Ananya Chag

Multimedia Journalist

I’m a journalism, legal studies, and computer science student at Northwestern University with a focus on business and financial reporting.

I’ve written for Bloomberg, Morningstar, The Washington Post, Medill on the Hill, and The Post and Courier, and I anchor and produce for Northwestern News Network. I’d love to connect! Please feel free to take a look at my work.

Featured Work

Bloomberg.com •

Goolsbee Says Fed Won’t Overreact to One Month’s Data

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee emphasized the central bank will not overreact to any one report, adding policymakers will get a lot of data prior to the Fed’s next meeting. Goolsbee, who spoke on the heels of the release of a weaker-than-expected employment report, said it’s the Fed’s job to figure out the “through line” of the data and move in a “steady” way. Still, he noted if rates stay restrictive too long, policymakers have to think about the employment side of th...
The Washington Post •

Alsobrooks wins Maryland’s Senate seat, besting Hogan

“I can tell you we left it all on the field and I’m so damn proud," Hogan said, his voice hoarse with emotion in a speech that also criticized modern hyper-partisanship. “If the pundits and the politicians were more like the good and decent people that I meet every day on the campaign trail, our country would be so much better."Alsobrooks grew up in Prince George’s County, the daughter of car salesman and a receptionist. She graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in public polic...
Post and Courier •

13-year-old survivor in Green Pond mass killing identified attacker, leading to arrest

GREEN POND — A 13-year-old child is the only survivor of a mass weekend killing in which six lives were lost and a family member was taken into custody, charged with several of the slayings.The girl played dead in an effort to survive the attack, a family member told The Post and Courier hours before Ryan Lenard Manigo, 33, and now accused of murder, was denied bond in the killings that unfolded in this tiny town 55 miles west of Charleston.Manigo is father to one of the victims, family member M...
Medill on the Hill •

Supreme Court grapples with Nvidia’s bid to avoid securities fraud case - Medill on the Hill

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court raised concerns Wednesday about the technical complexities required to issue a ruling on a securities lawsuit against Nvidia Corp. and CEO Jensen Huang for allegedly misleading investors on its cryptocurrency sales ahead of a crash.
Nvidia (NVDA) took a dive Wednesday morning and remained down 1.36% at U.S. market close on the Nasdaq. 
The nine justices were faced with deciding whether a 2018 class-action, led by Stockholm-based investment firm E. Ohman J:or Fonder...
Bloomberg.com •

Centerview Adviser Richard Haass Names Top Geopolitical Risk

Hi, it’s Ananya Chag in New York, getting a geopolitical outlook from Centerview Partners adviser Dr. Richard Haass. Also today, Arkhouse’s bid for Macy's is no more while Concentra and OneStream launch IPOs. Today's top storiesEven before Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, Dr. Richard Haass, a veteran diplomat and senior counselor at M&A advisory specialist Centerview Partners, had no doubt about the biggest short-term geopolitical...
Post and Courier •

As extreme heat rises, Charleston area 'far behind' peers in planning for the worst

A record-breaking heat wave has scorched much of the Southwest and parts of the Southeast this summer. South Carolina hasn't yet felt sustained temperatures over 100 degrees, which has given the region time to plan for the worst. But what is the plan? Compared to other Southern cities, the Charleston region has little to no strategic approach to address extreme heat. The area's two largest cities, Charleston and North Charleston, do not have official heat resilience plans. Unlike Miami and Phoen...