Monica Nickelsburg
Labor & Economy Reporter
About
Monica Nickelsburg covers labor, business, and the local economy. Her reporting focuses on how economic policies, the cost of living, technology, and the changing nature of work affect everyday people living in the Pacific Northwest.
Monica came to KUOW in 2023. Before that, she spent six years covering the intersection of technology and politics for GeekWire and worked as a digital producer for The Week.
Monica grew up in Los Angeles and got her B.A. in Journalism and History from New York University before landing in Seattle.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle startup behind Amazon gift guides on your feed just raised $20 million
Seattle startup Levanta, which connects Amazon sellers with influencers on social media, just secured $20 million in funding to grow its platform.
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As strike ends, layoffs begin at Boeing
Boeing began notifying employees of layoffs Wednesday as it seeks to reduce its roughly 170,000-strong workforce by 10%.
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If free trade isn't free, what's next for Washington's economy?
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Jeff Bezos, other tech leaders congratulate Trump on ‘extraordinary political comeback’
Gone are the days when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joked about sending Donald Trump to the moon on a rocket to keep him out of the White House.
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Can buildings learn?
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Boeing, my dad, and Airplane Economics 101
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The risky business of airplanes
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Seattle is minting millionaires by the thousands
About 1 in every 14 Seattleites are millionaires, making it second only to the Bay Area for “millionaire density.”
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Why free money makes you more likely to get a job
Guaranteed basic income is an anti-poverty policy gaining traction in Washington cities. Tacoma just started its second basic income pilot, on the heels of a separate King County experiment. KUOW’s economy podcast, Booming, sat down with Natalie Foster, the architect of more than 130 basic income pilots across the country to understand a surprising finding from King County’s basic income experiment, and what it means for the policy more broadly.
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Microsoft’s carbon emissions surge despite goal of becoming ‘carbon negative’ by 2030
Microsoft latest sustainability report card, released Wednesday, reveals a sobering reality: the artificial intelligence revolution is undercutting the tech industry’s efforts to decarbonize.
