks suffered more than larger companies during the selloff and why a recent breakdown in correlations among asset classes made some investors nervous. I regularly write about the daily U.S. stock market action, explaining to readers how investors see these movements and what they anticipate going forward.
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Columbia Business School
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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MBA Candidate
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Aug 2018 - May 2019
I completed an MBA degree, graduating in May 2019. I studied macroeconomics, capital markets, security analysis, programming with Python and financial tools for reducing carbon emissions, among other topics. I also worked as a TA for a course on behavioral economics. I completed an MBA degree, graduating in May 2019. I studied macroeconomics, capital markets, security analysis, programming with Python and financial tools for reducing carbon emissions, among other topics. I also worked as a TA for a course on behavioral economics.
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Barron's
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Reporting Intern
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
I spent the summer between academic years reporting for Barron's, where I wrote a feature story on investing in music royalties that was published in the print edition. I also reported on how tariffs were expected to affect businesses, investor response to an IPO and a federal contractor's criticism of separating families at the U.S. border. I spent the summer between academic years reporting for Barron's, where I wrote a feature story on investing in music royalties that was published in the print edition. I also reported on how tariffs were expected to affect businesses, investor response to an IPO and a federal contractor's criticism of separating families at the U.S. border.
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Columbia University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism
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Aug 2017 - May 2018
I was one of 10 journalists selected to spend a year studying at Columbia Business School while also engaging in seminars and dinners with guests from the fields of business and journalism. I studied accounting, corporate finance, economics and statistics, among other topics. I was one of 10 journalists selected to spend a year studying at Columbia Business School while also engaging in seminars and dinners with guests from the fields of business and journalism. I studied accounting, corporate finance, economics and statistics, among other topics.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Harrisburg Bureau Chief
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May 2016 - Jul 2017
As the Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau Chief, I worked with editors and reporters both in the main Pittsburgh newsroom and, through a joint bureau agreement, at the Philadelphia Inquirer. I produced news stories on tight deadlines about state budget negotiations, prison closings and the Pennsylvania governor's race, among other topics.
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Harrisburg Correspondent
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Jan 2012 - May 2016
I reported and wrote time-sensitive news stories about Pennsylvania's contentious state budget negotiations, legislative efforts to change the statewide public pension systems and attempts to loosen the state government's control over alcohol sales. I revealed that the state attorney general was considering legal action to force a major Pittsburgh hospital system and insurer to work together. I successfully pitched a reporting trip as the sole journalist on the Pennsylvania governor's trade mission to Brazil and Chile. I appeared regularly as a guest on the public affairs TV shows Pennsylvania Newsmakers and Journalists Roundtable. I coordinated a summer internship program for student journalists at the Pennsylvania Capitol newsroom. Show less
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Concord Monitor
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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State House Reporter
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Mar 2011 - Jan 2012
I led the Concord Monitor's coverage of the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary while focusing on the candidacy of Mitt Romney. I also covered the governor and 424-member state legislature.
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Education Reporter
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Mar 2009 - Mar 2011
I covered the Concord School District's consolidation of its elementary schools, as well as other issues in the district. I also tracked education bills in the state House and Senate.
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Regional Reporter
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Oct 2008 - Mar 2009
I reported on general news in 10 small towns near Concord.
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Education
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Columbia Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
Certificate in Economics and Business Journalism -
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English -
Trinity College Dublin
Study abroad