Finance Journo Requests

Healthcare Finance Expert - UPMC Financial Statements Analysis

I'm looking to speak to an expert who is familiar with UPMC's financial statements. Hit me up here or email me at [email redacted] if you know of anyone. https://t.co/GQT7JvH5Tj

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Voluntary Carbon Market Experts - Forestry & Agriculture Viability

📢I’m looking to speak with people who understand voluntary carbon markets in forestry and agriculture. On one hand, we continue to see new funds being raised for nature-based solutions across forests and agricultural systems. Tech companies are still signing offtake agreements for high-quality carbon credits. And yet, every week, we see carbon-related startups and project developers shutting down or scaling back. So what’s happening? Is demand weaker than it looks? I get that turning carbon projects into scalable, profitable businesses remains difficult - with high costs, long timelines, complex verification, uncertain pricing, and trust issues making it hard for many companies to survive. Is it a supply-demand imbalance? Is it a normal phase of rationalisation in a young market? Or is it a lack of adequate funding to reach profitability? What's your view? I want to speak with people who have experience in this field. Please reach out if you’re open to sharing your view, thank you! #NaturalCapital #RealAssets #ClimateFinance #Carbon #Forestry #Farmland

Household Celebrities - Fame & Fortune Personal Finance Interview

📢📢 calling all PRs and agents!! 📢📢 Are you working with any fantastic celebrities who would like to appear in the Sunday Times’s amazing Fame & Fortune interview? I’m looking for household names who are happy to chat all things money - so send me a message, I’d love to hear from you! #journorequest #prrequest #mediarequest

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Mortgage Experts - Interest Over 30-Yr Mortgage Exceeds Home Price

So the ECOA topic was a bit niche, but how about this one: According to a recent analysis, the interest someone will pay on typical home over the life of a 30-year mortgage is now more than the purchase price of the property. I'm working an article that will discuss why that is and what strategies people can use to reduce their interest costs. Any mortgage/finance experts want to weigh in on this one? Hoping to schedule calls for tomorrow, although Friday morning would work too. As always, appreciate your leads! #journorequest #sourcing #mortgage #homebuying

Senior Women Law Partners Tech Leads & Finance Execs - Career Story

I'm still looking to interview high-paid senior women in the following roles: lawyer at partner level, IT director/tech lead, finance director/investment banker - to talk about their successful careers! email [email redacted] #prrequest

Women Who Faced Sudden Financial Change - Vouchers

**Vouchers Offered** We’re looking for case studies for two upcoming finance pieces. **1. Women and money** We’re looking to speak to women who have experienced one of the following: * Had to take charge of their finances unexpectedly * Had to tighten their belt almost overnight due to a change in circumstances * Followed bad money advice in the past, which led to debt or financial difficulty **2. Collections and spending** Separately, we’re also looking for people who have a collection, or who have spent money starting or building one. Vouchers are available for suitable case studies.

For Southern Living, I’m working on a story with the working headline “The Grocery Shopping Mistake That Starts Before You Even Get Home.” The piece explores how many freshness, food waste, and grocery budget problems begin during the shopping trip itself — from shopping while hungry and selecting perishables too early in the trip to leaving groceries in hot cars or choosing convenience items that spoil faster. I’m looking for insights from qualified experts, including chefs, grocers, food safety specialists, dietitians, and personal finance or budgeting professionals, on the overlooked shopping habits that cost consumers money, convenience, and food quality. [...] Here’s how to pitch: Simply respond to this email with a new subject line or pitch me at [email redacted].

Energy & Data Center Experts - AI Infrastructure Market Impact

Some personal news! I'm thrilled to share that I'm reporting full-time on energy, AI infrastructure, finance, and more for Investors.com / Investor's Business Daily. I aspire to bring my ceaselessly curious, inner science-museum kid along for the ride. That means I'll dig into the $$$ and scientific components of these sectors, and illuminate and how one informs the other. I'll zoom out and in, writing a lot of early-morning, short-form stories on stocks, markets, and trends from the city I love most (Los Angeles 😤). I have a lot of knowledge to put to work here and a lot to learn. I expect to bounce around quite a bit. Speaking of learning, let's talk! *I'm on Signal*: hew.04. (email: [email redacted]). I don't plan to cover many embargoes, and I want to speak with experts in energy, data centers, semiconductors, EVs, retail trading, SEC filings, and behavioral finance. Let's go! https://lnkd.in/ge2Kz6je

investors.com

Delhi NCR Experts - Freedom of Speech Digital Safety Financial Literacy

🎙️ Looking for Expert Guests for The Quiet Stories Podcast (Delhi NCR) At The Quiet Stories, we host meaningful conversations that create awareness, inspire change, and bring expert perspectives to important issues affecting society. We are currently looking to connect with experts, professionals, and thought leaders based in Delhi NCR for upcoming podcast episodes on: 🔹 Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age (Journalists, Constitutional Lawyers, Legal Experts, Public Policy Professionals) 🔹 Digital Safety for Children & Families (Cyber Lawyers, Cybersecurity Experts, Digital Safety Advocates) 🔹 Financial Literacy & Financial Planning (Finance Educators, Financial Advisors, Investment Experts) The podcast recording will take place in Noida and typically runs for 45–60 minutes. If you are an expert in any of these areas—or know someone who would be a great fit—please feel free to reach out or share this post within your network. 📩 Email: [email redacted] 📞 Contact: 9217660824 Let’s create conversations that inform, inspire, and make a difference. #TheQuietStories #PodcastGuest #DelhiNCR #FreedomOfSpeech #DigitalSafety #CyberSecurity #FinancialLiteracy #FinancialPlanning #Podcast #ThoughtLeadership #LegalAwareness #PublicPolicy

Bankers & Coop Leaders in Rural India - Women Entrepreneurs Credit Gap

Empowering the Backbone of Rural India India's women entrepreneurs are quietly reshaping the rural economy. Millions of women are moving from being borrowers to becoming builders of businesses, livelihoods, and communities. Yet one challenge continues to limit their growth: access to timely and appropriate credit. In my latest article, I explore: ✅ The rise of women-led enterprises in India ✅ The persistent "Missing Middle" credit gap ✅ Why traditional lending models often fail rural women entrepreneurs ✅ The critical role of cooperatives and bridge credit institutions ✅ How gold loans, community trust, and digital infrastructure are transforming access to finance ✅ Why financial inclusion for women is not charity—but essential economic infrastructure As India pursues inclusive growth, designing fit-for-purpose credit systems for women entrepreneurs will determine how effectively we unlock the country's next wave of prosperity. I would be looking forward to hear the perspectives of bankers, cooperative leaders, NBFC professionals, policymakers, and development practitioners working in this space. Thanking you, #WomenEntrepreneurs #FinancialInclusion #RuralIndia #Cooperatives #CreditAccess #Microfinance #NBFC #DigitalLending #WomenEmpowerment #InclusiveGrowth #IndiaGrowth

BBC article: 'He hid the a la carte menu': Who should pay on the first date Tell us your experience of combining finances and managing money as a couple.

BBC article: 'He hid the a la carte menu': Who should pay on the first date Tell us your experience of combining finances and managing money as a couple.

Financial Planner - 401k to IRA Rollovers & Common Mistakes

Looking for a finance professional who can hop on the phone TODAY to talk about 401k to IRA rollovers and the mistakes people might make. TIA! #journorequest #sourcing #retirement #financialplanner

Canadian Women - Financial Divorce, Pensions & Joint Finances

Story callout: For The Honest Talk, I'm looking for voices on these topics. Please reach out if you're a fit or share with your network. Thanks so much! 1.The financial divorce nobody talks about: Canadian women are increasingly financially literate and increasingly likely to be navigating the end of long-term partnerships. Yet many don't speak honestly about what that actually looks like: the joint accounts, the pension splitting, the investments made "together," the credit scores that reflect a shared life. >> I'd love to hear about your experience: the surprises, missteps, things you wish you'd known, and advice you'd give to others. 2.Buying Canadian: The "buy Canadian" wave that crested in 2025 hasn't gone away, but the conversation has matured: women want to understand what "Canadian-made" actually means, how to spot greenwashing or Canada-washing, and how to align their spending with their values without it becoming a full-time research job. >> If you're running a Canadian female-owned brand and can speak to how you navigate this amid manufacturing costs, supply chain pressures, and price competition, I'd love to chat. #journorequest

Experts Across Fields - 7AM Conversations On Politics, Health, Finance

The last post really helped https://lnkd.in/gP-t6VMg discover some incredible experts from across mental health, law, gynecology, finance, and more 💛 As our streak of hosting conversations at 7 AM continues, we're once again looking for experts. Some topics we'd love to explore: • How does one actually get into politics? • How government budgets affect your life • Understanding property disputes in India • How wills and inheritance work • Why we procrastinate • Preventive health after 25 • How venture capital works • How to evaluate a business opportunity • Building wealth from a middle-class income • Lessons from failed startups • Understanding caste in modern India • The economics of marriage • How dating has changed in the last decade • Understanding population trends If you know someone who can lead a conversation on any of these topics - or something equally fascinating, I'd love an introduction. 💛

Women Rebuilding Finances Later in Life - Lessons Learned

Hello LinkedIn, I'm looking to connect with women for an article I'm writing about starting over financially later in life. Many women find themselves rebuilding their financial lives after a major life event, whether that's divorce, the loss of a spouse, retrenchment, a failed business venture, an investment that didn't work out as planned, or a change in family circumstances that required them to return to work. I'm hoping to share the stories of women who have faced these challenges and successfully rebuilt, highlighting both the obstacles they encountered and the lessons they learned along the way. If you know someone who might be willing to chat, or if this sounds like your own story, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks so much.

Women Leaders at PBW Manila - Fintech & Practical Blockchain Use Cases

At the end of this week, I'll be attending Philippine Blockchain Week 2026 (among the key attendees is the Blockchain Council of the Philippines) in Manila: https://www.pbw.ph/ Having spent most of my career in institutional research and traditional financial markets, I find it increasingly difficult to draw a clear line between "traditional finance" and "digital finance." The conversation has moved far beyond cryptocurrencies. Today, it is more tilted towards payments, fintech infrastructure, identity, tokenization, and the practical question of how value becomes less geographically restricted and why. What interests me most is not the technology itself, but the people building real-world applications around it. This year I'll be representing Drofa Comms, one of the official media partners of PBW 2026, and leading interviews for our Women Leading the Way initiative, which highlights female leaders shaping fintech, Web3, and financial innovation globally. If you're attending PBW and working on solving tangible business problems rather than chasing headlines, I'd be glad to connect. ❕ Particularly interested in speaking with: 🔺 founders building practical blockchain use cases 🔺fintech and payments executives 🔺regulators and compliance professionals 🔺investors focused on infrastructure rather than speculation Looking forward to a week of conversations, ideas, and hopefully a few insights worth bringing back to the wider financial community. Drop me a line if you are going to attend! #PBW2026 #PhilippineBlockchainWeek #Fintech #Web3 #DigitalAssets #Blockchain

Mothers Selling Breastmilk - Cash-for-Breastmilk Side Income

*****LOTS OF PAID £££ MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES!***** Please email me at **[email redacted]** if you can help with any of them. In each case I've highlighted whether the opportunity requires you to be pictured and identified or if you can be anonymous. ***In ALL cases, you will receive a payment and will get copy approval to make sure you're happy with what's written.*** * Did you have an **EXPENSIVE DIVORCE PARTY? ***PICTURED.* * Neighbours object to your lovely **CAKE SHED / CABINET? **Maybe you've even received poison pen letters about it from an anonymous neighbour.** ***IDEALLY PICTURED BUT CAN BE ANONYMOUS.* * Did a **LOAN TO PAY FOR YOUR DIVORCE** leave you in crippling debt? *IDEALLY PICTURED.* * Grandmother who's **ESTRANGED FROM GRANDCHILD BY CHOICE -** the most likely scenario for this sensitive piece is that the grandchild is an adult and has perhaps got into drugs / crime / done something unforgiveable to a loved one. *ANONYMOUS. * * **SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNTS** saved my marriage! Did breaking up your finances restore harmony to your relationship?* PICTURED.* * Man who discovered **AFTER HIS WIFE DIED **that she'd been **UNFAITHFUL TO HIM. ***ANONYMOUS.* * Did your **SIBLING SELL OFF / GET RID OF YOUR PARENTS' BELONGINGS** after they'd died without asking you first? *PICTURED OR ANON.* * We were** WAITING UNTIL WE COULD AFFORD TO HAVE KIDS.... BUT WE NEVER COULD**, and now we're childless. *PICTURED.* * **OUR DIFFERENT TASTES IN HOLIDAYS MADE ME REALISE I NEEDED TO DIVORCE..**. Maybe you loved beach breaks, fitness retreats or sightseeing, while he wanted to ski, cycle and go on cruises.* IDEALLY PICTURED.* * Do you **RELY ON AI FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSES? **Have you ended up really ill as a result? *PICTURED.* * **CASH FOR BREASTMILK!** Do you make a bit of cash on the side selling your breastmilk? *IDEALLY PICTURED.* * **TRUTH ABOUT THE VILLAGE GYMS** - have you been a member at one? What REALLY goes on inside and are they all they're cracked up to be?* ANONYMOUS.* *Please contact me at [email redacted] if you can help with any of the paid opportunities above.*

HENRYs - Paying for College & ROI

Almost eight years separate the person in these two pictures, but she is SO happy to be back! I'm thrilled to be returning to Bloomberg News as a personal finance reporter on the Money team!I’ll be tracking the money habits of a group of readers who often fall through the cracks in most personal finance content: the HENRYs, or high earners who are not rich yet. This group already knows the basics, but they're seeking to take their finances to the next level at a time when rising housing, college, health care and child care costs are pricing them out of the lives they expected. Simply put, in this economy, it has never been more complicated to be middle class. A core focus area for me will be also how families are paying for and extracting value from college — what it really costs over time and how they’re seeking to get a good return on their investment amid massive technological and AI disruption. I've already learned so much from my new team since they launched this expanded global news initiative on June 1! Here are a few of my recent favorites: 1) Josyana Joshua on how desperate brides are turning to Etsy witches as a hedge against a $100,000 wedding going wrong: https://lnkd.in/gVPCxR3A 2) Suzanne Woolley on the next AI reckoning, and how it could soon be coming for wealth managers: https://lnkd.in/giYRXgZ2 3) Paulina Cachero on why all-inclusive resorts are all the rage this summer after the Iran war lifted oil and travel prices: https://lnkd.in/g6cuYZ7V Honorable mention to this new tool, which revealed to me that I may have the wrong premium credit card in my wallet! https://lnkd.in/gJu6VCgN On a personal level, I have to pinch myself! I’ve wanted to come back to Bloomberg since my internship ended in the fall of 2018. Case in point: Just earlier this year, on a girls trip to London with my mom, I forced her to walk by the fancy European headquarters on Queen Victoria Street with me, so I could gawk at it from afar. Subscribe to Bloomberg Money's newsletter (from the incomparable Adam Auriemma), catch our weekly show on Bloomberg Television every Friday at noon and follow the team's work at bloomberg.com/money! And in the meantime, I’d love to hear from you! Have a wonky money habit? Doing something interesting with your portfolio? Rethinking a major milestone, like homeownership, college or marriage? Let me know in the comments or drop me a line! Everyone has an important story! My DMs and inbox are always open: [email redacted].

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Individual Investors - Cost of Financial Advice & Hidden Fees

BIG NEWS UPDATE: Help Me Choose the Cover for My Next Book! Over the past year, I've been interviewing investors, financial planners, and industry leaders as part of my mission to help consumers make better decisions about financial advice. I'm excited to share that I'm now working on my next book: FeeSmart for the Individual Investor: How Smart Investors Avoid Overpaying for Financial Advice The book is being written for investors who value objective financial advice but want to make sure they are receiving good value for the fees they pay. One of the key ideas behind the book is simple: Most investors are willing to pay for advice. They just don't want to overpay for financial advice. After working with my designer, I've narrowed the cover down to three finalists, and I'd love your help selecting the winner. Which cover do you think best captures the FeeSmart message? 🟢 #1 – The Investigator: Shining a light on the true cost of financial advice. 🟤 #2 – The Financial Detective: Uncovering hidden fees, conflicts, and unnecessary costs. 🔵 #3 – The X-Ray Vision Investor: Looking beyond the marketing and seeing what's really happening behind the scenes. Please vote in the comments: #1, #2, or #3 If you'd like, I'd also appreciate hearing why you made your choice. 🎤 Investor Interview Request: As part of my research, I'm looking to interview individual investors who have thoughts or experiences related to: • The cost of financial advice • Hidden fees and expenses • Advisor value versus advisor cost • Paying for financial advice versus paying for financial products • How investors determine whether they are getting their money's worth If you would be willing to participate in a brief interview - or know someone who might be a good fit - please send me a direct message. Thank you for helping shape this project. Your feedback will help ensure that my FeeSmart book speaks directly to the concerns and questions that investors face when evaluating the cost and value of financial advice. Dr Travis G Parry Sara Grillo, CFA Steven Fox, CFP®, EA Allan Slider Pam Krueger Eric Hutchens, CFA®, CFP®, AIF® Saul Baumann, CFP®, AIF® Derek Van Calligan, CFP®, AIF®, CPWA®, Kimberly Hamlin, CFP®, AIF® Katie Balberchak Kathleen McBride, AIFA®, CEFEX Analyst Jonathan Speltz Brock Niederer Ilona Avraamides #FeeSmart #AdvisorSmart #FinancialPlanning #FeeOnly #PersonalFinance #InvestorEducation #FinancialAdvice #ConsumerAdvocacy #BookCoverDesign #FinancialLiteracy #Investing #MisterFiduciary #Kiplinger #InvestorProtection #FinancialPlanningProfession

Adults 25-35 Living With Parents - Impact on Finances & Careers

I'm working on a story for Business Insider about adults (particularly ages 25-35) living with their parents. If this describes you, or if you have adult children living at home, I'd love to talk. You can email me at [email redacted] or message me here. Thank you!

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Drivers - Impact of Higher Gas Prices on Personal Finances

Looking to talk to people who want to discuss how heightened gas prices has impacted them personally for a story. If this sounds like you, please DM me.

People With Unusual Financial Stories - Early Retirement & Big Wins

#journorequest Do you have an unusual financial story? Perhaps you’ve retired early, built wealth from a modest income, relocated to improve your finances, or made an unconventional money decision that paid off. [email redacted] https://t.co/muiabmp1kE

Young Adults 18-35 - Delaying Dating Due To Finances

Has money changed how you date? Hi everyone — I'm a reporter with Money Mag working on a story about how finances may be affecting dating and relationships for younger adults. I'm interested in hearing from people who have delayed dating, a serious relationship or other relationship milestones because of financial concerns. Some examples: Focusing on paying off debt before dating seriously Feeling like you can't afford dating right now Waiting until you're more financially stable before committing to a relationship If this sounds like you, I'd love to hear: How money has influenced your dating life What financial goals you're prioritizing right now Whether you see the delay as a choice, a necessity or a mix of both Your age (or age range) and location Feel free to comment below or send me a DM. If you're open to being quoted in a story, please let me know.

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Investors & Analysts - Reactions To SpaceX IPO Valuation

!!STORY CALLOUT!! I'm covering the SpaceX IPO launch today with real-time updates. Are you an investor or portfolio manager who's lined up to buy shares for yourself or clients? Or are you hesitant or have doubts about it's true value? Are you an analyst or finance expert that has something to say about the IPO today that many are overlooking? If so, please send me a DM!

Recent Condo Buyers Canada - Who Benefits From Struggling Condo Market

SOURCE REQUEST! For The Margin, a new Canadian finance publication, I'm looking to interview recent condo buyers in Canada for an article about who is benefitting from the struggling condo market. I'd love to speak to different types of buyers, whether you're a first-time buyer, a downsizer or an investor. A purchase anytime in the past 12 months would work for this! I'm hoping to do a phone interview with you sometime this week or early next week. Email me at [email redacted] and feel free to pass the message along to folks in your network. Thanks!

Women 45+ - Caregiving Effects on Retirement, Work & Benefits

Source request: Has family caregiving impacted your retirement savings, job progress or Social Security benefits? For an upcoming story, I'd like to speak with mid-life/older women specifically about how caring for a parent or older spouse has affected your finances. I'd need to use your name/general location. Please DM or email me ([email redacted]) and let me know your availability for a phone interview early next week. Thanks!

5% Deposit Homebuyers - Cost-of-Living & Interest Rates Impact

📢 CALL-OUT: Have you recently bought a #property using the 5% deposit scheme? If so (and if you're not camera-shy), I'd love to hear from you. 🏚️ It's for a TV story that I'm working on for ABC about cost-of-living and interest rates. I'm interested in hearing how you're balancing your finances in this tougher economic climate. So please drop me a line (or DM me privately). 🙂

England Fans - Biggest World Cup Spending Stories

**England fans, what's the most you've ever spent for a World Cup? ** I'm looking for fun and surprising stories from football fans ahead of this summer's World Cup for a national consumer finance piece. Have you ever: * Sold something valuable to fund a World Cup trip? * Spent thousands travelling to follow England abroad? * Splashed out getting your house ready for World Cup parties (new TV, garden makeover, outdoor bar, decorations, etc.)? * Paid a fortune for tickets? * Got a football-inspired haircut? * Had a player's name, shirt number or anything else England related tattooed? * Hosted an unforgettable or expensive watch party? * Done something completely over-the-top in support of England? I'd love to hear: * What you did * Roughly how much it cost * Why it was worth it Please comment below or email me at [email redacted] if you're happy to chat further and potentially be featured. Thanks!

PhD Scientists Now in Finance - Pros & Cons of Transition

Journalist request: Looking to speak with people who have moved from scientific research into a career in finance Hey all, I'm a journalist working on an article about making a career transition from scientific research to finance. I'm interested in speaking with anyone who has worked in scientific research up to PhD level or beyond, then has decided to switch to a career in financial services (any role at a bank, investment firm, hedge fund etc. would be suitable). The article is for an audience of scientists and I'd primarily ask why you made the move away from research, what similarities/differencesthere are between the two worlds, and what you see as the pros and cons of each. Please comment or message me if you would be interested in contributing and I can provide more details. Thanks, Oscar

Hisense TV Owners & Installers - Compare With TCL Samsung LG Sony

How do you really feel about Hisense TVs compared with TCL, Samsung, LG or Sony? Hi everyone, I’m a reporter with Tencent Finance working on a story about Hisense TVs overseas. I’d love to hear from people who have bought, used, sold, recommended or installed Hisense TVs. I’m trying to understand how Hisense is viewed compared with TCL, Samsung, LG and Sony — especially around price, picture quality, software, reliability, warranty and customer service. If you’re open to sharing your experience, please reply here or message me. You can stay anonymous, and I’ll confirm any quotes before publishing. Thanks!

qq.com

Personal Finance Users - Bad AI Financial Advice Experiences

Looking for sources for a personal finance article: Have you ever used AI for help with finances and received a bad answer/misinformation? If you're up for being interviewed, please email me at [email redacted].

thestar.com

Soccer Fans in Canada & Europe - Cost to Follow Clubs & National Teams

Callout: cost of being a soccer fan in Canada for The Globe and Mail Hi everyone! I'm Zarif, a personal finance reporter for The Globe and Mail. With the World Cup only a week away, I wanted to write a story about how much fans pay to follow the sport year-round. With multiple streaming platforms and cable channels for various leagues and competitions, fans could be paying well over $75 per month to follow the sport. I'd love to hear more about fans' experiences following the men's and women's national teams or their favourite club teams in Canada or Europe. Feel free to drop me an email at [email redacted] and we can set up a call. Thanks!

theglobeandmail.com

DoorDash Drivers in Toronto - Ride-Along Earnings & Gig Experience

Looking to chat with a Toronto DoorDash driver for an article I'm a journalist looking to interview a DoorDash driver in Toronto for a personal finance story. Basically want to ride with you for 1-2 hours and know how the process works, the highs and lows of the gig and how much you earn. Please reply to this if you'd be open to speaking to me. This story is for a personal finance publication called MooseMoney.

The Guardian is reporting on shifting public attitudes to higher education after a British Social Attitudes survey found the share of people who think a university degree is not worth the time and money rose from 14% in 2005 to 34% in 2025. They are seeking graduates and current students (aged 18+) to describe whether their degree was worth it — financially or otherwise — why they chose or chose not to go, and how university affected their careers, finances and life choices. We would like to hear from graduates and current students about their views on going to university. As a graduate, do you feel your degree was worth it, financially or otherwise? Did you decide against going to university? If so, why? If you’re a student and are thinking about your options we’d like to hear from you too.

Black Muslim Americans - Islamic Finance Experiences

Black Muslim Americans — open to sharing your experience with Islamic finance? Salaam everyone. We’re working on a piece about Islamic finance in the U.S., and we’re hoping to speak with Black Muslim Americans about their experiences with money, banking, homebuying, investing, and halal financial products. We’re not looking for experts. We’d really value hearing from regular people about their lived experience. A few things we’re interested in: Have you ever looked into halal banking, investing, or home financing? Did the options feel accessible, relevant, or built with your community in mind? Do Islamic finance conversations in the U.S. reflect Black Muslim American experiences well? Are there financial challenges, community strengths, or cultural realities you think people overlook? If you’re open to sharing your perspective, feel free to comment or DM us. We may follow up to ask if you’d be open to a brief interview. We won’t quote or identify anyone without your permission.

People Whose Salary Changes Affected Friendships - Personal Finance

SOURCE CALLOUT: For a personal finance story in Neo Financial's magazine I'm looking to speak with folks who have had their salaries change the dymanics of their friendships in some way. Please DM if you'd be interested in speaking, or flag if this applies to someone you know. Thank you!

neofinancial.com

U.S. Finance Professionals - Relocated For Jobs - Past 12-15 Months

Looking to Speak With People Who Relocated for a Finance Job Hey folks! I’m a journalist working on a feature for a major careers publication and I’m looking to speak with people who moved to a new city or state within the U.S. for a finance-related job in the past 12-15 months. The role can be anything from accounting and bookkeeping to lending, credit analysis, banking, financial operations, or similar positions… just that the job opportunity should have been the reason for the move. I’m particularly interested in relocations to places that aren’t usually considered major finance hubs, including the Midwest, South, Appalachia, and Great Plains, but hey any relocation story that fits would be super helpful! :) Promise to keep it super short and quick! Please do DM if this sounds like you, or if you know someone who might be a good fit, I’d really appreciate!!

Behavioral Economists - Marshmallow Test & Financial Outcomes

Forget your salary—this space billionaire says a simple kids marshmallow experiment can reveal whether you’re destined to stay middle class for life. 🍬 🍭 The classic psychology experiment sees four-year-olds given one marshmallow and a choice: eat it now, or wait until the researcher returns and get two. Most kids can’t resist. And according to Dylan Taylor, philanthropist and CEO of Voyager Technologies, that same impulse is exactly what keeps most people stuck financially in adulthood. “It’s this deferred gratification,” Taylor, who made his first million before hitting 30, explained to me. “It’s like, do you have the mental discipline to defer your gratification?” In his view, grown adults face the same choice every time they sign a car lease or tap a credit card for something they can’t yet afford. 💸 🚗 🛍️ ‼️ And he's not the first leader to say he can tell who will stay stuck in the middle class by the car in their driveway. Read more in my latest for Fortune below! https://lnkd.in/emZxkW4F #success #personalfinance #successmindset #money #billionaire LinkedIn News UK And if you’re new here 👋🏻 I run Fortune’s Success desk and interview CEOs, founders and public figures every week about their secrets to success — think Colin Kaepernick, Will.i.am, execs at Grindr, L’Oréal, Chanel and Verizon. If you know a CEO, founder or public figure with a story worth telling, I want to hear it. ✉️ [email redacted]

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USA Finance Professionals Relocated Past 11 Months - Relocation Story

Looking to talk to someone in the USA who relocated for finance job in the last 11 months or so for a feature story on Indeed Career Guide. Bookkeeper, loan officer, auditor, financial admin, any hands-on finance role counts. DM me if that’s you. #Accounting #Finance #Relocation

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Parents & Adult Children Living Together - Finances & Boundaries

Morning everyone: I am looking for people whose adult kids still live at home, for a piece in the Guardian: I want to interview both sides, you don't have to be mean about each other if you don't want to. DMs open

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Partners, Directors & MDs at UK Investment Banks - Deal Sourcing Shifts

Most investment banking podcasts are made for people who want to break into investment banking. This one is for the people already in it. Investment Banking Decoded is a series of conversations with senior professionals from UK corporate finance and M&A advisory. Not career advice. Not market cheerleading. Just honest conversations about how the most effective deal teams are actually operating right now. Tracxn is looking to speak with Partners, Directors, and MDs at UK investment banking firms, corporate finance boutiques, and M&A advisory practices. 20 minutes. Recorded. The focus: what is genuinely shifting in UK deal origination and advisory that the market commentary is not capturing? If that sounds worth a conversation, please connect or drop me a message. #InvestmentBanking #MergersAndAcquisitions #DealMaking #PrivateEquity #London #Podcast #Business #FinanceAdvisory #InvestmentBankingDecoded #UnitedKingdom

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Accountants & Finance Professionals - Relocated For Job Past 12 Months

Journalist looking to interview someone who relocated for an accounting or finance job Apologies if this isn’t the right place. Mods please take it down if it violates any rules. I’m a journalist working on a piece for a major career publication and I’m looking to interview someone who relocated to a new city or state specifically for a finance role in the last 12 months. I’ve been searching for weeks and genuinely cannot find the right person which is why I’m here. The role can be anything: accountant, bookkeeper, loan officer, financial administrator, credit analyst, agricultural lending i.e. anything with a strong finance component. The only requirement is that the job drove the move. Midwest, South, Appalachia, and Great Plains moves are especially interesting! DM me or drop a comment if that’s you or someone you know. Even a loose lead helps at this point. Will keep it super short! Thanks so much.

Oracle OCI Finance & Renewals Employees - Concerns & Experiences

If you’d like to talk to a journalist, let me know! Hi all - mods, I mean no harm and get if you want to close this thread if you don’t want it here. Anyway, my name’s Ed, I have a very big tech podcast called Better Offline and newsletter called Where’s Your Ed At covering the tech industry’s tumult under the growth at all cost rot economy. I have been hearing concerning things at Oracle! I would like to understand more. If you feel comfortable, my signal is ezitron.76. I specifically would like to hear from anyone who is in the OCI side especially in finance. But also if you’re in renewals! Whatever you’d like to share. But even if you just want to tell me your experience at Oracle I’d love to hear. I will protect your identity. And I am truly sorry for what has been done to many of you. You have not been treated with the dignity and respect you deserve.

Separated & Divorced Women in India - Rebuilding Life After Separation

Hi everyone, I’m working on an upcoming byline for The Indian Express on the experience of being a separated or divorced woman in India. What it truly feels like to rebuild life from scratch while navigating emotional upheaval, societal judgement, loneliness, finances, parenting, identity shifts, and the pressure to 'move on.' Too often, conversations around divorce focus only on the legal aspect. But what happens after the separation papers? What does everyday life actually look and feel like for women trying to start over? I’m looking to speak with: • Women who are separated or divorced, who want to share their lived experiences • Mental health experts who work closely with women navigating separation, divorce, grief, stigma, and rebuilding self-worth Some of the themes I hope to explore: – The emotional toll of separation – Starting over financially and socially – Loneliness, shame, and societal perception – Parenting after divorce – Dating and trust after separation – Identity, healing, and rediscovering oneself If you’d be open to speaking with me, or know someone whose perspective deserves to be heard, please comment below or DM me. #journorequest

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Banks & Payments Processors - Agentic AI In PCI DSS

In this photo: figuring out how to put Koog (a JVM-based framework designed to build and run AI agents) inside a PCI DSS environment with Vadim Briliantov (Technical Lead and creator of Koog), Anton Yalyshev (Kotlin Product Manager), and Svetlana Isakova (Developer Advocate). "Built together" - the banner above us - turns out to describe exactly what's happening below it. I came to #KotlinConf2026 to deliver my talk, "Kotlin as a Safety Net: Type-Driven Reliability in the Finance Industry". But after catching Vadim Briliantov's session on building enterprise-ready AI with Koog, the connection between our topics was impossible to ignore. For organizations already leveraging the JVM, my first impression is that Koog offers a meaningful set of primitives that actually align with the controls a PCI DSS environment demands, rather than fighting them: - JVM-native: Supports Kotlin and Java equally. - Strict boundaries: Strong control of input and output by default. - Built-in observability: OpenTelemetry-native from the ground up. - Compensation primitives: A RollbackToolRegistry to manage tool side-effects on checkpoint restore. But here is the big caveat: Framework choice is maybe 20% of the PCI lift. The other 80% - tokenization, segmentation, KMS, logging, and vendor management - happens regardless of your tech stack. These are first impressions, not a finished thesis. Turning this into something production-ready requires proper business cases, deep comparison with other frameworks, deep technical risk analysis, and solving for the non-technical risks: regulatory compliance, liability allocation for agent actions, auditability of non-deterministic outputs, model version pinning, and multi-year change management. A request to the practitioners: If you're running agentic AI inside a regulated finance environment (a bank, payments processor, or PCI-scope fintech), I want to hear from you. What's working? What hurts? What surprised you in production? Drop your pros and cons in the comments. I'll synthesize the strongest input into a follow-up piece with Koog. #Kotlin #Koog #LangGraph #AIAgents #Fintech #PCIDSS #SoftwareArchitecture

Divorced Retirees - Financial Impact on Retirement

Do you know anyone who is in retirement and divorced? If so, I'd be keen to speak to them. I'm doing a bit of research on how the growth in divorce has implications for people's standard of living in retirement. I would be interested to speak to people who feel that they have navigated the process successfully and have the retirement they want, as well as those who feel that divorce had an adverse long-term impact on their retirement finances. It's something I've been looking at for a while but was pleased to see mentioned as an issue in the Pensions Commission's first report (see snip). If you or someone you know is divorced in retirement and would be up for a conversation do send me a message or drop me an email. Thank you!

Port & River Engineers - Incomplete Works Causing Coastal Island Loss

I took this photograph on Ghoramara Island in the Hooghly estuary. Those two palm trees are standing at the edge of land that is disappearing. Today, my investigation into why was published in The Times of India. The answer is not climate change. Not rising seas. In 1981, a seven-part port engineering scheme was drawn up for the lower Hooghly. Its goal: keep the approach channel to Haldia Dock Complex deep enough for cargo ships. The engineers understood that their plan would concentrate destructive tidal force against three inhabited islands downstream. So they included a protection wall for those islands — Unit VII: "Protection of Bedford and Ghoramara Islands." It was never built. RTI documents from Kolkata Port Trust reveal what was built instead: just three of the 7 planned units, including a underwater guide wall, 156 hydraulic structures in the channel running directly along those islands' shores — concentrating the current against them — while the protection wall around three islands (two of them inhabited) was abandoned. Two of those islands do not exist anymore. Hamburg University warned in 1998 that a 21-month window remained to act. Five tenders were floated. All five failed. No wall was built. When asked what caused the islands to disappear, Kolkata Port Trust replied: "Growth / decay of Islands is a natural process." Their own 2008 internal document listed the 156 structures they had built in that channel. Two islands — Lohachara and Bedford — are permanently gone. Ghoramara, where I took this photograph, is rapidly losing land mass. It is projected to shrink further by 2032. They were called the world's first inhabited islands claimed by rising seas. The documents say otherwise. Read the full investigation in The Times of India: https://lnkd.in/gzBWHfQs If you have encountered similar cases — port or river engineering projects whose incomplete execution affected inhabited coastlines — I would very much like to hear from you. Tuhin Ghosh Sunita Narain Stefan Rahmstorf Damian Carrington Climate Central, Inc. Carbon Brief IPCC UNESCO UNEP-WCMC United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre WWF-India Mongabay India Down To Earth Greenpeace 350.org Amitav Ghosh #CoastalErosion #Ghoramara #Lohachara #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #InvestigativeJournalism #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #CoastalErosion #Sundarbans #India #WestBengal #Hooghly #RTI #Accountability #EnvironmentalJournalism #IslandLoss #CoastalCommunities #HumanRights #Journalism #PublicInterest#Hooghly #Sundarbans #India #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJournalism #RTI #PublicInterest #Journalism

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Life Sciences Professionals - Cross-Functional Cooperation

Technology keeps improving. Cooperation often doesn’t. In many organizations, we’ve made work more digital, more automated, more connected. And yet, cross-functional cooperation is often weaker than it used to be. Teams are busier. Specialization is deeper. The interfaces between functions are where things break. That is what Finance at the Table is really about. It is a collaborative article series on how teams in life sciences can work better together — not through more hierarchy, but through better listening, better context-sharing, and better decisions across functions. I see this as a very TEAL question: How do we create organizations where people are trusted to contribute, not just to execute? The guests I want to speak with are not limited to finance. I’m looking for collaborators in: → HR / People → Business Development → CMC → QA / Regulatory → Supply Chain → Operations / Manufacturing → Commercial leadership If you work in life sciences and have a perspective on how teams can cooperate better in practice, I’d love to explore a conversation. Great science should not be orphaned from great finance — but beyond that, great work depends on great cooperation. DM me to start the discussion. #LifeSciences #Collaboration #FinanceAtTheTable #Leadership #DigitalTransformation

San Gabriel Valley Residents - Personal Finance & Cost-of-Living

Looking to interview SGV residents about their financial life Hello SGV! As a local myself I have always been curious how others are surviving in the area. This thought led me to start a YouTube series where I interview real people, real incomes, and real life in one of the most expensive areas in the country. Whether you're thriving or just barely surviving your story deserves to be told. A few details about the interview: it will be a sit down recorded interview (about 30 min) $25 for your time location flexible: I go to you or I can arrange a quiet space all income levels are welcome (even if you are unemployed) we will discuss your income and how you make it work in the San Gabriel Valley If this sounds like something you'd be interested in comment or DM me!