Nathan Bomey is a Washington, D.C.-based national business reporter for Axios, a nonfiction book author and a documentary scriptwriter. You can reach him at journalistbomey@gmail.com or nathan.bomey@axios.com. You can also follow him on Twitter.
Journalist
Axios: In December 2021, Nathan joined Axios, where he serves as author of Axios Closer, a daily newsletter on the biggest business news and trends of the day. Distributed after the American stock markets close to trading Monday through Friday, Closer reaches a vast audience of influential professionals. Nathan’s wide coverage area includes Tesla, the UAW, the business of autos and the business of health.
USA Today: Before joining Axios, Nathan spent more than six years as a business reporter for USA Today, covering major business news, the automotive industry, labor issues, bankruptcy and misinformation
Detroit Free Press: From 2012 through 2015, Nathan covered Detroit’s bankruptcy and General Motors as a business reporter for the Detroit Free Press.
Other Michigan newspapers: He also spent several years as a business reporter for publications in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Broadcast appearances: Nathan has made many appearances on national TV and radio networks, including CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox Business, MSNBC, Cheddar and NPR.
Awards: Nathan has won several national journalism awards, including a 2018 National Headliner Award for business coverage and multiple honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). He is also a recipient of Governing magazine’s Hovey-Harkness Award, honoring the best public service journalism on government issues. He has been a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award and has received numerous other journalism honors. In 2015, he was named Young Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit.
Author
Detroit Resurrected: To Bankruptcy and Back: W.W. Norton & Co. published Nathan’s debut book in 2016. Detroit Resurrected tells the dynamic inside story of the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy in U.S. history. It is available in hardcover, paperback, e-book and audiobook. The New York Times hailed Detroit Resurrected as a “valuable work of urban policy,” while Publisher’s Weekly called it a “stirring saga.”
After the Fact: The Erosion of Truth and the Inevitable Rise of Donald Trump: Prometheus Books published Nathan’s second book in 2018. It is available in hardcover, e-book and audiobook. After the Fact examines how society’s increasingly tenuous commitment to the facts set the stage for Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House. Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts called After the Fact “troubling and essential,” while the San Francisco Book Review called it “a fantastic analysis of the world we live in today.”
Bridge Builders: Bringing People Together in a Polarized Age: Polity Press published Nathan’s third book in hardcover and e-book in 2021. In Bridge Builders, Nathan paints a forensic portrait of Americans who are spanning gaping divides between people of difference. Bridge Builders — which Real Change News called “refreshing and sorely needed” — was the best-selling new release on Amazon in the Civil Rights and Anthropology sections.
Screenwriter
Gradually, Then Suddenly: Nathan served as principal scriptwriter and producer on a full-length documentary film on the Detroit bankruptcy made by Philadelphia-based History Making Productions. Gradually, Then Suddenly, released on streaming services in 2024, won the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, a $200,000 award given to American history documentaries that are near completion. Featured at film festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit and Cleveland. Watch the film on Amazon, YouTube, Tubi, Google Play, Roku and other streaming services.
Education
A 2006 graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Nathan received EMU’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2015. He also completed a fellowship program in China through the East-West Center in 2012 and earned a certificate from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business’ Seminars for Business Journalists in 2014. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nathan moved to Michigan in third grade and grew up in the Ann Arbor area. His journalism career started when he was a junior in high school, working as a staff writer for community newspapers in his hometown through his college graduation.
Select TV / radio appearances
MSNBC’s “Way Too Early with Ali Vitali” (on TikTok and FTC ruling) — Sept. 23, 2025
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” (on automotive tariffs) — Aug. 5, 2025
NewsNation’s “NewsNation Now” with Nichole Berlie (on “Trump accounts”) — June 10, 2025
ABC News Live (on AI’s impact on jobs) — June 6, 2025
CBS News 24/7 (on buy-now-pay-later) — April 30, 2025
MSNBC’s “Way Too Early with Ali Vitali” (on tariffs) — April 8, 2025
MSNBC’s “Way Too Early with Ali Vitali” (on TikTok and auto tariffs) — April 1, 2025
MSNBC’s “Way Too Early with Ali Vitali” (on Elon Musk and DOGE) — Jan. 25, 2025
CNN’s “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta” (on McDonald’s reducing DEI initiatives) — Jan. 7, 2025
Cheddar (on Tesla’s stock spike and Elon Musk’s ties to Trump) — Jan. 6, 2025
MSNBC’s “Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire” (on the UAW strike) — Sept. 26, 2023
C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” (on the UAW strike) — Sept. 19, 2023
CNN’s “CNN Newsroom” (on the UAW strike) — Sept. 16, 2023
CBS News (on the UAW strike) — Sept. 15, 2023
Yahoo Finance Live (on the UAW, EVs and Joe Biden) — July 10, 2023
Yahoo Finance Live (on disruption in the weight-loss industry) — July 10, 2023
CBS News “Money Watch” (on what’s driving the market) — April 11, 2023
C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” (on California banning gas vehicles) — Aug. 27, 2022
CNN’s “CNN Newsroom” with Jim Sciutto (on QAnon) — Sept. 18, 2020
C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” (co-interviewing Richard Trumka on COVID-19) — March 19, 2020
NPR’s “Here & Now” (on why vehicles are getting bigger) — Dec. 30, 2019
Cheddar (on Juul vaping controversy) — Oct. 16, 2019
“PBS NewsHour” (on GM-UAW strike) — Sept. 16, 2019
MSNBC’s “Live with Stephanie Ruhle” (on GM-UAW strike) — Sept. 16, 2019
NBC’s “Today Show” (on Oprah’s WW investment) — Feb. 28, 2019
ABC’s “Good Morning America” (on resurrected cars) — Jan. 15, 2019
NPR’s “Here & Now” (on sedan sales suffering) — Nov. 28, 2018
“CNN Newsroom” with Brianna Keiler and Poppy Harlow (on Trump tariffs) — June 1, 2018 (video unavailable; transcript)
MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt” (on After the Fact) — April 2, 2018
Fox Business (on Tesla) — Aug. 13, 2018
C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” (on President-elect Trump’s criticism of businesses) — Jan. 7, 2017
MSNBC’s “The Reid Report” (on Detroit bankruptcy) — April 11, 2014 (video unavailable)
MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt” (on Detroit bankruptcy) — Dec. 8, 2013
Select public appearances
Interviewing U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) on stage at Axios’ “The Prospects for Permitting Reform” event — Dec. 9, 2025
Interviewing Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on stage at Axios’ “Building the Future: AI, Trade, and the New Rules of Power” event (segment starts at 1:06:00 mark) — May 21, 2025
Interviewing U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Arkansas) and Washington Metro CEO Randy Clarke on stage at an Axios event on sustainable transportation — Dec. 10, 2024 (video unavailable)
Interviewing U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on stage for Axios’ “The Future of E-Mobility” event (segment starts at 27:05 mark) — July 23, 2024
Interviewing U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) on stage for Axios at an event on the semiconductor chips crisis — Nov. 8, 2023 (video unavailable)
Interviewing U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) on stage for Axios on autonomous vehicle policy (segment starts at 1:00 mark) — June 7, 2023
Interviewing U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) on stage for Axios on small business financing (segment starts at 28:45 mark) — May 17, 2023
Saline High School commencement speech (“Be a Bridge Builder”) — June 2, 2019
Book talks and signings: Urban Land Institute; American Society of Appraisers; S&P Global Ratings; Municipal Analysts Group of New York; Philadelphia Area Municipal Analysts Society; Politics & Prose bookstore; Literati Bookstore; Pages Bookshop; Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest; University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy; Humanity in Action; Trinity Health System; Vanguard Group municipal analysts; University of Minnesota / Society of Professional Journalists Minnesota; PRSA Detroit; Detroit Public Library; Detroit Institute of Arts; University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business; University of Maryland Baltimore County, Eastern Michigan University.
Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Symposium keynote address — March 31, 2017
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