OwlyTimes
James Chen

James Chen

James Chen — Editor-in-Chief at OwlyTimes, which he founded in 2025 with a small team of editors. Reports on markets with a CPA's suspicion and a reporter's notebook. Came to the project after seven years on a regional business desk in Chicago, where he learned to read footnotes before press releases. Numbers tell stories; he edits the stories so they tell the truth.

1488 articles published

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Somebody Feed Phil" Impact: Greenville's Delta Soul RevivalBusiness

Somebody Feed Phil" Impact: Greenville's Delta Soul Revival

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Chinatown Grants Double: A Clark County Shift & Its Stakes

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Citrus Heights Rules: A Signal of Shifting Massage Industry Stakes

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