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Jeremy Olshan

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  • Managing Editor, NBC News
  • Adjunct Professor, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
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Managing editor @NBCNews; dad of twin boys; husband of professor; middling pianist

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Jeremy Olshan is veteran newsroom leader, editor and reporter with a two-decade track record of building audiences, transforming tired topics into must-reads, and inspiring teams to deliver coverage that informs and delights.reshaping coverage of personal finance. The former personal finance bureau chief of The Wall Street editor and editor in chief of MarketWatch, he currently teaches journalism at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. His work has appeared in The New York Post, …

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We deserve an AI for effort

We deserve an AI for effort

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A GPS for the Mind

A GPS for the Mind

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Digging into this 1890 song about tariffs helped me understand Trump's trade war

Digging into this 1890 song about tariffs helped me understand Trump's trade war

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A $100 bill is no longer worth its weight in gold

A $100 bill is no longer worth its weight in gold

The surging price of gold delivers a blow to paper money, history and common sense.

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America can’t agree on its own story. This park ranger tells it anyway.

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By Jeremy Olshan Verified
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Michael Doveton joined the National Park Service in 2009 and got assigned to Philadelphia. He never left. America can’t agree on its own story. This park ranger tells it anyway. At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, rangers pack 250 years of history into 20 minutes. “We do the Fourth of July every day.”
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Patrick Stewart, AI and I encountered the Bard. Resistance was futile.

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By Jeremy Olshan Verified
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Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty Images (Justine Goode) I performed a bit of Shakespeare on my Amtrak train to work. Please understand that: 1. This was AI’s idea, not mine. 2. Performed may be a stretch, since in the quiet car all verse must be kept to a minimum — so it was closer to a mumble. Why was I mumbling Shakespeare? I had set out to read the 154 sonnets, one each day, and then reflect on them for a few minutes in a chat with Claude.
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Patrick Stewart, AI and I encountered the Bard. Resistance was futile.

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By Jeremy Olshan Verified
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May 21, 2026, 6:01 AM EDT I performed a bit of Shakespeare on my Amtrak train to work. Please understand that: 1. This was AI’s idea, not mine. 2. Performed may be a stretch, since in the quiet car all verse must be kept to a minimum — so it was closer to a mumble. Why was I mumbling Shakespeare? I had set out to read the 154 sonnets, one each day, and then reflect on them for a few minutes in a chat with Claude. I embarked on this strange and nerdy exercise as a sort of daily meditation.
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