Clare Duffy is a CNN Business associate writer covering the business of technology and the strategies of Big Tech companies.

Prior to joining CNN, Duffy covered the footwear and apparel and banking industries for the Portland Business Journal, where she won first place in business reporting from the Northwest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story about inequities in small business lending.

Duffy is a graduate of the University of Portland and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She grew up in San Luis Obispo, Calif. and is based in San Francisco.