Researcher/Producer at NPR, mezzo-sop
Joined March 2009
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🧵 Fifty years ago, the National Personnel Records Center caught fire and burned uncontrollably for two days before firefighters were able to contain it. And as a result, 17,517,490 personnel records were wiped out of existence. 📸: @joshvalphoto wired.trib.al/DEm3Tw5 1/6
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Illinois became the first state to legislate against the banning of books in public libraries, a practice that has been on the rise across the United States as conservatives look to suppress some books dealing with race, history, and LGBTQ topics reut.rs/3Nbepap 1/5
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Press freedom’s unsung hero washingtonpost.com/press-fre…
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Horseshoe crab blood is used to test almost every #vaccine & medical device.
But as the amount of crabs and birds that depend on the crabs has plummeted, the US coastal bleeding industry has become more secretive about how many they take & how many die: npr.org/2023/06/10/118076144…
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Why KCRW is leaving Twitter — and where else to find us | KCRW kcrw.com/news/articles/npr-t…
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1,000 people now face January 6 Capitol riot charges. What is happening to them? : NPR npr.org/2023/03/25/116502288…
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Chiara is smart, creative, thoughtful, kind and ambitious in her reporting, and I have been blown away by how much she care about her sources and stories. It's been a privilege working with her. I only wish it were longer. The next newsroom to snatch her up is a lucky one.
24 Mar 2023
I was laid off @NPR as part of the massive cuts. I loved the i-team and wanted to stay for years, but here we are.
Please let me know if you're looking for a multimedia, bilingual reporter w/ experience investigating environment, healthcare, tech, immigration & criminal justice.
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“Citing an increase in public records requests for the governor’s travel schedule, Florida legislators are advancing a bill that would shield from the public any information about how and where Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials go.”
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CPJ on March 15 joined 85 other organizations in reiterating calls for the Rwandan government to allow an independent, impartial investigation into the death of investigative journalist John Williams Ntwali.
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🚨Introducing a new @NPR podcast, Taking Cover. 🚨 So excited for y'all to hear this — deep, investigative journalism at its best. I've watched in awe for YEARS as this one has come together. Huge congrats @GPublic @TBowmanNPR @ChrisHaxel @nevesmnic
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Joni Mitchell’s Gershwin Prize Concert Showcases Her Music and Influence blogs.loc.gov/loc/2023/03/jo…
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Photographing a year of war and resilience in Ukraine npr.org/sections/pictureshow…
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15 Feb 2023
Last year my colleague @NPRJoeShapiro and @cm_thompson3 of the @MarshallProj reported on the violent conditions within a special federal prison unit in Illinois.
Now, that unit is closing.
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Reporter's dismissal exposes political pressures on West Virginia Public Broadcasting npr.org/2023/02/13/115359001…
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As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point npr.org/2023/01/18/114955648…
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How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all npr.org/2023/01/09/114504059…
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Domestic terrorism investigations and arrests shot up in 2021 npr.org/2022/10/28/113240544…
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Someone's been creating a ton of fake CISO profiles on LinkedIn for major corporations. What's more, a lot of this info is getting ingested by various sources that then make it even harder to tell the truth in search results. Victor Sites CISO of Chevron? No. Real CISO on left.
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Authors, Advocacy Group Pen Open Letter Urging Publishers to Support Libraries publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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Newly released Jan. 6 body-worn camera footage shows the mob using an enormous TRUMP sign as a battering ram against police.
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