Dianne Reeves @ SFJazz last night. So much joy in that room.
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Dianne Reeves @ SFJazz last night. So much joy in that room.
I was a young political reporter covering the convention & by luck snagged a floor media credential for that night (only). I'll never forget it.
Big win for local news: California commits $15 million in renewed funding for its Local News Fellowship Program. The funding will support new reporting and editor-level fellows, along with sustainability training.
Learn more: journalism.berkeley.edu/15-million-t...
Today @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social and @muckrack.com released a major new study on the number of local journalists per 100,000 people. The local news crisis is more severe and widespread than we thought.
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
care > punishment
I've obtained a trove of leaked documents about today's federal crackdown on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. One revelation is its codename: "Operation Excalibur"
Just scrolled the court dockets to see if there was any new interesting filings for this evening’s talk.
We’re gonna have to break some news at my panel, #ire25
Hello #IRE25! I'll be presenting tomorrow on a panel about localizing data for investigative reporting. @cephillips.bsky.social, Samantha Sunne and Nicole Lewis are all on the panel as well! Not to be missed.
schedules.ire.org/ire-2025/ind...
Feeling very fortunate that I'll get to spend 9 months with these fabulous journalists.
Quite something.
This week we spoke with @conplnk.bsky.social & @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social on reporting on transnational organised crime and how they found a hidden side to one of Irelands most notorious cartel bosses. On podcast platforms search 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' to listen back. rss.com/podcasts/bel...
Strong story ...
Trump vowed to use the DOJ to reward allies and seek retribution against perceived enemies.
As interim U.S. attorney for D.C., Martin has dismissed all outstanding Jan. 6-related cases while firing more than a dozen prosecutors in his office.
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated. (Very short answer: Prepare your devices to be boarded) www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
As major public flagship and private universities fall like dominoes to the current regime, bolstered by billions in endowments but no strong adherence to espoused principles, smaller schools such as LMU in Los Angeles have this to say:
I'll have an "ask me anything" (AMA)-style livestream this Wed, Apr 2nd, at 2pm Pacific Time! Join me then to ask whatever is on your mind in weather, climate, or wildfire realm. (I will also briefly discuss recent & upcoming CA weather.) #CAwater #CAWx youtube.com/live/edG...
Trump's comments imply he has no idea what is in the damning Signal text chain that was leaked to Jeffrey Goldberg. Trump says Pete Hegseth, who texted the attack plans, had "nothing to do" with it: "How do you bring Hegseth into it? He had nothing to do with it." (He had everything to do with it.)
And it's only Wednesday ...
Yes.
Wesley Lowery exits Investigative Reporting Workshop and American University following student complaints. www.cjr.org/news/wesley-...
Playing with FOIA: Pushing back on DOGE’s lack of transparency, by @sarahgrevy.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
Materials on the Arlington National Cemetery website highlighting the graves of Black and female service members have vanished. The cemetery, which is operated by the Army, said it was working to restore the content. Among the obscured pages was material about civil rights.
Columbia University pushed out professor @katherinefranke.bsky.social because of her pro-Palestine advocacy. She joins @premthakker.bsky.social to discuss the systematic free speech crackdown at Columbia and across the US.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/columbia-t...
