Seething as I think about having to scramble to save PDFs of every obituary I wrote, every young person’s byline from the journalism spring break we did with The Creative School, info about deaths at the DC Jail that no other outlet reported… #UnlockDCist

It is imperative that Sylvia M. Burwell, Seth Grossman, Erika Pulley-Hayes, and Michael Tribble #UnlockDCist . It’s a matter of democracy.

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Bad bitches with the bag say ah ya ya 😜 two more days Louder Than A Riot

It was a hard day at work. And it will be an excruciating month long wait to find out who will be laid off.

During all this, my team is putting in longer hours to make a show that launches in less than a month & I will try to be the best union steward I can be. Very hard day.

Learn to believe victims when there is no video

Had fun thinking through this question about 'sweating' vs. 'shvitzing' (aka, when to code switch in/out of Yiddish 😅) with Mira Fox

forward.com/culture/532278…

It's a beautiful Friday afternoon, I am 31 years old, and I will never confidently know the difference between arc and arch

in 3rd grade we had a prison guard do a “scared straight” speech and we asked what the prisoners ate. he said “nothing good—mcdonald’s burgers” and when he saw our faces light up, he said “ya but imagine that 3 times a week…”
that was when he lost control of the room

Rudolph telling Santa Claus how the other reindeer wouldn't let him play any reindeer games

just got to mexico, i am so sorry to announce that the thick layer of orange sepia tint and yellow saturation from the movies does not actually exist.

I recently served on the Controller's Community Council overseeing the Philly police audit. See my op-ed The Philadelphia Inquirer below:

Philly police officers must improve 911 response times in Black and brown neighborhoods | Opinion inquirer.com/opinion/commen… via @phillyinquirer

my editor, gently: what did you mean by this ?
me, sobbing: I don’t know😭

Someone referred to me as 'Dr. Donnella' in an email today and I will be carrying that high with me all the way through the weekend.

Packing is such an unhinged experience. Like I can imagine a life where I need a tartan miniskirt that hasn’t fit me since 1998, but I can’t remember to bring the allergy medicine I’ve taken every day for the past decade

Journalists, travelers, countrymen: What are the most important things you pack before a long stretch of field reporting? What would you definitely want to have with you if were leaving home for a month or two?