Nikki Waller
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Nikki Waller
@wallernikki
Coverage Chief, Life & Work, @WSJ. Priors: WSJ Live Journalism, @WSJCareers, @WSJNY, @miamiherald, founded @miamicom. Cavs & Cubs forever.












Really sad story: 'One 82-year-old woman, who wore pajamas with holes in them because she didn’t want to spend money on new ones, didn’t realize she had given Republicans more than $350,000 while living in a 1,000 square-foot Baltimore condo since 2020.' cnn.com/interactive/20…

I profiled Tim Cook. I also informed the CEO of Apple that people name their group chats.

.@uclaanderson Presents The 2024 Loeb Award For The Beat Reporting Category To: TWO WINNERS! “THE MUSK INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX” FROM: @Reuters & “THE DARK SIDE OF META’S ALGORITHMS” FROM: @WSJ #LoebAwards


Goodbye NYC: I’ve taken a voluntary layoff from @WNYC/@Gothamist, with severance (❤️ you @NYPR_Union). It’s been a privilege to talk on the radio for 11 years: I filed ~2,000 stories, guest-hosted 5 shows, exposed abuse in ICE & at Rikers, helped win a Peabody for #Bridgegate 1/3


Why we need professional journalists: @JDVance rep tells @wsj about Anna Kilgore, a Springfield OH woman whose cat went missing in August, so @Kris_Maher drives to her house. She found the cat in her basement and apologized to her Haitian neighbors.





