Do yourself a favor and buy Tom Chivers brilliant new book on how to think simonandschuster.com/books/Everythi…

NYPD sweeping ⁦Columbia University⁩ campus. Cops inspecting encampment with dogs. Everything is quiet now.

Some good news! I've joined the excellent news team Semafor as a deputy news editor. I'm thrilled to be working with some of the best in the biz and grateful for it.✌️

Read Max Tani, aka the Great Mentioner, on succession at The New Yorker semafor.com/article/04/28/…

Join us for a #freewebinar with Trans Journalists Association on covering trans and LGBTQ+ issues during 2024. You'll learn to responsibly frame stories to include trans & LGBTQ+ voices & more.
With Katie Barnes, gina chua, Lex McMenamin (they/them), Phoebe Petrovic, National Press Club
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Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé was 10 months old when his father took power in 1967. His family has ruled the small West African country for 57 years.
Now there are fears a planned constitutional change could lock them in for even longer.

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Welcome to Semafor Africa Weekend:
🇸🇳 Novel centers Africans in World War II
🇳🇬 Nigerian chess champ breaks record
🍫 Cocoa soars, chocolate will follow
🇧🇯 Benin: West Africa's latest culture hub
🇬🇭 What to expect when visiting Accra
🇰🇪 Farmers in rural Kenya are using banned…

Apply now for a TJA x TransLash Fellowship to attend the Investigative Reporters & Editors conference in June, where TJA is hosting a trans coverage track!

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The ‘uniparty’ is passing Ukraine aid. Can it save Mike Johnson’s job?
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Hank Paulson gives Justin B. Smith his view on the Chinese economy:

'What I'm going to watch most carefully is not just the structural issues, but how this statist approach to the economy plays out. Because if China stumbles, it's going to reverberate around the world.' #WES2024

'Inflation's a choice. It's a choice largely by the fiscal and monetary authorities,' former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh says.

'The Fed isn't a victim ... The Fed is responsible for the inflation rate and the Fed needs to take ownership of it.' #WES2024

'I believe President Biden can win North Carolina,' Governor Roy Cooper Roy Cooper tells Jordan Weissmann #WES2024 .

🟡 Today, on stage at the Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington D.C, Co-Founder & CEO, Justin B. Smith announced the launch of the inaugural World Economy Summit: Fall Edition.
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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is not a fan of Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act — and is happy to say it on his home turf #WES2024
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I asked Chancellor of the Exchequer @jeremy_hunt whether it’s true, per Liz Truss’ new memoir, that Downing St is infested by fleas. He says he changed the carpets “at my own vast expense.” Semafor World Economy Summit

'What is perceived in developed economies as an overcapacity for China makes what China produces cost competitive in markets that are very, very poor,' W. Gyude Moore tells gina chua #WES2024

Hot off the press ⁦journalism festival⁩ #ijf24 - how AI will profoundly change news (and everything).

First report from ⁦Open Society Foundations⁩ ‘AI in Journalism Futures’ project - drawing from more than 900+ submissions across 70+ countries …

'We need to make sure that we're creating jobs and opportunity everywhere in the country,' Revolution CEO Steve Case tells gina chua. 'Over the last decade, 75% of venture capital has gone to three states: California, New York, and Massachusetts.' #WES2024

An enlightening discussion today took place at Semafor between Project Liberty founder Frank McCourt, Revolution CEO Steve Case, and Semafor Executive Editor gina chua.

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I'll be talking to transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg and acting labor secretary Julie A. Su at the Semafor World Economy Summit this week. What should I ask them?