Matthew Wolfinger

working-mass.com — Reporting for Working Mass on a 5k Fun Run in support of Starbucks Workers United baristas who are part of the ongoing "Red Cup Rebellion" strike.

Denver Business Journal — While gas prices and other contributors to inflation have eased during the late summer, new data sheds light on how steep inflation was in the second quarter. The recently updated Cost of Living Index from the Council of Community and Economic Research reveals the average cost of living in America increased 11% between the first quarters of 2019 and 2022 - across the 208 urban areas included in the quarterly report.

The Scope Boston — Reporting on a May Day march organized by Boston-based Starbucks and independent cafe workers fighting back against union-busting. Explores the massive nationwide labor movement taking place across Starbucks stores in the last few months. Written for The Scope and received an "Excellence in Writing" badge from Best of SNO, where it was republished.

ConsumerAffairs — Looking to save money and still live in a big city? Take a look at our list of the most affordable places in the U.S. to live in this year.

Denver Business Journal — Workers across Colorado saw an increase in wages last year. Compared to the pay hikes of their CEOs, however, those gains seem small. Last year, Colorado's chief executive officers at the head of S&P 500 companies earned an average compensation of $10.3 million - 164 times more than the state's average worker, who took home $62,900, according to the AFL-CIO's Executive Paywatch, the organization's annual report examining the gap between CEO and worker compensation.

ConsumerAffairs — We surveyed shoppers to see how they plan to spend and save money this holiday season. Most shoppers reveal they're feeling the heat.

Denver Business Journal — Medical marijuana sales in Colorado are the lowest recorded since the state began tracking eight years ago, according to the latest data released by the state Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division. Sales of both medical and recreational cannabis have been down every single month this year compared to 2021.

The Scope Boston — Detailed reporting on a worker-organized rally held in solidarity with a local grocery store and cafe union effort here in Boston. Written for The Scope, Northeastern University's social justice publication.

Storybench — A how-to exploration on my construction of Boston Cop Track — an online interface documenting police misconduct data within the city of Boston.

ConsumerAffairs — Accidents happen daily on U.S. roads. We analyzed car crash data to see when accidents occur, including which holidays are more dangerous than others.

Northeastern University Journalism Master's Thesis Project — currently a prototype. Collected and tidied over 3,000 rows of Boston Police Department officer records and over 10,000 rows of Internal Affairs allegations. A user can look up any Boston Police Department employee through their name or badge ID number and see their entire itemized history of misconduct allegations. The prototype was mainly constructed using HTML and CSS. To insert the queried data concerning each officer, I utilized JavaScript (jQuery and D3) to arrange and display the pertinent pieces of information into <div> elements contained within the HTML. Also included are a "Resources" tab and a page dedicated to helping a user understand their rights while interacting with the police in Massachusetts.

Denver Business Journal — Plenty of Denver's business locations were shaken up in recent years as a result of the pandemic. From the beginning of 2019 through October 2022, the Mile High City saw a net loss of around 6,500 businesses, a number determined by subtracting the number of businesses that filed change-of-address requests out of the area from those moving into the area.

Denver Business Journal — Colorado-based researchers received more than $525 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health last year, according to federal data. That's over $21 million more than Centennial State researchers received in 2021 from the NIH (the nation's medical research agency), breaking state records for the second year in a row.