Paul Fain

Paul Fain writes The Job, a newsletter about connections between education and work, and is co-founder of Work Shift, which features in-depth reporting on workforce issues. For the last decade, Fain was a reporter and editor at Inside Higher Ed where he oversaw the news outlet's coverage of nontraditional students, policy, and more. Fain also was the founding host of the successful podcast, The Key with Inside Higher Ed, and managed IHE's coverage of the pandemic in 2020. Before IHE, Fain was a senior reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he covered leadership and finance for more than six years. A graduate of the University of Delaware, he is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and currently lives in Takoma Park, Md.