The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected 19 business journalists for its 2025 Goldschmidt FRED advanced data workshop on Nov. 3-4 in St. Louis.
The fellows will visit the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis during the program to learn about economic data. During the workshop, they will learn about different types of FRED data and explore special reports that can help them create new stories. The Fellows will also hear from speakers who will discuss how they take the pulse of the American economy, feed that information to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and influence interest rate decisions.
The fellows include:
- Nikita Apte, freelance fact-checker and journalist
- Renee Cordes, deputy editor, Mainebiz
- Natanya Friedheim, graduate student, University of Missouri School of Journalism
- Jazmin Goodwin, freelance reporter and founder, What The Fem Media
- Truth Headlam, senior associate editor, Auto Finance News
- Madison Hoff, data and economic reporter, Business Insider
- Sierra Juarez, researcher and fact checker, NPR’s Planet Money and the Indicator
- Anna Kleiber, intern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Samir Knox, business and politics reporter, St. Louis Business Journal
- James T. Madore, economics and business reporter, Newsday
- Kate Marijolovic, real estate and economic reporter, St. Louis Business Journal
- Emmie Martin, money editor, CNBC Make It
- Clare O’Connor, video producer, Investor’s Business Daily
- Mia Osmonbekov, James B. Steele Fellow in Investigative Business Journalism, The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
- Francesca Pica, business reporting intern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Ahavah Revis, data reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal
- Vaidik Trivedi, deputy editor, Bank Automation News
- Sarah Tucker, asphalt editor, Argus Media
- Chris Wilson-Smith, business writer and newsletter author, The Globe and Mail
“The Goldschmidt FRED Fellowship continues to be a pioneering program with the workshop helping journalists obtain a greater understanding of FRED data, charts and better stories,” said Marty Steffens, SABEW chair at the University of Missouri, in a statement. “Reporters praise these economists as being extremely helpful and insightful in telling economic stories to our audiences. It’s a game-changer for those who rely on FRED data.”
The workshop is funded annually by a grant from the Illinois-based Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation. The program is organized by Steffens with the St. Louis Federal Reserve supplying much of the content.
