About

From BOS to NYC to DC to SYR

I am a Boston-born reporter at Forbes covering the world’s richest people.

My dream is simply to share a true and proud story. It is my goal to be a part of accurate and impactful journalism to represent unsung communities in an age where it matters more than ever before.

Since Sept. 2024, I’ve been the finance editor at LinkedIn News, where I manage breaking news coverage of banking, private equity, wealth management, accounting, fintech, payments, etc. I’m also the author of The Finance Files, LinkedIn’s newsletter informing finance professionals about the latest trends taking place in their workplaces.

For three years, I have served on the wealth team at Forbes, where I wrote magazine features about the world’s richest people and calculated the net worths of billionaires with a focus on the commercial real estate industry.

While studying at Syracuse University, I worked at CNN Politics in Washington, D.C., where I conducted research for the KFILE investigative team and created data visuals for online articles. I was the digital managing editor and then the news editor at The Daily Orange. I supervised a staff of seven editors and about 30 reporters who covered news about Syracuse University and the city of Syracuse.

Outside of being a reporter, I frequently volunteer at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on 65th Street and United Way of Tri-County in Massachusetts. I enjoy classical music, running, mixed martial arts, and learning about whiskey. I have a ten-year-old pet basset hound named Rosco!

Resume

Richard J Chang

 

Contact

+1 (774)-249-5512

richardjchang18@gmail.com

Skills

Content Creation

Associated Press Style Writing and Editing • Commercial real estate valuations • Private company valuations • Net worth valuations • Adobe Premiere Pro, InDesign, Audition and Photoshop • Audacity

Content Management

• WordPress, CMS • Search engine optimization • Fact checking • Copy editing • Content editing • HTML and CSS • Newsletters • Microsoft Excel • Python for data visuals • Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit • A-B analytics testing

Experience

Finance Editor: LinkedIn News – New York, NY

Sept. 2024 —Present

  • Write enterprise and data articles for The Finance Files weekly newsletter (900,000 subscribers)

  • Lead breaking news team coverage of finance and fintech

  • Edit Tech Stack newsletter

  • Conduct Q&A interviews with leaders in finance

  • Manage Top Voices platform for finance executives

  • Trained AI agent to determine social media newsworthiness

Reporter: Forbes – New York, NY

May 2021 — Sept. 2024

  • Wrote magazine features, including profiles and explainers with commercial real estate beat

  • Calculated billionaires’ net worths, investigating finances by digging for public and private documents

  • Valued private companies, real estate portfolios, hedge funds, art collections, philanthropic giving

  • Extensive use of data from Bloomberg terminal, SEC, FEC, IRS, Pacer, and international business registries

  • List projects: Forbes 400, World Billionaires List, Richest Families, Self-Made Women, Global 2000

News Intern: CNN Politics – Washington, D.C.

Jan. 2021 — April 2021

  • Conducted investigations for KFILE team

  • Contributed data graphics and explainer content stories for CNN Politics and What Matters newsletter

News Editor: The Daily Orange – Syracuse, NY

Aug. 2018 — Dec. 2021

  • Led team of seven editors and 30 reporters to cover breaking and long form news stories with print paper

  • Managed all aspects of The D.O. website, data visuals, social media, podcasts, newsletters

  • Lead editor for longform investigations into abuse in Syracuse athletics; nonprofits; human trafficking

Correspondent: The MetroWest Daily News – Framingham, MA

May 2019 — Aug. 2019

  • Wrote feature stories about business, arts & entertainment, law enforcement

Education

Syracuse University

  • B.S. Dual Major, graduated December 2021

  • Major: Newspaper & Online Journalism, Newhouse School of Public Communications

  • Major: Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Awards and recognition

Judge for the 2025 Mirror Awards, John M. Higgins Award for Best Enterprise Reporting

Webby Awards 2022 honoree for Forbes’ Top Colleges rankings

Winner of 2021 Samuel V Kennedy III Award for Newspaper Editing