Lauren Weber

Director of Public Research, Burning Glass Institute

Lauren Weber is the director of public research at the Burning Glass Institute, overseeing BGI's thought leadership portfolio.

Prior to joining in 2026, she was a reporter for 15 years at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote about employment, careers, workforce development and the labor market. Lauren has also been a staff reporter at Reuters and Newsday, and she is the author of the 2009 book "In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue," a cultural history of frugality and cheapness in the United States.