Just returned from #LMAFest2023 in CHI! Met indie publishers dedicated to communities for decades, thriving through challenges, & the News Revenue Hub team even got a chance to sing go @cubs go!! 📷

Back to work, stronger support ahead! 📷
#lovelocalnews #NextStartsHere

The Colorado River provides water and power to millions. It grows our winter veggies. It sustains countless animals. Now, Interior is weighing historic cuts to stop the system from crashing.

My team has been working hard on a new series that lays out the stakes, out next week.

Read our story here: propublica.org/article/pandem…
w/ photography by the amazing @kFlynnNola

But teen girls’ mental health crisis is caused by political conditions—rampant sexual violence—and so it will require a political solution, not just a bureaucratic one. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Stopped dead reading Times story this am by repetition of claim that DeSantis, Noem & Youngkin want “family-friendly” states w/o acknowledgment of how they define “family-friendly:” anti-trans, forced pregnancy, book bans, curtailed education. Why regurgitate their false frame?

New Zealand has created what some say can’t be done in the US.

It has established a reparations system that tells the country’s story of colonization, acknowledges Māori historical grievances, and provides redress through policy and cash settlements. vox.com/the-highlight/…

BREAKING: An immense step forward. Pope Francis calls for the decriminalization of homosexuality worldwide: 'Declaring such laws 'unjust,' Francis said the Catholic Church can and should work to put an end to them. 'It must do this. It must do this.''
apnews.com/article/pope-f…

still processing the layoffs. not really sure what to say.

if anyone needs any help finding work, I'm happy to tap my network for ya. just DM me

If you've been laid off at Eater/Vox, you are welcome to come chat to me about freelance writing opportunities at NYT Travel. Wishing the best to everyone affected, it's a rough start to the year.

The cost of reparations vox.com/podcasts/2022/…

We're looking for a designer to join our award-winning art and design team at The Verge! If you or anyone you know might be interested check out the description below! boards.greenhouse.io/voxmedia/jobs/…

1/ In 40 Acres, a new four-part podcast series, Fabiola Cineas guides us through conversations with everyone from activists to academics to explore the many aspects of the fight for reparations for slavery — then and now. vox.com/23329372/repar…

A fabulous #reparations interview! Thanks Fabiola Cineas Vox #reparations now #blackpowerblacklawyer National N'COBRA National African American Reparations Commission Jessica (J.A.M.) Aiwuyor 💫 Greg Carr Lurie Daniel Favors Esq. Gwen McKinney Unerased BWS Jotaka Eaddy LaTosha Brown Rukia Lumumba Julianne Malveaux Decolonizing Wealth Project

“Everything that’s going on today leaves me very, very hopeful that [reparations] will in fact happen in my lifetime.” —Nkechi Taifa, on why reparations is a policy issue “whose time has come”  vox.com/podcasts/2022/…

In 2017, I wrote this to highlight Instacart's deceptive service fee & tip practices: vox.com/2017/2/20/1450…

Today, Archive: AG Karl A. Racine's office announced that Instacart will pay $1.8 million as part of a settlement, calling the below reporting 'instrumental'

Helloooo!!! Do you love writing about how to make the world a better place? You can be one of THREE new Future Perfect fellows at Vox. Pay: $72k! Applications open until Sept. 16 😎🤑👽

SO THE THING IS, PRODUCER IS KIND OF A CATCH-ALL JOB TITLE. BASICALLY, YOU COULD BE DOING ANYTHING DEPENDING ON THE DAY. YOU WRITE SCRIPTS, RESEARCH, REPORT, PUT TOGETHER SOUND, CONNECT LIVE GUESTS. ESSENTIALLY YOU DO ALMOST EVERYTHING AND YEAH, I KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT. NO BYLINE

Just had an editor email me about their publication’s source diversity stats - she tracks it every month and diligently reminds everyone when the team falls behind or loses ground on goals — very impressed when someone backs up big talk with real, sustained effort

Please take a few minutes to watch this visual story about the reporter who broke the Tuskegee Syphilis Study story by alyse🤍, the The Associated Press/Ida B. Wells Society investigative intern, and Allen G. Breed.