Developed for the Knight Foundation, I co-authored this report exploring the kinds of workers engaged in the platform economy across the country. After developing an interview guide, I conducted more than a dozen ethnographic interviews across San Francisco, Chicago, New York, small town America, and remotely, in order to understand how they interact with this new labor market, their approach toward career development, their fears and concerns, and how they craft their identities. The insights from this research have led into policy discussions with the Department of Labor and beyond.
You can read the whole report HERE.