After I published my 1st documentary, my media career took off. But something else took off too— the knowledge that the exchange btw docmaker and subject was more complicated than it appeared. E1 of #ShockingHeartbreakingTransformative is here! Listen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sho…

I just got laid off. One would expect to learn this news from their employer but instead, The Messenger employees learned of it via The New York Times and Semafor - there is no severance. Healthcare will cease. I have to go clean out my desk from the DC office.

A lot of very good journalists were lured out of very good jobs by the owners of the Messenger with the promise that it was going to be built to last and it is absolutely appalling what has happened there

🦅THE L.A. TIMES GUILD IS WALKING OUT🦅

We are calling for a one-day walkout TOMORROW, Jan. 19, in protest of management's proposal to cut staff and multiple unfair labor practices.
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Fine.

Every report out of Sudan is worse than the last. aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/2…

“I hear my full name, twice: “Mosab Mostafa Hasan Abu Toha.” I’m puzzled. I didn’t show anyone my I.D. when I was pulled out of line. How do they know my name?” newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

This is damning evidence.

New York Times:

Israel used 2000 pound bombs on areas it had designated as safe for civilians to evacuate to at least 200 times.

“Our investigation suggests that, even for those following every evacuation order or advisory, there was no safety to be

I want to tell you a story about body cameras and *Derek Chauvin*

What Chauvin did to George Floyd, kneeling on his neck, was his move.

He had done to others.

It was all recorded by body cams.

But the footage was kept secret.

And Chauvin was left unpunished

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A four-month-old baby has been found alive in a tree after he was sucked up into a tornado in Tennessee.

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Update: have now had more requests for comment than I can handle (but I'm trying). Remaining business: please get my pronouns right. Haaretz.com I'm looking at you. They/them

“Instead of considering the popularity of pro-Palestine content to be a bellwether for young people’s attitudes, people in power continue to blame the platforms…This is ironic, considering the amount of pro-Israel propaganda flooding online spaces since the war began.”

Graphic Truth: The US's 'Global War on Terror' never ended gzeromedia.com/Graphic-Truth/…

I have nothing but the deepest admiration and compassion for the journalists of Gaza.

The moment Aljazeera Journalist Momen Al-Sharafi breaks the news that his entire family of 21 members were just killed in an Israeli Airstrike in #Gaza .

The look he gives as he is no longer able to talk, is heartbreaking.

Damn.

This is a good, important listen.

💜 Shows We Love: La Brega 💜

La Brega is a heartfelt tribute to the rich history of Puerto Rico.

On season two, WNYC Studios host Alana Casanova-Burgess explores iconic Puerto Rican songs & the vast themes they carry, produced in both English & Spanish.

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And in such good company! Love finishing out the year this way Jonathan Menjivar ohitsBigRon Futuro Studios

“It’s always valuable to hear the reverent tones with which American elites speak of their monsters. When the Kissingers of the world pass, their humanity, their purpose, their sacrifices are foremost in the minds of the respectable.”