Paul Fain

Paul Fain is a journalist focused on connections between education and work. He writes The Job, a newsletter that explores those issues, and helps edit a related weekly publication, Work Shift, which he co-founded. Fain also hosts The Cusp, a podcast on AI’s impacts on jobs and education. From 2011 to 2020, Fain was a reporter and editor at Inside Higher Ed. He oversaw the news outlet’s coverage of low-income students, college completion, community colleges, and federal policy. Prior to IHE, Fain was a senior reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he covered money and management.