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journalist | professor | manic pixie πŸ‡―πŸ‡²πŸŒˆβœŠπŸ½

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New: the AP says it was blocked from an Oval Office event after being informed that it would be barred if it didn’t follow President Trump’s guidance on renaming the Gulf of Mexico

11.02.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 1742 πŸ” 698 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 119

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

31.01.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 4817 πŸ” 3085 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 293
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The media becomes an activist for democracy "We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn't agitate for democracy is an oxymoron."

THIS: β€œReporting on threats to democracy does not empower the public unless you also give them ideas about how to counter those threats. What would it look like to provide those ideas, and inspire them to act?”

www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

15.12.2024 17:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, even independence doesn’t stop individual journalists from elevating and normalizing fascist leaders via their illogical application of objectivity norms.

15.12.2024 17:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure this is a different pool of money, but when media companies do stuff like this they should not thereafter be allowed to fire reporters to save on costs

14.12.2024 22:29 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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What to Do Before Trump Takes Office in January From getting birth control to updating your passport.

It's always good to be prepared besties.

Here's what to do before the Trump Administration takes office in January: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...

15.11.2024 18:31 πŸ‘ 946 πŸ” 515 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 64