Monica Nickelsburg
Labor & Economy Reporter
About
Monica Nickelsburg is an economy reporter covering labor issues, the changing nature of work, the rise and fall of industries, technology trends, and workplace equity. She has extensive experience covering Amazon, Microsoft, and other major players re-shaping the Seattle region.
Monica spent six years covering the intersection of technology and public policy as GeekWire’s civic editor. As a freelancer, she’s covered food and sustainability for The Food and Environment Reporting Network, Civil Eats, Grist, and others. Before moving to Seattle, Monica worked as a digital producer for The Week and interned for NBC, The Daily Beast, and Forbes. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in Journalism and History.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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The solution to our struggling power grid could be hiding in your closet
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What’s sending first-generation electric cars to an early grave?
A growing number of early electric car adopters are scrapping or replacing their cars when batteries that are no longer under warranty go haywire.
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What's sending first gen electric cars to an early grave
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Business
Starbucks union negotiations resume after long impasse
Unionized Starbucks stores sent more than 150 delegates to Atlanta Wednesday to resume talks between Starbucks and Workers United, the union representing more than 400 stores.
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Business
Expert says Boeing's decision to move HQ from Seattle contributed to safety crisis
The decision to move Boeing’s headquarters out of Seattle was one of several factors that eroded the company’s safety culture, according to expert testimony during a Senate hearing Wednesday.
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The campground crunch
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Business
Ghost Mall: Lululemon is latest store to abandon Seattle’s Pacific Place
On a sunny Wednesday morning in Downtown Seattle, you could count the number of shoppers at Pacific Place mall on two hands.
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Economy
Can $500 a month make a dent in Seattle-area poverty?
About 100 people were selected for a 10-month “Guaranteed Basic Income” pilot in King County that launched in the fall of 2022.
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Politics
Back to work! Seattle City Council staff ordered to return in person 4 days a week
Workers who support the Seattle City Council will soon be required to return to the office four out of five days per week.
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Business
Did Boeing bring in a woman to clean up its mess in a ‘glass cliff’ scenario?
A few days before Boeing tapped the first-ever woman to lead its Commercial Airplanes division, Christy Glass predicted it would happen.