James Baratta has joined Mandate Wire, from Money Media and the Financial Times, as a reporter to cover public pensions.
Baratta contributed to nonprofit journalism outlet FILTER and The Futuro Media Group.
He was at the Politico Journalism Institute and a student writer at Ithaca College. He also contributed to Truthout.
Baratta has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ithaca College.
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