Director of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland. Lover of great writing, data and all storytelling forms. check!
College Park, MD
Joined April 2008
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Is Citizens United to Blame for Everything? nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/po… via @NYTimes
A new record.
President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia as press secretary, advisers to the president said, ending her turbulent week-long stint as the White House's top spokesperson. cnn.it/3VPdpAE
Why has there been no note to subscribers from @washingtonpost ? It’s like they want us to leave.
For those who claim local newsrooms have no value, there is this from The Seattle Times, writing about unseen flood risks: ‘The public health department also said people can call 206-263-9566 to report a rat in their toilet.’
Thanks to @AP for helping our latest @HowardCenterUMD project reach a national audience: Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills apnews.com/article/train-der…
Are you a journalist who wants to train the next generation of investigative reporters? Then the University of Maryland has a great job for you: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
On the second anniversary of the disastrous East Palestine train derailment, the city and its residents don’t know what hazmats are moving through town. We do. npr.org/2025/02/03/g-s1-4587…
So excited to see this collaboration between @HowardCenterUMD and @politico out in the world. The research by our team was unprecedented and revealing.
Members of Congress have taken hundreds of AIPAC-funded trips to Israel in the past decade politico.com/news/2024/10/30…
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I know many great journalists at both @latimes and @washingtonpost. Please don’t take your views on their owners out on them. Their journalism is essential today and in the future.
Every time I think this campaign can’t go any lower… From @nytimes: An ad from Elon Musk’s PAC refers to Ms. Harris as a “C Word” — eventually calling her a “communist” — in an allusion to an insult against women that is one of the most obscene words in American English.
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A series of deaths and the 'Big Fight': Uncovering police force in one Midwestern city | @rjfoley @jseewerap dive deeply into the Evansville (Indiana) PD in another must-read from our Lethal Restraint investigation. apnews.com/article/police-us…
Facts matter, esp during the chaos of a natural disaster. Here is a link to factual information on what FEMA does and does not offer to counteract some of the crap you’re reading (especially here): fema.gov/disaster/current/hu…
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Our @HowardCenterUMD partnered with @politico to publish this important story on the role of lobbyists in congressional travel by U.S. House members. More to come!
politico.com/news/2024/09/22…
The latest collaboration between the @HowardCenterUMD and Boston University went live today: When House members travel the globe on private dime, families often go too (from @AP) apnews.com/article/dfaa6f5fc…
Here is the full url to the story: politico.com/news/2024/09/22…
Thanks @politico for partnering with the @HowardCenterUMD to get this important story on the role of lobbyists in congressional travel by US House members into the world. politico.com/n
Thanks @politico for partnering with the @HowardCenterUMD to get this important story on the role of lobbyists in congressional travel by US House members into the world. politico.com/n
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Check out this @fox5dc segment with #merrillmade students Leila Cox (@lcoxnews) and @jamesmatheson__, who discuss the amazing experience of covering this week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago with our @cnsmd! #fearlessjournalism #DNC2024
fox5dc.com/video/1504388
Our students are killing it! Check out the walk-off line ;) Democratic Convention Notebook: Raskin's mustard, Colbert in town, Demobrats cnsmaryland.org/2024/08/22/d… via @CNSmd
