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Meet the journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI The gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs).

Here's the story: www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/meet...

Thanks @niemanlab.org for featuring me in @andrewdeck.bsky.social 's story on AI and journalism! Happy to share my insights!

Thanks, still looks interesting. Might give it a try. Thanks :)

Boosting my post again for
#booksky 📚💙

What are some great recommendations for MG and chapter books that reflect urban L.A.? Looking for characters that would resonate with boys and girls. Bilingual Spanish English also. Thanks!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 📚💙

1/20 -- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

I'm looking to get into gothic horrors/romances again... this looks like somewhere I could start. Any other Brautigans or similar authors you recommend? #booksky 📚💙

Graphic novels and superhero comics like Spiderman, Captain Underpants, Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, Cat Kid, and the Smile series and Babysitters Club by Reina Telgemeir

Boxcar Children and Calendar Mysteries, Warrior Cats, Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter; books by Mary Downing Hahn; Wonder series; Wayside School, Magic Tree House, Goosebumps

Hi Jennifer! My kiddos are interested in mystery/fantasy and graphic novels mostly. Example titles are 🧵

I'm working my way through the collection and noticed this gap, and the kids see it, too. I want them to see themselves in the books they read. I want them to be excited about reading!

My kiddos are requesting books with more representation. I was just hired by the school, and their library hasn't had a good inventory or circulation update since the early 2000s. Very little diversity and outdated storylines/characters.

School librarian here. What are some recommendations for chapter books and middle grade novels or series that reflect the experiences of urban, Los Angeles, primarily Latino/a students?

I have always used Goodreads, but I have been looking for a different app. I don't think I've touched my Goodreads since high school.

I've never tried Storygraph! I'll have to check it out.

Is it free? Any limits to the lists I can make? How similar is it to Goodreads?

📚 Smile, Guts and Sisters by Raina Telgemeir , also Ghosts and Drama by the same
📚 November by Charretier and Fraction
📚Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn
📚 Chicken with Plums Margaine Satrapi

Adored the costumes on the Panama band

Here are some photos from the tournament:

I also had the amazing opportunity to go to the Rose Parade and write about it:

www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/01/09/2...

My first stories of 2025 followed the La Canada Tournament of Roses Assocation and Burbank Tournament of Roses Association as they constructed their bids for this year's Tournament of Roses.

www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/12/26/2...

Lawsuit highlights experience of women subjected to invasive searches at state prisons An audit reveals correctional officers are more likely to smuggle contraband than visitors, prompting a lawsuit over prison search policies.

and I looked at a pending lawsuit for illegal strip searches:

afrolanews.org/2024/07/laws...

Defenders of Justice backed to diversify L.A. County courts AfroLA interviewed each candidate tapped for nonprofit La Defensa's Defenders of Justice campaign.

I co-wrote @afrolanews.bsky.social 's voter guide to CA's Props in the November election and wrote this piece on the Defenders of Justice, who won their seats as judges in Los Angeles:

afrolanews.org/2024/03/defe...

Courtroom watchdog program holds Los Angeles judges accountable In Los Angeles County, one of the country’s largest judicial and carceral systems, CourtWatch LA provides important oversight on the criminalization of income and race in court.

and wrote about courtroom watch dog program from @ladefensx.bsky.social , Court Watch Los Angeles

afrolanews.org/2024/02/cour...

How do we treat L.A.'s overwhelmed emergency medicine system? Long wait times, inequities and overcrowding plague L.A. County ERs. Delays in care impact patient outcomes, and how EMTs and paramedics are able to care for them.

Other big stories from 2024: I investigated the causes of hospital overcrowding, ambulance wait times, and ambulance diversion for @afrolanews.bsky.social

afrolanews.org/2024/03/how-...

Removing race from child welfare decisions highlights intersection of poverty, neglect, and domestic violence Racial disparities in child welfare prompted DCFS and UCLA researchers to pilot blind removal programs in Carson-Compton and West LA offices.

afrolanews.org/2024/10/remo...

Housing is transformative for domestic violence survivors, but supply and safety present challenges Supportive housing through service providers help women fleeing abuse and violence, and reclaim their lives.

My most recent work highlighting the importance of permanent housing for domestic violence survivors and a potential solution to race-based and income-based investigations into child welfare, respectively. Read them on @afrolanews.bsky.social

afrolanews.org/2024/11/hous...

'Like we won Satan's lottery': These 'lucky ones' are moving home after LA wildfire These Californians didn't lose their homes in the Eaton Fire. They are now grappling with how to live, work and recover amid the wreckage in Altadena.

The Eaton Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena. It spared thousands of others. Now, the those "lucky ones" must go home and sort through the wreckage.

Will the community ever recover?

Read: www.azcentral.com/story/news/n...

Fact check: What really happened with the Pacific Palisades water hydrants? Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low water pressure, not a complete lack of water. But what caused it, and can it be...

Great reporting by @laist.com on the #LAFires. So much misinformation to combat. Water resource & wildfire management is incredibly complex. We need to come together not point blame. Experts like UCLA’s Greg Pierce highlight limitations not failures of the system.
laist.com/news/climate...