staff editor @nytopinion | ex-WaPo, NPR | @wku alum | union punk | KY raised
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having spent too much of my life online in fan communities, the BTS army is definitely one of, if not the, kindest expressions of fandom i've seen washingtonian.com/2020/09/22…
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buy this camera guy a thousand beers for taking that many shots and not taking his lens off that cop’s face
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some of NPR's best have been leaving in droves lately. i hope newsroom leadership is taking a very, very hard look at who's leaving, why they're departing and what it means for our mission to serve the public.
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huge day at @npr, y'all - we've finally gone full sentence case in our headlines! watch out, modern internet!
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another rough day in the news business:
-CNN layoffs
-NPR hiring freeze and a revenue shortfall
-WaPo killing its magazine and layoffs
unionize, stand strong, our only hope is solidarity ✊
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extremely good headline alert orlandosentinel.com/news/cri…
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a couple years ago when i started at NPR, i wanted to grow our Twitter presence, and i set an arbitrary goal of hitting 3 million followers on @nprpolitics. sometime in the last 3 weeks, we hit that. i guess not ALL my tweets are bad!!!
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being That Guy...some professional news to share:
i'm thrilled to be heading to @washingtonpost to lead their Instagram team! i've been such a fan for so long, and i can't wait to play a part in the excellent work this phenomenal team is doing.
washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/0…
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curiously missing: a mug featuring the logo of the union-busting law firm he hired to try to gut @wemakenpr in 2017.
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folks who work in audience-focused roles in newsrooms are very likely to have highly-specialized knowledge and skills and are also very likely to constantly have that knowledge and those skills questioned by colleagues who would never do the same to, say, beat reporters
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this appears to have blown up, so passing this along from my pal from another big thread of #BTSxTinyDesk love:
PS, if you want to support @NPR, you can do that by giving a donation to a public radio station: n.pr/3mEBtjr
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as can always be said: if cops will do this to the people who can document it, imagine what they will do to people who can’t
@AFPphoto journalist @EleonoreSens and another member of the press is maced by Minnesota Police after an unlawful assembly is declared in Brooklyn Center, MN
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today the @washingtonpost has taken the extraordinary step of publishing never-before-seen images of the aftermath of AR-15-involved shootings. it is difficult and tremendous work.
[this story contains extremely disturbing images and personal accounts]
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a while ago @johngreen said in a tiktok that “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin was one of the best books he’s ever read. i finished it, sobbing, just before 1:00 AM and am fully joining him on this train. please go buy and read this book
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would simply *beg* folks breezing through with a "i'm vaccinated, if i get COVID it's fine" attitude to read a single piece about long COVID, starting here. this shit is not a thing i want or want anyone i love to deal with! theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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at a moment when NPR (and public media at large) desperately needs an infusion of young, creative talent to help us reach a larger and more diverse audience, one of only ways for those folks to get a foot in the door is, for now, canceled.
🚨 My goodness. Facing budget shortfalls, @npr just announced it will cancel the Summer 2023 internship program. This makes me truly sad. I may be wrong but I don't recall this happening in my nearly 30 years. @NPRinterns are part of NPR's lifeblood & a pipeline of great talent.
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Sam is quintessential NPR. His show is everything that is wonderful and weird about public radio. He’s also *the nicest person* and a gem of a colleague, even to folks he doesn’t directly work with. Congrats on such a great run @samsanders, we’ll miss you a ton. ❤️
And I’d like to use this moment to share some *PROFESSIONAL NEWS* as well. I’m leaving @npr, after 12+ great years. My last episode of @NPRItsBeenAMin will run March 11. Here’s the note I sent to colleagues. (It’s a little long.)
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i feel this piece deeply in my bones onezero.medium.com/millennia…
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i am simply begging all of my big city journos to speak to one (1) person in a rural area trying to secure a coronavirus vaccine for their elderly loved ones before launching your Yeehaw Summer tweets
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i once interviewed at a major political publication here in DC for an entry-level job that the recruiter told me would start around $36,000.
i laughed. they never called me back.
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for all of DC’s flaws at least nothing like this would ever happen here
James Corden, Camila Cabello, Billy Porter and Idina Menzel stopped traffic in LA for a flash mob with a cover of Jennifer Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud” to promote #CinderellaMovie
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today’s my last day at NPR.
almost five years at a place i never thought i’d have a chance to be at.
shouts to the @nprpolitics team, the best damn group of coworkers i’ll ever have. all of y’all are the best.
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Job cuts/layoffs at NPR today. Please send good vibes to our colleagues on the unfortunate end of this. npr.org/2019/08/06/748649787…
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not an original thought, but if the cops do this to reporters broadcasting live - what will they do to folks who don’t have cameras and mics trained on them?
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imagine how much better we could make our newsrooms if we didn’t force employees to relocate to cities where, *during an ongoing economic crisis*, median rent for a “luxury apartment” is ***$2,561*** washingtonian.com/2020/08/03…
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well this Tom Holland profile is delightful gq.com/story/tom-holland-spi…
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lol remember when we were all “you don’t have to be productive during a pandemic, just making it is good ❤️” and then taylor swift said “🖕😌🖕”
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among the scores of depressing buyout emails @washingtonpost the last few weeks, some of the bleakest come from the many talented copy editors leaving. our work is made cleaner, more accurate, better by their tireless work. without them we and our readers will be worse off.
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for this year’s edition of NPR’s Books We Love, i wrote some small words about @johngreen’s The Anthropocene Reviewed, a wonderful collection of essays that made me, a longtime fan, love his writing even more: apps.npr.org/best-books/#yea…
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me too!!! i would love to see them at the desk. it's always so fun when we get a really *big* artist at the office!
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i think many of us who have recently come out of college papers, where we cut our teeth not giving a damn about what powerful people thought of us, have been surprised to come into the "grown up" industry and not see that same ethos echoed everywhere
Something is happening with college journalism. The level of interest was already remarkable. Now a new generation of reporters are being forged by the pandemic. They're covering whole towns, beyond campus. And they seem unafraid of confronting power. washingtonpost.com/media/202…
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in all honesty though i’m real glad NPR is having remote interns this fall. it would be so easy to kill off our intern program right now and instead we’re doing this!! lots of work to be done but this is a good step in the right direction
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social producers for news orgs have been screaming into the void about this for years and it's so validating to know we weren't wrong
Facebook's algorithm assigns reaction emoji — including the angry 😡 face — five times the weight of a "like" washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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a couple of wow grafs in this story ahead of the Wirecutter strike. solidarity with @wirecutterunion ✊ nymag.com/intelligencer/2021…
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i'm at the book store
i'm at the restaurant
i'm at the flower store
i'm at the barber shop
i'm at the combination book store restaurant flower store barber shop
Kramerbooks is now just "Kramers." The Dupont bookstore also has a new look, new restaurant, and plans to add a flower and barber shop. bit.ly/3hSshVs
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Every “staff news” email that hits (and continues to hit) our @washingtonpost inboxes lately has come with increasingly larger pangs of sadness. Titans of our newsroom — of journalism writ large — are leaving. It’s a damn shame it came to this.
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checked off a bucket list item this weekend: a three-night run of @theavettbros at the simply stunning @RedRocksCO
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apropros of nothing, npr does indeed have more news products beyond its two main radio newsmagazines
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4 podcasts axed. 100+ people laid off. i am aching for my former colleagues and friends at NPR. a gut punch to an organization full of the best people.
hiring managers: please scoop up these talented folks. you will not regret it. npr.org/2023/03/23/116555981…
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! best day ever
Brandon Carter. Social Producer for NPR Politics. Assistant Producer, Washington Desk.
@brandonetc @NPRPolitics @wku #NPRmageddon
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uncounted votes are still votes. there is no victory until all votes are counted and results are certified. there can be no vague, diluted, dances-around-it language about this among those of us whose jobs are to communicate this to our audiences.
BREAKING: Trump has told confidants he'll claim victory Tuesday night if it appears he's "ahead" — even if the outcome still hinges on uncounted votes in key states like Pennsylvania — according to three people familiar with his comments. axios.com/trump-claim-electi…
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now do urban areas that all have the same four $1800/1br apartment building designs on every block
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far-right activists successfully pressured GOP officials to tear apart one of the best available tools to fight voter fraud. tremendous reporting on how it all went down from @MilesParks: npr.org/2023/06/04/117115900…
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baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah da ba ba ba they're lovin it
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rolling up to cover yet another election night after 20 months of a pandemic, a whole-ass presidential election and an insurrection
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i do not want to rt the dumb tweet by That One Podcast Host but damn, i long for the day when big shot NYC-based journos leave talking about the south to folks who actually get it
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ayesha and i started at NPR on the same day in 2018, so she's officially beaten me in what i can only assume was our unspoken shared race to host an NPR show. rats.
@ayesharascoe you are the best and i can't wait to listen!!!! congrats!! ❤️❤️❤️
NPR WH correspondent @ayesharascoe will be the new host of @NPRWeekend Sunday:
"At NPR, I've found my voice and worked with amazing colleagues. I've also been privileged to get to know the dedicated listeners who make up the heart of public radio."
npr.org/about-npr/1082832407…
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tonight we bid a Washington Desk farewell to our own @HorsleyScott. he’s only moving down a floor but we’re still gonna miss the hell outta him
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persobally I’m tired of us taking down small fries like Applebee’s and American cheese, it’s about time we took down an economy
There's a theory that stingy millennials are to blame for the sluggish economy cnb.cx/35an5XB
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🚨 Job alert 🚨
The @nprpolitics team is hiring a news assistant! This is an entry-level job perfect for someone just of out college.
Here's the listing: recruiting.ultipro.com/NAT10…
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not a new take, but having watched all of the events of January 6 unfold in real time on here — in tweets, videos, live streams — it is somehow *more* horrifying seeing all of it laid out back-to-back in rapid succession in the impeachment trial presentation.
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484 days after the first debate of the democratic primary, the 2020 election debate season is finally, mercifully over
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i try not to dump my audience journalism thoughts on here too often - bc there are already too many ppl pontificating in this space and i side eye folks who spend a lot of time doing so - but this feels like the beginning of the end for news orgs on Facebook:
NEW: Meta is changing the Facebook app to transform its experience into a more TikTok-like selection of algorithmically chosen videos — and shunt off content posted by family, friends and groups into a separate side feed. trib.al/VBToYgp
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a reporter write a lede and it gets a few minor edits; audience folks write an offbeat tweet and get hellfire rained down as if we aren't fiercely in tune with the intricacies of existing as a news brand account on the internet in 2021
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person sitting behind me on the Amtrak is listening to a podcast without headphones, America has officially descended into anarchy
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TIRED: allocating affordable housing based on income
WIRED: allocating affordable housing based on instagram followers
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somewhere in there it becomes a combination hate watch-train wreck, and your body becomes incapable of doing anything but pressing “next episode”
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TIRED: journalists amassing to defend the smallest slight against press freedom
WIRED: journalists snarking on twitter about protesters slowing down their commute
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