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Sonia, we’re so happy we were able to help you with your fellowship! You’re a gem and will have exciting things ahead of you in 2025!

Congrats to Olivia George for her new job at the Post! https://lnkd.in/e2XsaNu3

LinkedIn News highlighted my latest story for The Wall Street Journal as today’s top news. You can read more below :)

Trisha, have a great trip! We hope to see you when you're back in NYC!

Can artificial intelligence be so transformative as to solve one of the U.S. economy’s biggest problems: its skyrocketing fiscal deficit? According to three economists at the The Brookings Institution, the answer is yes — AI could prove a positive “critical shock” for the country’s fiscal health. A working paper released last month by the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings projects that under the most optimistic scenario, AI could reduce the annual U.S. budget deficit by as much as 1.5% of gross domestic product by 2044, or about $900 billion in nominal terms, lowering annual budget deficits by roughly one fifth at the end of the 20-year span. While the economists acknowledge that the impact of AI on federal spending is still “highly uncertain,” the coauthors believe it could ultimately be more transformative for the economy than past technological leaps, such as the use of personal computers in the 1990s. The current AI shock “feels different. This isn’t your typical technological shock,” Ben Harris told CNBC.

The OPC Foundation fellows are travelling the world but sometimes we're lucky to catch them in the New York City! We had a lovely meet up with Youcef O. Bounab ('23), Andrew Califf ('23) and Jacob Kushner ('13) on Wednesday in Manhattan. Main discussion topic was reporting from Africa. Youcef flew back to Tunis yesterday where he works as a Maghreb Correspondent for AFP. Andrew will be shortly moving to Nigeria. Jacob is currently based in New York but has an extensive experience writing magazine and other long-form stories from Africa. Safe travels and see you next time! Thank you John Daniszewski and Eddie Evans for joining too!

OPC Foundation winners circle the globe! Anders had an OPC Foundation fellowship in the Reuters bureau in Brussels in 2013. He is now a Wealth Reporter at Bloomberg based in Malaysia. The OPC Foundation is also lucky to have him as a Board member!

Trisha Mukherjee, OPC Foundation Scholar Award winner in 2024, is currently completing her David Jayne Fellowship with ABC News in London. https://lnkd.in/gk_e-HJ5

Sarah Wu, congrats and good luck to your new role and location with The Economist in Beijing! https://lnkd.in/emUZm_wC

Congrats to Suman Naishadham, an OPC Foundation fellow in 2018, for her new role with the Associated Press covering Spain and Portugal!