Dawn Kopecki

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Corporate Finance Editor, Americas and ESG, Reuters

Washington, D.C.

Business and Finance

As seen in: Reuters, MSN, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets Magazine, Bloomberg News, MSN France, MSN UK, Reuters Japan, USA Today, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Malaysia and

Covers: Politics, Health & Science, Investigations

Doesn't Cover: Retail, Sports, Transportation, Tech

Corporate Finance Editor of the Americas and ESG @Reuters. Former Sr Editor @CNBC Biz Editor @ExpressNews @Business @BW @WSJ /DJ |Opinions MINE Signal: DawnK.23

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Dawn Kopecki’s Biography

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Dawn is an award-winning editor and investigative reporter with a proven track record of leading both seasoned journalists and young teams. She has extensive experience overseeing breaking news, investigative projects, magazine features and daily beat coverage across politics, finance, health care and corporate business news in a real-time news environment.

At CNBC, Dawn has overseen a diverse portfolio of industries, running the website's Ukraine war and Covid-19 coverage, creating CNBC.com…

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Although CEOs typically benefit from what psychologists call "idiosyncrasy credits" - allowing them more lati…

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Tesla likely to face SEC investigation following Musk tweets amid debate of market manipulation

Whether it was an impulse tweet or not, it's likely the SEC has already opened an investigation into Tesla CE…

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Tesla likely to face SEC investigation following Musk tweets amid debate of market manipulation

Whether it was an impulse tweet or not, it's likely the SEC has already opened an investigation into Tesla CE…

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Optimistic Oil Experts Still See Rally as Crude Hits 6-Year Low

Oil analysts are, if nothing else, optimists. So much so that no one seemed to see the 60 percent slide in oi…

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Hedge Funds Add Energy Stocks as Oil Rout Brings Opportunity

Hedge fund managers are betting hundreds of millions of dollars that Cheniere Energy Inc., Pioneer Natural Re…

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Wall Street Lenders Growing Impatient With U.S. Shale Revolution

Halcon Resources Corp. almost ran into trouble with its banks in June 2013. And again in March 2014. And in F…

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Articles

Dom Perignon, moon pies and fortunes flow as Wall Street feted SpaceX's historic IPO

Jun 12, 2026 |

By Dawn Kopecki , Akash Sriram

| Yahoo Finance

By Dawn Kopecki and Akash Sriram NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - The first day of SpaceX trading is over. Now, the parties begin.

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Exclusive-Activist Voss Capital urges Sempra to spin off Texas electricity unit Oncor, letter says

May 28, 2026 |

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss , David French, Dawn Kopecki

| Westlaw Today

NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Activist investor Voss Capital has urged Sempra to spin off its Oncor electricity unit, creating a high-growth Texas-focused utility unencumbered by the $60 billion energy giant's predominant California business,...

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Ackman's Pershing Square fund shares drop in hotly anticipated debut

Apr 29, 2026 |

By Arun Koyyur , Svea Herbst-Bayliss , Dawn Kopecki

| Westlaw Today

April 29 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Bill Ackman launched his new Pershing Square USA closed-end fund on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, offering retail investors a stock-picking strategy traditionally limited to the super rich for as...

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email, with a follow-up call a few days later if it's relevant to my beat.

Why did you become a journalist?

Because I liked the idea of discovering the truth.

Awards

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Society of the Silurians

2015 - Merit Award for Public Service Journalism

Overworked and Underwhelmed: Young Bankers Fed Up With 90-Hour Weeks Move to Startups

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Gerald Loeb Finalist

2013 - Beat Reporting

Finalist in beat reporting for our coverage of JPMorgan's Whale trading loss.

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Foreign Press Association Finalist

2012 - Financial/Economic Story of the Year

"House of Dimon Marred by CEO Complacency over CIO Trading Risk"

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