Hamza Shaban

Washington, D.C.

Visual enterprise reporter covering business

Education: University of Virginia, BA in political science; Columbia University, MA in business journalism

Hamza Shaban is a visual enterprise reporter for the Business Desk. He joined The Washington Post in 2017 as a technology reporter. Previously, he covered tech policy for BuzzFeed News.
Latest from Hamza Shaban

These are some of the notable companies laying off workers

The tech, mortgage and auto industries are among the hardest hit with layoffs going into 2023. Among the giant companies are Amazon, Meta and Twitter.

April 21, 2023

How offices looked in each decade of the last hundred years

A visual timeline of the past and future of the office spanning architecture, furniture, floor plans, computers, the dreaded cubicle and flexible work.

April 13, 2023

    An illustrated guide to how fees are making everything pricier

    Follow along with a group of friends on a theoretical weekend getaway as they navigate a bevy of real-world fees

    March 24, 2023

      Deeply, truly, very sorry: How tech CEOs talk when they lay off workers

      The Post looked at 48 layoff memos from tech companies ranging from Microsoft to start-ups to see how leaders spin their stories and justify their decisions.

      March 21, 2023

      How TikTok went from teen sensation to political pariah

      In the seven years since TikTok was born as lip-syncing app for Chinese teens, the platform has reshaped the media landscape — forcing U.S. tech giants to reckon with a foreign rival.

      March 16, 2023

      These companies were affected by the Silicon Valley Bank crash

      The bank’s collapse raised concerns about whether companies would be able to get their money back and pay their employees.

      March 13, 2023

        How the latest bank failures size up against the nation’s biggest banks

        Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York are both ranked among the top 30 banks in the U.S. by assets, but were far from the top banks in the country, which measure their assets in the trillions.

        March 13, 2023

        See how this ‘cruelty-free’ circus replaced animals with holograms

        The Circus-Theater Roncalli uses 3D holograms instead of real animals. The cruelty-free circus was the first of its kind.

        February 28, 2023

          See how many all-cash buyers snagged houses in your neighborhood

          Nearly a third of home purchases last year were all cash. See where.

          February 9, 2023

          Enter our time machine to 1969, the last time unemployment was this low

          American society looked very different in 1969, the last time the jobless rate in the U.S. was at 3.4 percent, from the labor force to the music and TV.

          February 7, 2023