About me
David Uberti is a reporter in New York covering the intersection of financial markets and the economy for The Wall Street Journal. He aims to chronicle the people, places and businesses smack in the middle of seismic changes transforming America. He has crisscrossed the country in his reporting, exploring the small town at the heart of the data-center boom, meeting the rural accountant preparing for the twilight of the U.S. oil juggernaut and revealing how a tiny investment bank became the go-to dealmaker for President Trump’s sons.
Dave previously reported on oil, unpacking the various ways the shale revolution reshaped global markets in America’s image. His 2024 reporting on data centers’ voracious power demand was part of a package of Journal stories that earned a New York Press Club award for national climate and environmental reporting. A 2022 recipient of an Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, he reported from Germany and elsewhere in Europe on the economic conflict running in parallel with Russia's war on Ukraine.
Dave joined the Journal in 2020 to cover cybersecurity, reporting on major cyberattacks, digital money laundering and U.S. efforts to combat ransomware. Earlier in his career, he wrote about political media and the news business for Vice News, Gizmodo Media and the Columbia Journalism Review. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia University.
