Victoria Turner
Turner covered future of work topics for The Well News in 2021. Prior to joining the TWN team, she worked as an antitrust reporter covering policy developments and market-moving news for Acuris, where she led the Telecommunications, Media and Technology beat.
Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, she utilized her bilingual fluency to expand the Latin America coverage by reporting on cross-border reviews of multimillion-dollar deals and covering conferences in South America.
Turner brings a wide array of work experience from the private to public sectors, peppering her journalistic skills with a strong grasp of industries. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Baylor University in Texas, she moved to London, United Kingdom, where she received a postgraduate certificate in International Business Practices at St. Mary’s University College while working full-time for UBS AG’s Business University.
Upon moving back to the United States, she began working for PricewaterhouseCoopers and then moved on to the public sector to handle communications and project management for nonprofits before jumping back into her field of choice.
Recent Work
WASHINGTON - In 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to a U.S. House committee when presented with active drug trafficking... Read More
WASHINGTON - In 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to a U.S. House committee when presented with active drug trafficking posts on his site, admitting social media platforms need better “policing” of such content. Three years later, despite Facebook having “cleaned up its act,” the problem... Read More
WASHINGTON - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, R-Wash., said at a congressional hearing today that as a parent of three school-aged... Read More
WASHINGTON - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, R-Wash., said at a congressional hearing today that as a parent of three school-aged children, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are her “biggest fear.” After spikes in teenage suicides in her community, everyone she reached out to “[raised] the alarm about... Read More
WASHINGTON - Emma Howard Boyd, chairwoman of the United Kingdom’s Environmental Agency, would like you to invest your pension in... Read More
WASHINGTON - Emma Howard Boyd, chairwoman of the United Kingdom’s Environmental Agency, would like you to invest your pension in environmentally-friendly financial funds, she urged today during a Peterson Institute for International Economics event entitled, “Economic Impact of Climate Change.” Not only do these types of... Read More
Lisa Harris has not physically seen her family since the beginning of the pandemic just to keep them safe from... Read More
Lisa Harris has not physically seen her family since the beginning of the pandemic just to keep them safe from her. She is one of the 50 million essential workers fearing the virus every day, yet still going into work as a grocery cashier, wondering if... Read More
The Biden administration has talked a big game on beefing up enforcement in market competition and it will undoubtedly bring... Read More
The Biden administration has talked a big game on beefing up enforcement in market competition and it will undoubtedly bring more competition cases to court, said Bill Kovacic, a former regulator at the Federal Trade Commission. The new leadership, however, may be surprised at how difficult... Read More
If the U.S. government does not provide more funding for federal antitrust agencies to contend with Big Tech giants like... Read More
If the U.S. government does not provide more funding for federal antitrust agencies to contend with Big Tech giants like Facebook and Google, it risks the future U.S. economy and the “way of life it supports,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., today. The agencies challenging these... Read More
Paulina Gonzalez-Brito’s grandfather bought a house in a southeast neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1930s that was designated a... Read More
Paulina Gonzalez-Brito’s grandfather bought a house in a southeast neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1930s that was designated a “yellow area” under the U.S. Housing and Urban Development redlining map of the time, which singled out neighborhoods based on income and race. Redlining allowed banks... Read More
WASHINGTON - A conflict of interest built into online broker Robinhood’s revenue came under scrutiny during Tuesday’s U.S. Senate hearing... Read More
WASHINGTON - A conflict of interest built into online broker Robinhood’s revenue came under scrutiny during Tuesday’s U.S. Senate hearing on retail investing. Three witnesses at the hearing called for a ban on brokerage firms being compensated for routing their clients’ trades to third parties for... Read More
If the United States wants to remain competitive in the global marketplace for the rest of this century and beyond,... Read More
If the United States wants to remain competitive in the global marketplace for the rest of this century and beyond, it needs to foster education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, said a group of experts on Thursday. A robust “STEM workforce is... Read More
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