Aaron M. Renn has been widely praised and featured numerous times in the media across America and the world. His innovative ideas on cities have been covered by outlets including the Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post.
Press inquiries are welcomed. Contact Aaron M. Renn at aaron@aaronrenn.com.
RECENT PRESS COVERAGE
“Corporate Headquarters Will Still Gravitate to Big Cities”
The Washington Post (October 21, 2021)
“The Great Resignation Is Accelerating”
The Atlantic (October 15, 2021)
“Racial equity is key in efforts to revive Detroit”
Financial Times (October 4, 2021)
“Can Chicago thrive in a work-from-home world?”
Financial Times (July 14, 2021)
“Philadelphia Reflects Big Cities’ Public-Safety Challenges”
Real Clear Politics (July 1, 2021)
“Empty towers. Quiet streets. Struggling cafes. Will downtown San Francisco ever boom again?”
San Francisco Chronicle (August 2, 2020)
“The urban prairie”
The Economist (July 23, 2020)
“A revival stalled: coronavirus in America’s rust-belt”
Financial Times (June 1, 2020)
“Danger lurks for Donald Trump at Iowa Democratic caucus”
Financial Times (February 5, 2020)
“Is South Bend a Prosperous College Town or a Struggling Rust Belt City?”
The New York Times (January 30, 2020)
“The Rust Belt Didn’t Have to Happen”
The Atlantic (December 30, 2019)
“New Residents Are Spending Big in Columbus”
The Wall Street Journal (November 8, 2019)
“American Poverty Is Moving From the Cities to the Suburbs”
The Economist (September 28, 2019)
“The Heartland Is Moving in Different Directions”
The New York Times (July 31, 2019)
“California’s high-speed rail fail could pay off for other states”
Politico (June 6, 2019)
“Trump’s love for infrastructure doesn’t extend to California’s high-speed rail project”
CNBC (May 22, 2019)
“Amazon Got Exactly What It Deserved—And So Did New York”
The Atlantic (February 14, 2019)
“What’s Really Happening to Retail?”
The Atlantic (December 3, 2018)
“Cities That Lost Amazon’s HQ2 Contest Can Still End Up Ahead”
The Atlantic (November 15, 2018)
“Why Sioux Falls Is Booming”
Bloomberg (October 2, 2018)
“Every American City Wants to Be Brooklyn. Is That So Bad?”
Bloomberg (September 25, 2018)
“Four Books Explore Various Aspects of Cities Past and Present”
The New York Times (April 20, 2018)
“Trump is all bluster on trade, but Democrats haven’t shown voters they can do better”
The Washington Post (March 9, 2018)
“U.S. cities prepare to jockey for ultimate prize in Amazon HQ2 search”
The Globe and Mail (January 19, 2018)
“Architect Patrik Schumacher: ‘I’ve been depicted as a fascist'”
The Guardian (January 17, 2018)
“A Town’s Dilemma – Find a Savior or Just Move On”
The Wall Street Journal (October 9, 2017)
“Want to join New York’s High Line crowd? Don’t listen to Joanna Lumley”
The Guardian (August 15, 2017)
“What on Earth Is Wrong With Connecticut?”
The Atlantic (July 5, 2017)
“The Promise and Pitfalls of Privatizing Public Assets”
The Economist (June 22, 2017)
“When Companies Lead on Infrastructure, Taxpayers Often Bear the Costs”
The New York Times (June 6, 2017)
“Trump’s Vision of ‘Carnage’ Misses Complex Reality of Many Cities”
The New York Times (January 28, 2017)
“New York, the City That Made Trump Rich, Finds Itself at His Mercy”
Bloomberg (January 19, 2017)
“What’s Going Right in Chicago”
Bloomberg (January 11, 2017)
“Beyond Highways: An Infrastructure Agenda for the Future”
Politico (December 21, 2016)
“Red State Homes Are Luring Young Blue Buyers Inland”
Bloomberg News (December 5, 2016)
“Carrier deal done, Trump to dial up more companies on jobs”
Boston Globe (December 1, 2016)
“The Election Highlighted a Growing Urban-Rural Split”
The New York Times (November 12, 2016)
“Democratic Party mayors dominate big-city landscape across US”
CNBC (November 11, 2016)
“Why Republicans Don’t Even Try to Win Cities Anymore”
The New York Times (November 2, 2016)
“No, Most Black People Don’t Live in Poverty–or Inner Cities”
The Atlantic (October 12, 2016)
“Leaving for the city”
The Economist (September 3, 2016)
“America’s middle class meltdown”
Financial Times (May 11, 2016)
“Chicago in crisis”
The Week (May 7, 2016)
“The City as the Power Center”
KCRW/To the Point (May 6, 2016)
“Can Big Data and Sensors Make Cities Smarter and Safer?”
KCRW/To the Point (December 22, 2015)
“Addis Ababa gets sub-Saharan Africa’s first light-rail network”
The Guardian (September 25, 2015)
“How St. Petersburg Is Creating a Permanent Home For Street Art”
The Guardian (September 15, 2015) – bylined article
“The popsicle test: what makes a city good for children?”
The Guardian (August 21, 2015)
“Californian city to get ‘marijuana innovation zone'”
The Guardian (July 27, 2015)
“With Broadcom exit, headquarters flight from Southern California continues”
Los Angeles Times (May 29, 2015)
“Here’s How Much New York and San Francisco’s Tight Housing Markets Are Hurting the Economy”
Bloomberg (May 7, 2015)
“Have We Really Reached Peak Car?”
The Guardian (April 30, 2015) – bylined article
“What’s the Perfect Size For a City?”
The Guardian (April 23, 2015) – bylined article
“More New Jobs Are in City Centers While Employment Growth Shrinks in the Suburbs”
The New York Times (February 24, 2015)
“The Cost of Being Cool”
The New York Times (October 1, 2014)
“Detroit bankruptcy judge says he can’t stop water shutoffs”
The Christian Science Monitor (September 29, 2014)
“Will Portland Always Be a Retirement Community for the Young?”
The New York Times (September 16, 2014)
“Paris, troisième ville économique la plus influente au monde”
Le Figaro (Paris) (August 23, 2014)
“Others see Toronto as a success. Why don’t we?”
The Toronto Star (August 19, 2014)
“Perché Milano o Roma non saranno mai tra le città più influenti al mondo”
Il Sole 24 Ore (Milan) (August 19, 2014)
“London tops Forbes list of the world’s most influential cities in 2014”
The Independent (London) (August 18, 2014)
“Toledo Goes to China: Can Small Cities Go It Alone On the Global Stage?”
The Guardian (May 15, 2014)
“As Washington Looks the Other Way, Are Big Cities on Their Own?”
To the Point, KCRW/Public Radio International (November 18, 2013)
“Richard Florida calls Washington a boomtown of the new economy”
The Washington Post (October 17, 2013)
“The Boom Towns and Ghost Towns of the New Economy”
The Atlantic (September 18, 2013)
“Chicago Revises Parking Meter Deal”
The Wall Street Journal (April 22, 2013)
“New York Scraps Privatizing Parking Meters”
The Wall Street Journal (January 26, 2013)
“Miami Now Home to ‘Creative-Class’ Thinker Richard Florida”
Miami Herald (August 19, 2012)
“The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City”
The New York Times (August 12, 2012)
“New York City Explores Private Deal for Meters”
The Wall Street Journal (May 13, 2012)
“Will the exurbs ever make a comeback?”
The Washington Post (April 14, 2012)
“Are Some Buildings Too Ugly to Survive?”
The New York Times (April 9, 2012)
“California’s Top Earners Dwindling as Brown Counts on Their Higher Taxes”
Bloomberg News (January 10, 2012)
“U.S. Population Migrates From Coasts for ‘Gigantic’ Income Boost”
Bloomberg News via San Francisco Chronicle (December 20, 2011)
“Q&A With Aaron Renn”
Monocle (July/August 2011) – subscription required
“The polarized race map of America”
Daily Mail (UK) (March 31, 2011)
“New Census data shows which areas of America are growing, shrinking”
Yahoo News (March 30, 2011)
“What the Census Tells Us About America’s Future”
Forbes (February 25, 2011)
“Where the Smart People are Going”
The Atlantic (December 21, 2010)
“Bold Public-Private Venture Aims to Make Portland an ‘Icon of Sustainability'”
The New York Times (July 7, 2010)
“Two Takes On Atlanta”
The Atlantic Monthly (May 21, 2010)
“The Campaign to Save the Rust Belt”
The Atlantic (March 19, 2010)
“Plowing Detroit Into Farmland – Idea of the Day Blog”
The New York Times (November 9, 2009)
“Detroit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
TIME (November 7, 2009)
“How the ‘Average Jane’ Changed a Neighborhood”
Christian Science Monitor (May 22, 2009)