CAROLINE FAIRCHILD
About
Caroline Fairchild is an award-winning journalist and now Editor In Chief at Lean In. As Lean In's inaugural Editor in Chief, she leads strategy for original research and programmatic content always with a focus on advancing women and creating a more equitable world.
Prior to Lean In, Caroline was Editor at Large at LinkedIn, where she reported on the prominent voices, trends and issues facing the future of work and diversity in the workplace. She was also the host of LinkedIn News Live, the first daily live show on the state of business she developed for the LinkedIn News team. A member of the board of visitors for Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, she is a sought-after workplace and diversity expert in media such at CBS This Morning, CNBC, CNN and Yahoo! Finance. She also frequently presents on building equitable workplaces to teams within Fortune 500 companies. Learn more at carolinefairchild.com or by following her on LinkedIn and Twitter.
On Women
Reporting on the issues that are most important to professional women
Online Coverage
How Macy's quietly created one of America's most diverse boards
This former Google exec is out to prove the on-demand model can scale. Can she do it?
Women CEOs in the Fortune 1000: By the numbers
Ivanka Trump's workplace revolution
This is why female founders are getting nowhere with funding
Why the U.S. is losing the global fight for gender equality
Newsletters
The Broadsheet is the daily newsletter I launched for Fortune's Most Powerful Women franchise. The Broadsheet is still published daily by a new writer with the original concept I created in 2014.
Press for The Broadsheet
Broaden your horizons [Fortune, August 2014]
For Fortune, a new effort to reach women of the power elite [Politico, July 2014]
Print Coverage
Fortune's Most Powerful Women List 2014 [Fortune, October 2014]
Cisco’s plan to solve tech’s diversity problem: Start from the top [Fortune, March 2015]
American Express: Charging ahead on diversity [Fortune, February 2015]
Video Interviews
Olympic athlete Abby Wambach and I sat down to discuss her campaign for equal pay in professional sports.
Wall Street banker turned entrepreneur Sallie Krawcheck and I met to dive into the deficiencies of current investing models.
Stella & Dot founder Jessica Herrin and I explored the sexist questions women in business are often asked.
On Tech
Reporting on the trends that will impact the future of business beyond just Silicon Valley
Print & Online Coverage
Does Levi Strauss still fit America? [Fortune, October 2014]
Why these startups aren't betting on the Uberization of work
One founder’s desperate battle to keep workers employed
Meet the entrepreneur building the bank of the future
Netflix is on a path to dominate the world, but will its culture survive?
How Zenefits’ founder turned the ADP crisis into a rallying cry
See all my LinkedIn coverage here.
Newsletters
At LinkedIn, I write a weekly newsletter for investors and entrepreneurs highlighting the best articles of the week on LinkedIn as well as my original reporting. The newsletter is a part of a broader effort I am working on to develop content newsletters at LinkedIn that target key audiences across industries.
Video Interviews + Live Events
At Shoptalk 2016, Postmates Founder Bastian Lehmann and I talked about the future of the on-demand economy.
Warby Parker and Harry's Co-Founder Jeff Raider and I discussed how to scale a startup and the market for venture capital funding.
At Milken Global 2016, I moderated a panel on the future of STEM education.
My Experience
Managing News Editor (March 2015 - Present)
Fortune Magazine
Reporter (2013 - 2015)
Writer and founder of The Broadsheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the world’s most powerful women
Responsible for daily news coverage for Fortune’s Most Powerful Women franchise
Report and write feature-length stories for Fortune Magazine
Contribute research and reporting for Fortune franchises like Most Powerful Women and the Fortune 500
The Huffington Post
Associate Editor (2012 - 2013)
Pitched and reported business news stories
Ran the website, from determining and assigning coverage, writing headlines, maintaining SEO, managing content partnerships and monitoring traffic to reach 60 million unique visitors per month
Served as the social media editor for the business team by overseeing strategy for the HuffPost Business Twitter and Facebook accounts
Bloomberg News
Economics Reporter (Summer 2012)
Reported and wrote stories daily on the U.S. and global economy
Wrote stories featured in Bloomberg Businessweek and on Bloomberg Television and Radio
Duke University
Cum laude, A.B. w/ Highest Distinction (May 13, 2012)
Henry Luce - Time Inc. Founder
“I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world."
About
Caroline Fairchild is an award-winning journalist and now Editor at Large at LinkedIn News. She reports on the prominent voices, trends and issues facing the future of work and diversity in the workplace. She is the host of LinkedIn News Live, the first daily live show on the state of business she developed for the LinkedIn News team. She is also the writer of Working Together, one of the ten most popular newsletters on LinkedIn on how the workplace is changing in a digital and diverse age. A member of the board of visitors for Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, she is a sought-after workplace and diversity expert in media such at CBS This Morning, CNBC, CNN and Yahoo! Finance. She also frequently presents on building equitable workplaces to teams within Fortune 500 companies. Learn more at carolinefairchild.com or by following her on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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