Juliana Kaplan is a senior labor and inequality reporter on the economy team, where she covers the labor force, inequality, the minimum wage, and the people behind the numbers. She was previously the Associate Editor for Contributors on the Strategy team, where she coordinated freelancers, contributed pieces, and books coverage. She started at Business Insider as the Editorial Fellow for Contributors. Before working at Business Insider, she worked as an editorial intern at Cosmopolitan Magazine, Boston Magazine, O, the Oprah Magazine, and several others.
She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in English, concentrating in Creative Writing.
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