The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected 15 business journalists for the 2026 Goldschmidt Fellowship data immersion workshop taking place April 12-16 in Washington, D.C.
During the five-day program, the fellows will interact with representatives from governmental and non-governmental agencies that produce the data that business journalists use every day. These sessions expand the journalists’ knowledge of economic data while helping government agencies better tailor that data to inform the public.
Goldschmidt Fellows, who were chosen from a pool of 21 applicants, include:
- Chris Cioffi, reporter, Bloomberg Tax
- Cassandra Dumay, housing reporter, Politico
- Gordon Ebanks, news associate, CNN
- Eman Elshahawy, banking & finance reporter, South Florida Business Journal
- Agnee Ghosh, AI reporter, Bloomberg News
- Jazmin Goodwin, freelance reporter
- Madison Hoff, data & economic reporter, Business Insider
- PJ Huffstutter, reporter, Reuters
- Sean Jackson, personal finance writer, Future Publishing – Kiplinger
- Janani Jana, commercial real estate reporter, Washington Business Journal
- Sam Kim, DC breaking news editor, Bloomberg News
- Brianne Ledda, business reporter, Newsday
- Megan Munce, climate reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Rachel Nostrant, energy reporter, Houston Chronicle
- Amber Tai, reporter, World Journal
The in-person workshop will focus on understanding how the government creates and uses data and will show how to locate hidden data. Experts and government professionals will surround fellows during this all-access program. Additionally, they will speak directly with those who compile and manage the statistics as they explore the large cache of data each agency produces and understand the data’s importance to their communities.
