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Thrilled to chat with @onthemedia about an idea that began from some incredible work by @shoeshine and @amyjharris – and grew into a network of more than 1,000 local journos.
ICYMI: Our engagement reporter @ByardDuncan joined @onthemedia's @Bobosphere to talk about our reporting networks and collaborative journalism!
Listen here: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm…
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BREAKING: In response to our American Rehab series, @SenWarren and @SenatorBaldwin have asked the @USGAO to investigate unpaid labor at drug rehab programs. beta.documentcloud.org/docum…
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1/ @DaveeJonesLock and I were *very* honored to chat with the indomitable @tanzinavega on today's @TheTakeaway about the people who stand to lose the most from problems with #census2020: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tak…
Matt Thompson retweeted
We should be clear that the defeated president’s efforts are in a new phase. He lost a free and fair election. He has almost entirely lost his court challenges, reinforcing the reality of his defeat. Now he’s asking fellow partisans to simply hand him the presidency.
Matt Thompson retweeted
Join our community call at 12pm ET with @christinezhang, @sandhya__k, @eaXLR, @swayze, Sachi Kobayashi, JC Polk, @aurabogado, @iff_or to talk about projects in journalism and tech:
etherpad.opennews.org/p/comm…
Matt Thompson retweeted
Feeling especially honored this week to play a small role in the extraordinary @reveal process. If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and listen to this week's gut-wrenching show, beginning with @Al_Letson interviewing @Cande313
revealnews.org/episodes/unit…
1/ 🆕podcast alert:
In this week's show, our first segment takes listeners to Detroit during election week 2020, where @Cande313 talks about what it was like to work as an election volunteer.
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This week's @reveal talks to a nurse practitioner in Iowa who tells us what it’s been like living in a state with one of the biggest COVID-19 spikes in the nation. Tune in now! LISTEN: bit.ly/NSPRNews
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1/ A week ago, I had the honor of interviewing @Cande313. Her experience volunteering as a poll worker in Detriot really got to me, and I haven’t been able to shake it.
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Matt Thompson retweeted
This week, we talk to a first time voter, whose struggles reflect the divisions facing this country after an historic election.
Then, we look into the chemical, TCE, and how it potentially causes heart defects in unborn babies.
Listen here:
revealnews.org/episodes/the-…
Matt Thompson retweeted
Not for nothing but this piece @caitielee0917 and I did for @reveal perfectly predicted what would happen on the days after election day.
We told ya'll, down to President Trump's direct quotes. revealnews.org/article/was-f…
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During Black Lives Matter protests this summer, a man in Erie, Pennsylvania was accused of setting fire to a table inside a coffee shop. Afterward, the FBI showed up. Agents wanted to know where the owner of the shop buys her coffee cups.
Here's more: revealnews.org/article/go-af…
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1/ NEW INVESTIGATION
We sued the gov’t to find out how many migrant children were being held long-term in its shelters.
We now have the answer: the U.S. government has detained nearly 1,000 migrant children for longer than one year since fall 2014.
There’s more:
Matt Thompson retweeted
More data interactives should be built with the compassion and sensitivity of this one, from @iff_or and @aurabogado:
Hover over each of these dots and be reminded that it represents A HUMAN BEING. Learn about those humans. See them.
Full @reveal story: revealnews.org/article/thous…
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1/We were still working on this episode of @reveal when this NK Tweeted this, but bringing it back cause, it’s out.
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In 1898 White Supremacist killed Black Ppl, took over the government, and burned Black business. Out of the ashes rose Jim Crow Laws.
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Matt Thompson retweeted
Also, listen to every word of @aurabogado on @reveal. The nuance, the pathos, the deep questions, and the clarity she narrates in a multi-national immigration story across the Obama & Trump yrs is unlike anything I've ever heard podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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This report on a Honduran girl detained by ORR for over 6 yrs by @aurabogado @reveal @Al_Letson will turn your blood cold. Bogado also sued under FOIA to find out that the govt has detained over 25000 kids for over 100 days and 1000 for over a year. revealnews.org/episodes/an-a…
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1/ A new report from the Slammed collaboration found more than 130 rural hospitals have shuttered over the past decade.
Most of those remaining are in the red as #COVID19 outbreaks hit farm country.
revealnews.org/article/pande…
Matt Thompson retweeted
.@ewarren, @EdMarkey and @joekennedy are demanding answers from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after our investigation exposed the company’s deception about its warehouse workers’ injuries.
revealnews.org/article/lawma…
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Amazon said safety is its "number one priority" and "safety culture is built on a philosophy of continuous improvement," in a letter to 15 U.S. senators in February.
According to @reveal's analysis of internal Amazon data, injury rates have increased every year from 2016-2019.
