Correspondent @FoxBusiness. Beats: autos, farming, hurricanes. Host: Across America w/Jeff Flock. Former Chi bureau chief @CNN. Founder HurricaneNow.com
I'm writing another book! About a very special person and place -- and I can't wait to share them with you. In this time of chaos, you can find me in the forest, searching for wisdom🦉
"Her writing is urgent and propulsive, and the stories of these three women are not only deeply researched but also searingly rendered on the page"
@VikingBooksUK has pre-empted The Furies: Women, Vengeance and Justice by journalist @lizflock.
Read here: buff.ly/3peA8Gl
ALT Close-up of Elizabeth Flock smiling. A cactus is in the background. Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Incidentally, today is the day the podcast we made w/Deven about her story was released into the world. It's called Blind Plea, and it's about survival & who gets the right to a fair trial in America. I hope you get the chance to listen. ❤️
Four years ago, I met Brittany Smith in Jackson County, AL. She'd shot & killed a man she said had raped & assaulted her; Alabama was prosecuting her for murder. Today, the story of Brittany's Stand Your Ground case comes to @netflix. Here's a photo I took of her just after court
Meet our #IWMFgrantee@lizflock! ⬇️
She is doing long-term reporting on the all-women militia & women's revolution in Northeast Syria. Read her story about “science of women” classes spreading in the Kurdish-held region: foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/18…
Ruby Montoya, who sabotaged the Dakota Access Pipeline to stop the flow of oil, was just sentenced to 6 yrs in prison $3.1 million in fees—only a little less time than activist Jess Reznicek, who acted with her. My longform piece on their actions here economist.com/1843/2021/11/1…
Just 2 weeks after I left Qamishli, a big & generally safe city in NE Syria, a Turkish drone has killed a civilian right where I stayed & wounded others. It's getting more unsafe there, w/Turkey even threatening a larger invasion. Yet so little media attn al-monitor.com/originals/202…
The definition of terrorism explicitly states that a person targeted the US govt. The shocking thing to me as a journalist who covers activism is that Jess was targeting private property, not the govt & still got the terrorism enhancement. This is why her case is bigger than her
America's crime crisis leading to the return of pro-police sentiment.
Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police President John McNesby discusses the change in tune as city leaders look to refund the police amid nationwide crime spike.
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