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Oliver Bateman

Pittsburgh, Washington
As seen in: What's Left? Podcast, Medium, MSN, Yahoo Life, Yahoo News, Aol, New York Post, The Atlantic, Motherboard, VICE, Flipboard and
Covers:  Sports, law, fitness, comic books, video games, labor, election analysis/handicapping
Doesn't Cover: Generic hot takes, art, fashion
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I'm a journalist, lawyer, historian, and competitive powerlifter. I was born in Southwestern Pennsylvania, where I grew up on a farm a few miles from the West Virginia border. I attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Johnston-Pogue Scholarship, was a Monsanto Scholar at the Valparaiso School of Law, and held an Andrew Mellon Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Like former Rangers outfielder Kevin Mench, I wear a size 8 baseball cap. I returned to my home state in…

Oliver Bateman’s Journalist Portfolio

When It Comes to Wrestling, Everything's in a Name | The American Conservative

When It Comes to Wrestling, Everything's in a Name | The American Conservative

John Cena recently made waves after apologizing to the People's Republic of China for calling Taiwan a "count…

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The rise of the YouTube pay-per-view star

The rise of the YouTube pay-per-view star

YouTube star siblings Logan and Jake Paul can now make a convincing case for recognition as the two top boxin…

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What wrestling taught Donald Rumsfeld about power and pain - The Post

What wrestling taught Donald Rumsfeld about power and pain - The Post

Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, died on …

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"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, 1949-2021

"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, 1949-2021

Paul Orndorff, known to wrestling fans around the world as "Mr. Wonderful," died this week at age 71. After d…

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Road Warrior Animal, 1960-2020

Road Warrior Animal, 1960-2020

Joe Laurinaitis, who spent most of his wrestling career under thick face paint as "Animal" of the Road Warrio…

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The only way to survive the vaccine wars - The Post

The only way to survive the vaccine wars - The Post

In America, the personal is well and truly political - and one of the tools that blends the two together is "…

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Articles

What Emerging Trends Do Healthcare Leaders Need to Know About?

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By Ellen Lovell, Oliver Bateman
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Healthcare EX, PX, safety, workforce transformation, and operational leaders gathered in Chicago for the Healthcare Ex Consortium Spring Summit 2026 to compare notes on the workforce and operational pressures shaping the industry. Attendance was strong, the conversation was candid, and the recurring theme across keynote, panel, and breakouts was that the boundaries between employee experience and patient outcomes have effectively collapsed.
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New Data on Why Healthcare Employee Engagement Is Slipping

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By Ellen Lovell, Liz Culhane, Oliver Bateman
| blog.perceptyx.com
For the first time since Perceptyx began tracking the National Healthcare Engagement Benchmark, the typical healthcare organization is losing ground on engagement. The median score dropped 2.9 points year over year, from 71.5% to 68.6%. Intent to stay fell 3.0 points to 72.3%. These are not catastrophic numbers in isolation, but they are the first meaningful declines after three years of stability through pandemic disruption, post-pandemic recovery, and persistent labor pressure.
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Key Takeaways for HR and Employee Experience Leaders from SIOP 2026

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By Bradley Wilson, Oliver Bateman
| blog.perceptyx.com
At the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual conference this year, AI was the assumed backdrop in nearly every session rather than the new topic, which freed up space for deeper discussions of specific issues.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked for The Daily Tar Heel, 2000-01.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I was trained on a typewriter where you had to manually insert the correction tape. I learned to type 125 wpm on one of those devices

How is social media changing news?

It's all takes and clickbait headlines. It sucks. "Research" is checking some celebrity's likes and unfollows

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