Jim Snyder

I am a journalist based in Washington, D.C.

Radio Free Asia • 28th October 2022

After setbacks on the ground, Myanmar junta holds power by ruling the skies

The bombing of a concert in Kachin state last weekend that killed more than 60 people showed the brutal advantage the Myanmar military retains in its struggling campaign for control of the country: its air power.

Iowa Magazine • 17th December 2021

Iowa's Murray Twins Have Basketball in Their DNA

With legacy Hawkeyes Keegan and Kris Murray, the McCaffery brothers, and another Kingsbury on the roster, this year's Iowa men's basketball team feels like family.

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Bloomberg • 1st April 2013

Exelon Falls From Green Favor as Chief Fights Wind Subsidy

Exelon’s political and environmental allegiances have shifted under Chief Executive Officer Christopher Crane as he confronts cheap natural gas and government-subsidized wind power.

Iowa Magazine • 13th March 2020

Peace, War, and Basketball: The Story of the 1969-70 Hawkeyes

Dick Jensen, the starting center on arguably the greatest team in Iowa men's basketball history, protected the ball like a newborn, chucking it away only after the buzzer sounded to catch a cheerleader who leapt into his arms.

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Bloomberg • 14th September 2012

Obama Gets Fossil-Fuels Boost After Green-Jobs Revolution Fades

Four years after Barack Obama pledged to promote a green revolution, it's the fossil fuel industry that is leading the U.S. economy's revival.

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Bloomberg • 18th April 2013

Keystone Pipeline Fought by Nebraskans Vowing to Block Re-Route

Bob Allpress describes himself as a “redneck Republican.” The Keystone XL pipeline, he says, has also turned him into an environmental activist.

Iowa Magazine • 2nd September 2022

Former Hawkeye Football Player Bill Perkins is All In on Life

Each higher bid for the Ernie Barnes painting The Sugar Shack gave University of Iowa grad Bill Perkins another opportunity to put his free spending philosophy into practice.

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Bloomberg • 24th June 2015

Uber Case Spotlights a Challenge: When Is a Worker an Employee?

Regulators are trying to determine when a worker is an employee in an economy that increasingly relies on contractors and temporary hires.

Bloomberg • 28th September 2012

Obama Cabinet Flunks Disclosure Test With 19 in 20 Ignoring Law

As Obama nears the end of his term, his administration hasn’t met the lofty goals for government transparency he set in the first days of his presidency.

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Bloomberg • 28th November 2011

Republicans Critical of Solyndra Sought U.S. Coal-Projects Aid

Republicans who criticized the Obama administration for providing U.S. backing to the failed Solyndra sought such federal loan guarantees for cleaner-coal projects they favored.

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Bloomberg • 10th November 2011

Investor Wrong on Solyndra’s Future Was Right About the Uproar

The billionaire campaign fundraiser for President Barack Obama, whose family foundation invested in the solar-panel maker that received $535 million in U.S. loan guarantees, weighed the prospect for a political uproar well before the company collapsed,

UNL • 13th April 2019

Plugged In: Lobbyist Stephen Brown has amassed a huge library of unauthorized live recordings

Brown’s hobby once put him crosswise with the rock band Dire Straits, but such are the hazards of being a bootlegger.