About Us

To get the real story, follow the money.

At Fiscal Report, we acknowledge that we live in a society in which money and finance represent our collective energy. Where we allocate it is a reflection of our values and future outlook and says a lot about us.

What we invest our time, energy, and money into reflects our personal, community, and cultural values.

From Macro to Micro

Join us in understanding the forces driving today's world and the financial undercurrents that shape our future. Fiscal Report offers insightful analysis and engaging content that explore how emerging trends and cultural shifts influence and reshape the financial landscape.

From groundbreaking business models to shifting consumer behavior and societal values, Fiscal Report covers the ways business and macroeconomics intertwine with our personal experiences and lives.

Real Stories, Real People

Fiscal Report focuses on the real stories of real people and organizations as they navigate their lives in the culture and economy, indicating where we stand and where we’re going as a society.

Our goal is to equip the public with relevant information to decide for themselves. AI tools may assist content preparation. An author or editor remains accountable for the work, and generated claims, quotations, citations, and images require appropriate human verification. See our editorial policies for our sourcing standards and AI Content Policy.

Enrich Your Mind. Enrich Your Life.

Where we invest our time, money, and passion lays the bedrock of our futures. We delve into how financial decisions shape not just the economy — but also the essence of everyday, personal experiences.

Our mission is to cut through the noise and find out what's really happening. To do that, we'd like to see the balance sheet and receipts, please.

Fiscal Report is an independent group of collaborators united by the desire to get to the bottom of stories that shape the world we live in.

We dig deep for primary sources.

We get our information straight from the tap.

And we make it clear exactly where we get the information we base our stories on, so you can see for yourself and come to your own conclusions.

Thank you for supporting independent, conflict of interest free, no narrative-push journalism.

Learn More About Us and Our Editorial Standards

To learn more about us and our reporting standards, visit our editorial guidelines page.

Ownership and funding

Chai Partners LLC operates this publication under the Chai Media Group brand. Our advertising and affiliate disclosure explains our sources of revenue and how commercial relationships are identified.

How we make money

Contributors, past and present

These profiles include current and former contributors identified in Fiscal Report’s public editorial records. Historical bylines credit the original authors and do not imply current employment.

Tanja Fijalkowski

Contributor

Tanja Fijalkowski was Fiscal Report’s staff writer and Managing Editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is no longer with Fiscal Report. She has a writing degree from University of California, San Diego. Over the course of her career, she has written and edited award-winning, Amazon top-selling books with a specialization in the topics of finance, investing, news, history, and science. She has over 4 years experience in the finance and insurance industry as an underwriter.

Olivia Fey

Contributor

Olivia Fey is a recent graduate of UNC Charlotte with a degree in English. When not writing, you can find Olivia drinking a cup of coffee or at the beach.

Ossiana Tepfenhart

Contributor

Ossiana Tepfenhart is a renegade writer whose work has appeared on YourTango, MSN, and Bolde.com. When Ossiana isn't writing, they are hanging out with their feline writing assistants. They adore caffeine and their family.

Professional profile

Samuel Adeyeme

Contributor

Samuel Adeyemi has authored numerous reports and articles on finance and investment, drawing from over seven years of experience in the field. Outside of his professional writing, he enjoys reading nonfiction essays, continually expanding his knowledge base.

Rohan M

Contributor

Rohan M. is a journalist based in New York and London. His work has been published in the BBC, The Nation, Business Fights Poverty, In These Times, among other renowned publications and organizations.

Heidi Hecht

Contributor

Heidi Hecht is a writer specializing in finance, business, and digital assets. Her past experience includes tracking and analyzing news related to Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain.

Professional profile

Justin Stoltzfus

Contributor

Justin Stoltzfus is a freelance journalist and consultant based in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He has written for LNP, Motley Fool, and Bankrate, among other business and tech journals. He specializes in crypto and fintech reporting for enterprise clients.

Andrew Robert Shassetz

Contributor

Andrew Shassetz holds a journalism degree from the University of Alaska and has worked at First National Bank of Alaska on financial reporting. With over ten years of experience, Andrew has also written for and reported on SaaS companies, tech brands, startups, and digital marketing agencies.

Miki Rapoport

Contributor

Miki Rapoport is a contributor to Fiscal Report.

Kate Row

Contributor

Kate is an impassioned writer with a keen interest in how technology is shaping the rapidly-evolving world of business. She stays informed on the companies that are at the cornerstone of AI development and values unbiased reporting on these integrations.

Georgia McKoy

Contributor

Georgia McKoy is a London-based writer with interests in politics, current affairs, and popular culture. She enjoys tennis, live music, and exploring the city’s food scene.

Alex Trent

Contributor

Alex Trent is a freelance writer with a background in journalism. He enjoys creating thought-provoking stories and exploring reading, creative writing, and language learning.