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Honoured to have our story nominated alongside such incredible work. The 1988 project was one of my favourite stories to have been a part of with @pinepaula, @MerrillLiz, and Mark
espn.com/espn/feature/story/…
The stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at jenkinsmedal.com.
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is this what someone on here might call ✨some personal news✨
📝 @UsernameShwe, the inaugural fellow for ESPN's Investigative Journalism Fellowship with @AmericanU, is joining ESPN as a reporter on Oct. 2
More on her ESPN journey: es.pn/3tcbzvr
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I could listen to @MazzucatoM talk about value making vs value taking for hours on end!
edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/20…
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🚨 omg it’s finally here - my little spinsters baby!!!!
every day i spent on this story was a learning experience and couldn’t have a found a better team to have told it with @spinstersshow 🕹🏀⛹🏽♀️
After Candace Parker was put on the cover of NBA2K, @UsernameShwe began noticing inequities between the NBA & WNBA sides of the game.
She dug deeper, and discovered how the 2K community is coming up with their own solutions to even things out.
spoti.fi/3PrSniD
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I’d never heard of @ansonseabra till today and boy am I glad that I did.
I mean, the small joy in finding new artists to listen to is unparalleled!
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elated? euphoric? chuffed?
i simply have no words. this is an absolute dream come true and a real honour. i can’t wait to get started on this surreal opportunity!
(and no, i haven’t pitched them a charles leclerc beat…yet 😄)
Congratulations, Shwetha Surendran (COM'22)! @UsernameShwe will be the first @AmericanU School of Communication @espn fellow in a program that embeds an early-career journalist alongside ESPN’s investigative and enterprise journalists.
Read more ⬇️ spr.ly/6015zW4s1
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coffeewithadashoflife.wordpr… ☕️ - Don't miss it !!
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“Biles’s vulnerability is beautiful. She has taught us all that perfection is not the goal; health is….Her decision should serve as an inspiration to us all”
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manifestation works, kids.
(and yes, @callum_ilott is just as delightful in person)
so, here i am with tickets to the detroit gp mostly to see @callum_ilott race.
i’m convinced that the universe is having a laugh at my expense!
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even if not for the barça q&a’s, it will be fully worth your time to tune in just for toni’s parable of the hungry tourist and the pizza 🍕🪦
Toni's parable of the hungry tourist and the pizza, plus a lot more on the latest Q&A pod patreon.com/posts/e160-parab…
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Today is #FinchDay 🐦🌸 And in honor of Finch and everyone who has struggled or is struggling with darkness in darkness, @thelxvelies and I are asking you to post a selfie with the hashtag #IAmHere to let... facebook.com/JenniferNivenWr…
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🔴it’s sports, it’s long-form storytelling, and it’s paid (!)
{couldn’t have conjured up a more perfect summer internship with the Studios at @bluewirepods ✍🏽}
Promoting diversity through excellence.
Join us in welcoming our inaugural Launchpad intern class!
Read more about our new Launchpad Program: bit.ly/3xWC9Wz
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i referred to ‘football’ as ‘soccer’ in a conversation today for the first time and i think it’s time i head home. i’ve been compromised 🥲
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our story on workplace safety in Mass. ran in the @AP today after months of reporting!
it’s an honour for me to share the byline with @IriarteShannon and @maggiemulvihill and thanks to @COMatBU and @HowardCenterUMD for the opportunity.
apnews.com/article/ma-state-…
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I’m going to miss hearing @joefooty ‘s voice almost every evening now ! He’s become very much a part of my daily routine 😂 #FifaWorldCup2018 #Worldcupisfinallyover
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A local bar, a community and a soccer team that connects them all ~ my first story for the @WickedLocal @cambridgechron is out today!
~ edited by the wonderful @amy_saltzman ~
wickedlocal.com/story/cambri… @PhoenixLanding_
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Hey y'all !I'm will be doing a series of good stuff on my blog this next month. Any stories or contributions are welcome #blog #storytelling
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🎮 i had the most fun learning, chatting, and listening to all things NBA2K from @mellentuck, @Ronnie2K, @LadyBlueFlames, and @TGsoGood - thank you!
(extra special shout-out to @BigShotBou and his never ending patience teaching me to play 2K. i’m 0.5% better than when I started)
After Candace Parker was put on the cover of NBA2K, @UsernameShwe began noticing inequities between the NBA & WNBA sides of the game.
She dug deeper, and discovered how the 2K community is coming up with their own solutions to even things out.
spoti.fi/3PrSniD
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sure to be a fun/busy day today, come follow along on @COMatBU’s Instagram!
AND you get to ask me all the stuff you’ve always wanted to know 👀
@UsernameShwe (COM'22) is taking over our Instagram from her @espn Fellowship with @AmericanU in D.C. today! At @BU_Tweets, she was the sports editor and Formula One beat writer for @BUNewsService. She's been embedded in the investigative and enterprise unit at ESPN.
ALT Shwe Surendran standing in front of a colorful ESPN sign indoors, smiling.
ALT Shwe talking with Callum Ilott, an IndyCar driver, at the 2022 Detroit Grand Prix.
ALT Shwe posed for a graduation photo in full commencement regalia and a grad student's hood.
ALT Shwe walking towards the camera with the Washington Monument behind her.
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spent half the day fangirling over the cars and the other, over @TataCalde
indycar is simply unreal!
#DetroitGP @IndyCar
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“I have the optimism of a boxer in the last rounds” ~ @jelani9 #BUNarrative
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Just grateful that I’m alive to watch this game 🤯
#FIFAWorldCup #ArgentinaVsFrance
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I have finally fulfilled my lifelong dream of being the mysterious “double-masked” stranger at a bar, taking notes in a tiny notebook! 🧙🏽♀️
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got to adore this special, smart and silly space that haley and jordan built as a part of the team and as a fan. incredibly lucky and grateful 🥺
It’s the final episode of Spinsters!
Thank you for following along & supporting- in less than 2 years of existence we were:
-Nominated for an Ambie
-One of Spotify’s best new pods of 2021
-Apple Podcast’s Spotlight show
We are so proud of what we made 💗spoti.fi/3yUif13
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The sound of drums and happy hoots to a Biden presidency fill the air at Cambridge today morning #Election2020 #bunsvote2020 @BUNewsService
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i will now forever live in denial that a 39 minute press conference was messi’s only farewell from the camp nou
‘I wanted to stay’: Lionel Messi tearful at Barcelona exit as free transfer looms. By @sidlowe theguardian.com/football/202…
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happy valentine’s day to me! can’t wait to have every last ounce of hope and joy sucked out of me, race after race
(anyways…better a car, than a man hehe)
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i’m beginning to think that passive-aggressively cleaning the entire apartment and leaving post-it notes is my true love language 🤍
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Yelling “Go Shira!” at everyone from mile marker 23.
(saw @mattjames919! Yelled “Go Shira!” at him too)
Let’s go @ShiraSpringer
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just saying, you need to have a special affinity for pain to be a real charles leclerc/ferrari fan
#DutchGP
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Today was fun. A sobbing lady on the street asked me if I loved her as I walked by. I panicked and said no.
Conclusion - I’m definitely dying alone.
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as a teen i sent the author of my favourite book the gushiest email. i didn’t really expect a reply, just wanted her to know how much i loved her words.
she did reply though. hands down, one of the best moments of my life!!!
This piece so beautifully articulates why I tell people when their work has moved me: via @NYTimes
nytimes.com/2022/08/16/magaz…
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Eight minutes since polls have opened here in #Cambridge, follow along here for live updates from the polling stations @BUNewsService #Elections2020
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Come for the Formula 1 content, stay for @JohnTerhune2 trying to pronounce my name (A for effort!)
@IriarteShannon and I discuss all things #DriveToSurvive in our new podcast for the @BUNewsService 🏎
bunewsservice.com/listen-for…
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i loved my time at Blue Wire Studios last summer, so much so that I’m still here.
it’s been a perfect combination of super cool sports stories + an uber talented, genius team + loads of room for growth 🚀
Blue Wire Launchpad is back!
With the success of our inaugural session, we're taking it a step further in 2022 🚀
Find out more about this year's Launchpad Program: bluewirepods.com/bwlaunchpad
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saw my first ever red sox game at fenway park last night and my biggest takeaway is that there are 26 poles that shouldn’t be there.
also, baseball is fun. who knew?
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had a lot of fun watching the final bits and bobs of this fall into place over my summer with blue wire. it’s fun, it’s funny and it’s about a team that got really good at losing - what’s not to love?
🔸give it a listen - podcasts.apple.com/in/podcas…
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just met a radiant blue-haired bride and groom at the ATM - apparently, they only take cash when you get married at city hall. if that’s something you were considering, you’re welcome! 👀
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the super-talented @_jordanligons knows who i am and that’s my biggest flex for 2022 🤩
Take it from LA.
@_jordanligons kicks off our latest series ‘Take it From LA,’ with local legends like @jordin_canada, and gets the real stories about how fashion, culture, and basketball make the city so great.
Stay tuned for more.
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Never thought I’d be at a data conference, but I’m at my first @IRE_NICAR #NICAR21, and already loving it.
This scrapping with Google sheets session with @SamanthaSunne was especially helpful! 👩🏻💻🔢
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“The Queen, my lord, is dead” - @RoyPeterClark using Shakespeare’s Macbeth to emphasise emphasis has made my day! #BUNarrative 💀📖
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🔴anyways, impressive work team!🔴
Scuderia Ferrari: 323.5 pts (P3)
Carlos Sainz: 164.5 (P5)
Charles Leclerc: 159 (P7🥲)
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....clear, gorgeous, and so very windy! A gloves and beanie-less @IriarteShannon and I sipped cafe mochas and found that out the hard way 🥶🌅
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a massive thanks to the team ~ thanks for enduring despite how badly I sucked at 2K - @HaleyOSomething, @_jordanligons, @IJocelyn15, @lexaprotools, @buffy_gorrilla and @Jonathan_Yales!!!!
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i just re-read my paper at my own peril.
The best way to describe how I’m feeling right now would be - an out-of-body experience with mild tinges of “WHAT WAS I EVEN THINKING!”
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The frustration that comes with not understanding a language is unparalleled ! The woes of a South Indian in the North. Ugh
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This is major. I’ve finally done something, that even a million “you have no more free articles” notices from NYT couldn’t get me to do. I’VE FINALLY SUBSCRIBED TO SOMETHING. hi @The_Corres !
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As Lewis Hamilton preps to set off on his quest for that coveted, history-making eighth title, will it also be his last hurrah?
That and more in my latest for the @BUNewsService 🏎
Reigning seven-time #F1 champion @LewisHamilton has agreed to a new one-year contract extension with @MercedesAMGF1 Team for 2021. 🏎🏆🏁 read more on our site
✍️: @UsernameShwe bunewsservice.com/reigning-c…
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@robwijnberg has quickly become my favourite writer in 2019. What he aims to do with @The_Corres is worth looking to.
Polarisation is the buzzword of our time. Watch TV or scroll through Twitter, and you would think disagreements were tearing the world apart. The truth? We agree much more than we think we do, writes @robwijnberg:
thecorrespondent.com/197/mor…
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The very fact that the only thing increasing my life is the amount of butter I put on toast and the number of tweets per day, says a lot more about my life than if you’d ask me.
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⚡️sam & mac are genius people/storytellers and beyond excited for everyone to hear this⚡️
August 14, 1997. The lights went out in Baltimore and one of baseballs biggest conspiracy theories was born 👀
Introducing our newest pod, 'The Rumor', hosted by @samdingman and @maccabeem. Drops 10/25
Subscribe now: bwpod.co/o33KRl
Presented by @WynnBET
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“For matrilineal castes, meanwhile, power and wealth vested in the female line—the husband was, in essence, an instrument of procreation”.
How @UnamPillai manages to scrounge out golden nuggets of history never ceases to amaze !
livemint.com/mint-lounge/fea…
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“no one cares about women’s football” lol
Así recibe la hinchada del @FCBarcelona_es a sus jugadoras para el Clásico de CHL Femenina ante el Madrid. Ambientazo en el Camp Nou…
Video @JosepSoldado
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"So much of the act of watching sport is about making a story, willing a memory into existence—imagining how we want things to be—only for something more prosaic and unexpected to happen in its place. "
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It’s raw. It’s hilarious. And it’s heart-wrenching. #AfterLife2 is possibly the best written show on Netflix right now. Love love love @rickygervais 🍺
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made a very bleak presentation in class yesterday on the prospect of women racing in F1. BUT this is excellent news, something to keep an eye on!
I am delighted to join the @AlpineF1Team as their Talent Identification and Development Mentor. The Alpine Academy already has a hugely successful junior programme & am excited to help find the next generation of talent, especially female talent!
#f1 #racing #alpine #motorsport
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Emily Patenaude, 30, is voting in-person for a platform with healthcare, women's rights, action on climate change, and essentially, for the future of the nation.
Buddy Patenaude, two and a half, is voting never to take his butterfly wings off.
@BUNewsService #buns2020vote
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“A second ode to toxic masculinity. It wasn’t cool the first time, it is worse the second”. @ananya116, the voice of reason in her review of #KabirSingh
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The first time I watched @GreekTVShow was in some 7th grade. Rewatching it and still LOVE it !Cappie is still my absolute fav @scottmfoster
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ep 4 — which is out today‼️—has one of my favourite moments from the entire show. i might have even teared up a little while listening to it 👀
podcasts.apple.com/in/podcas…
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“.....#Hamilton versus #Verstappen. The old guard versus the new. Mercedes power against Honda power. A race-craft polished by years of experience, up against the bold, brash confidence of youth”
My latest for the @BUNewsService 🏎
bunewsservice.com/a-hamilton…
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Loving the music of @WILDofficialUS! If you haven't listened to them ...do it now ! You DO NOT know what you are missing in this life ! 🔅
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"The Formula 1 season so far in 2020: Predictable? Yes. Boring? No." - I write, covering my first #F1 story for the @BUNewsService
bunewsservice.com/formula-on…
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• nothing new in my life, except that I have a new favourite @spinstersbw episode and everyone should listen to it •
podcasts.apple.com/in/podcas…
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Yay! It’s (lots of)snow day in #Cambridge ❄️🌨☃️ #MAsnow
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Formula 1 should absolutely consider new venues for Grands Prix but 30 races in a season is ridiculous. Whether the sport likes to admit it or not, it’s exclusivity is part of its charm. More is not always the answer - maybe try making the tickets affordable first!
Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali has confirmed to Sky Sports F1 that Las Vegas and Africa could both hold races in the future, and says 30 Grands Prix a season would be possible due to the level of interest in the sport 🏎️
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Give Max Verstappen and Red Bull the championship already; what a car they’ve built 🫠 #SaudiArabianGP
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“On a day where a car was ripped in two – and another flipped over – the real winners were the halo, the field marshals, and the FIA medical personnel – Dr. Ian Roberts and Alan van der Merwe”
#BahrainGP @alanvdm
Race recap: Bahrain Grand Prix 2020 bunewsservice.com/race-recap…
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Max vs Lewis. McLaren vs Ferrari.
Game on! @IriarteShannon
Full episode on: bunewsservice.com/listen-max… #F12021
#ImolaF1
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as a young journalist, interning at newsrooms gave me a whole new human appreciation and love for the job.
they’re just wonderful spaces crowded with ideas, and opinionated chatter and coffee (lots of it!) and nooks to have mini cry-sessions in.
<we need them!>
A newspaper not having a newsroom is insanely stupid.
You don't need the huge buildings of the past, but there should be a space where you build relationships with editors, reporters and photographers.
You learn the job on the scene, you learn the profession in the newsroom.
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Went on a run to remind myself how much I hate exercising and Boston was being annoyingly gorgeous! 🌇
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it’ll come and on that day, the champagne will be sweeter than ever - vai charles! 🍾
[yay Max and Carlos, commiserations to Bottas] #MonacoGP #essereFerrari
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