Writing & Media Commentary

Journalism, news media, and storytelling platforms are critical in shaping public understanding of the world. With the vantage points of both a writer and a source, Shalin supports nuanced, precise, and fresh reporting across digital and print, radio, TV, podcast, and social media mediums.

He often serves as a resource for reporters, journalists, and other freelancers covering education, business, economy, labor, politics, and technology-oriented beats.

Shalin also serves as Forbes columnist and contributes freelance stories, news analyses, and opinion pieces for various media outlets. He has ample experience contributing data and analysis, thoughtful commentary, and brainstorming ideas for nuanced, interesting stories with fresh and timely takes.

He also supports the professional development of journalists by collaborating with professional organizations and fellowship programs focused on education, labor, the economy, and technology beats.

Get in touch if you would like Shalin to write for your outlet, speak on your show, contribute to your story, or ideate around your beat or story interests. Please also get in touch with feedback reactions to story ideas by email or on LinkedIn, BlueSky, or Twitter/X.

Writing Clips & Highlights:

• Forbes, Labor Unions Become More Influential As Technology Impacts Jobs

• Forbes, Amazon Wants To Help Community Colleges, HBCUs Teach AI

• Forbes, Biden Administration Launches New Workforce Program For Emerging Technology Jobs

• World Economic Forum, Why workplace technologies must be beneficial to both employers and employees

• IndustryWeek, Small Manufacturers Think Big about Partnerships During COVID-19

• Chronicle of Higher Education, Community Colleges are Critical to the Innovation Economy

• RealClearEducation, Congress' Funding Cuts Will Hurt Community College Students and Stifle Innovation

• Financial Times, Young people must be given a voice in crafting their digital health futures

• Aspen Institute, Straight Talk: Community College Student Perspectives on the Future of Work

• Issues in Science & Technology, Everything You’ve Ever Learned (Cover Story)

New America Clips & Writing Highlights:

• New America, Labor Unions at the Center of DOE’s $7 Billion Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program

• New America, Energy Department Funds First IACs at Community Colleges, Trade Unions

• New America, Community College Partnerships with Unions Can Help Serve Adult Learners

• New America, This Employer-Aligned & Stackable College Bootcamp Delivers

• New America, Universities Say They Promote Economic Development, But How?

• New America, 10 CHIPS Technology Areas Shaping the Future of Work

• New America, Community College Funding & Resources from the White House Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Sprint

• New America, Tips for Rural Community Colleges Fundraising and Grant Development

• New America, The federal government hopes to align technology and talent development at community colleges

Media Commentary Clips & Highlights:

• U.S. News & World Report, How to Choose a Microcredential

• Chronicle of Higher Education, Your Ideas for Education Philanthropists' Next Bets

• Marketplace, Liberal arts colleges look to career and tech education to bolster enrollment

• Politico, How community colleges fit in to the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act

• Chalkbeat, Make more money, faster: Indiana banks on the appeal of a one-year college certificate

• Washington Post, Career-training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight

• InsideHigherEd, Assessing Nondegree Credential Quality

• EdSurge, Universities Turn To More Public-Private Partnerships To Meet Student Needs

• Morning Consult, Americans -- Especially Democrats, High Earners and the Highly Educated -- Are Warming Up to Automation

• WorkShift, House Moves Forward on Overdue Update to the Federal Workforce System

Reports & Research Brief Contribution Highlights:

• New America, How to Plan High-Quality, Non-Degree Workforce Programs at Community Colleges

• General Assembly, Insights for Tech Leaders Navigating an AI-Driven Economy

• Chronicle of Higher Education, The Research Driven University

• Strada Education Foundation, Employer and Community College Partnerships: Models and Practices for Supporting Students and Strengthening the Workforce

• U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Defense Department Engagement with Its Manufacturing Innovation Institutes