Emily Shugerman
eshugs.bsky.social
Emily Shugerman
@eshugs.bsky.social
wealth and power reporter @sfstandard.com // previously @thedailybeast.bsky.social @the-independent.com. email me: eshugerman@sfstandard.com
My favorite part of this story: OpenAI suggested that one of the groups opposing it was being funded by Elon Musk because the group's president lived in a house owned by Tesla Place, LLC.

So we called the owners.
September 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
a former employee said working at CZI turned her off of billionaire philanthropy altogether
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
CZI recently hired its first-ever president. Tellingly, she previously served for 16 years at Meta.
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
CZI says its recent changes are not politically motivated, but staffers say leaders are clear they're trying to avoid being a target of the Trump administration
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
employees also described an obsessive focus on appearing bipartisan, even on issues like criminal justice reform
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
next up, employees describe a comms department that controlled what words they could use to describe their work — "social and emotional learning" was vetoed — and even what grants could go out
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
a thread of the biggest revelations from our new piece on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, starting with Priscilla Chan tearing up talking about watching "the peaceful transfer of power" at Trump's inauguration
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
particularly proud of my photography work on this one
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM