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Te-Ping Chen

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Wall Street Journal reporter, debut short story collection LAND OF BIG NUMBERS @marinerbooks out now: bit.ly/3lL9s96

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The new geography of work: pay is flattening across the U.S., while the Sunbelt adds jobs at a heady clip & growth in traditional superstar cities like San Francisco takes a hit wsj.com/economy/jobs/n… ā€œIt feels like living in the future.ā€

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Amid rising disenchantment with college, more Gen Z workers are opting for the skilled trades. ā€œThe pendulum swing has happened hard and fast.ā€ Read our deep dive here: wsj.com/lifestyle/care…

Amid rising disenchantment with college, more Gen Z workers are opting for the skilled trades. ā€œThe pendulum swing has happened hard and fast.ā€
 
Read our deep dive here: wsj.com/lifestyle/care…
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It’s been exactly 14 months. That’s 14 months of Evan not seeing his family and friends. It’s 14 months of him not bearing witness through his incredible journalism. It’s 14 months of his life in a tiny Moscow prison cell. It’s an absolute outrage. #IStandWithEvan

It’s been exactly 14 months. That’s 14 months of Evan not seeing his family and friends. It’s 14 months of him not bearing witness through his incredible journalism. It’s 14 months of his life in a tiny Moscow prison cell. It’s an absolute outrage. #IStandWithEvan
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It's not often that @wsj runs a 3,000+ word feature with an unnamed protagonist, but this one is deeply worth it. kudos @felizysolo

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I had so much fun reporting this piece on #bluecollar influencers, featuring the plumbers & construction workers making more on TikTok than they do at their day jobs. ā€œYou don’t have to get your bachelor’s to be happy or successful,ā€ says one handyman: wsj.com/lifestyle/care…

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Some 2.2 million people on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook watch Lexis Czumak-Abreu do her electrical work. Maybe you’re one of them. Did you see her atop a bucket truck, working on power poles? Or stripping cables in a ditch? on.wsj.com/4egeQwE on.wsj.com/4egeQwE

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Earlier this summer, I drove by a billboard outside Philly seeking HVAC workers. It piqued my curiosity. Here's the resulting story: wsj.com/lifestyle/care… big thanks to 420 Steamfitters for letting me shadow some of their crew!

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big thanks to the many doctors who shared their views for this piece, & the many more who've written in since. On pg1 of today's The Wall Street Journal: wsj.com/lifestyle/care…

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this is such a hugely good, smart piece by Derek Thompson, on America's anti-social century: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… "Although technology does not have values of its own, its adoption can create values...and what’s easy is not always what’s best for us."

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Shop class may be something of a dinosaur. But as skepticism about college's value has grown, more schools are bringing it back from extinction: ā€œThe trades are just more valued these days... Electricians and plumbers make great money." in today's @wsj shorturl.at/4O4mE