Lisa Pickoff-White

News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists News analysts, reporters, and journalists keep the public updated about current events and noteworthy information.

I almost choked seeing that. Who IS this person?

The median wage for a journalist was $60,280 in 2024, according to BLS. www.bls.gov/ooh/media-an...

SRCCON 2026 — Call for Participation A peer-led conference from OpenNews for journalists who want to transform their work, their organizations, and their communities.

We've got a ton of great session pitches already, but we're hungry for more and you need the extra time ... so let's make it happen. #NICAR26 folks, rejoice.

We're extending the first priority CFP deadline to March 11. Submit the form to pitch a session or request $500 in travel support!

At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

How friction can be good keeps coming up at #NICAR26. Running into the weird cases gets you to understand the data better. It can force you to ask the right questions.

Were NICAR lightning talks the first PowerPoint parties? 🤔 #nicar26

We’re discussing the Police Records Access Project at #NICAR26:

Thursday: Challenges with cross-domain collaboration, 3:45
Monitoring police accountability laws across the U.S. 5
Friday: Utilizing new police misconduct and employment databases, 9
Saturday: How to use AI responsibly, 2:30

Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers - San José Spotlight Mountain View officials revealed last month Flock had included their automated license plate reader camera network in a national "lookup" setting without the city's permission, allowing unauthorized l...

Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers sanjosespotlight.com/out-of-state...

The National Police Index’s brand new website provides unprecedented public access to police employment records from across the United States and allows users to track law enforcement employment records across 24 states — searchable by officer name, agency, and more. national.cpdp.co/

I want her hat.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Coyote Bebop is definitely one of them, aired 1998 to 1999.

SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group's attempt at avoiding accountability A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group's treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters — especially now.

NEW: SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group's attempt at avoiding accountability.

A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group's treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters — especially now.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

Born #onthisday in 1868, the US sociologist + civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Celebrate with a look at the stunning hand-drawn "infographics" he made with his students, depicting conditions of African-American life in 1900: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w... #otd #BlackHistoryMonth

me, having a friend over: so these are my emotional support spreadsheets

And she’s a Bay Area public transit queen 🤩

Chicago Police Disproportionately Used Force Against Black Chicagoans, Study Commissioned by Department Finds The study, conducted by social scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Pennsylvania blamed “systemic factors” for the disparity, not the actions of individual offi...

A court-ordered, first-of-its-kind analysis of four years of data found Chicago police disproportionately used force against Black Chicagoans — even accounting for higher rates of arrests and suspicion.

Read more: news.wttw.com/2026/02/19/c...

Please do it 🙏🏼. I’ll help you request the vendor contract

the median reporter or editor makes $60,000 a year, which makes them slightly below the average U.S. income. www.bls.gov/ooh/media-an...

Breaking: San Francisco teachers end 4-day strike with predawn deal San Francisco educators ended the city's first educator walk-out in 47 years with a deal on higher wages, better healthcare, and more.

BREAKING: The San Francisco teacher's strike is over. The 2 sides reached a deal early Friday morning.

Educators won fully funded family healthcare, 5% raises, some special education caseload reductions & more.

Students will be back in class next week.
missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-t...

It’s the secret power of reporting. Oh you don’t want me to know something? Now I’m going to obsessively figure it out.

A line chart going from Jan 2009 to Jan 2026 showing very few cases until Trump’s second term, where the line takes off nearly vertically, showing more than 6,600 cases in Jan 2026 alone.

Habeas cases filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have taken off to levels we have never seen before. Just look at that chart.

www.propublica.org/article/habe...

Two of my passions: Dinosaurs and charts

Fiction could never

This sucks. It’s ours and IREs loss. But I’m glad you’re considering your needs.

This happened to me last year and it was a nightmare to get the laptop/keyboard cleaned

School principals, maintenance workers: If teachers strike, we will too The unions representing principals and administrators as well as unionized maintenance workers vote to show solidarity with teachers

Breaking: San Francisco public school principals and administrators, as well as school maintenance workers, say they will strike in solidarity with teachers in the event of a Monday walkout.

missionlocal.org/2026/02/scho...

A journalist’s campaign to fix public records law in the U.S. Virgin Islands If journalists don’t advocate for their own rights, who will?

The U.S. Virgin Islands always deserve transparency but especially when they're at the center of national news like the Epstein case.

We spoke to journalist @shirleysmithvi.bsky.social about her efforts to fix the territory's archaic public records laws.

A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.

Idaho Seeks to Improve Its Troubled Coroner System and Lagging Child Autopsy Rates An advisory panel is developing a bill to mandate autopsies in some circumstances, including unexplained child deaths. The state would help fund autopsies for coroners who get national certification, ...

Glad to see change is coming after @audreydutton.bsky.social's great work on failures of Idaho's coroner system.