Freelance journalist, ex-@WIRED. She/Her.
Joined May 2010
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
OSHA’s letter was delivered alongside *five citations* for failure to report injuries, in response to complaints filed by members of the #STL8 Organizing Committee last July about AmCare's abuse and neglect.
Relatedly: wired.com/story/amazons-firs… via @caitharr
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16 Jul 2024
Senate report out today on Amazon labor practices cites a letter Amazon received from OSHA in January:
“Workers cannot truly receive ‘first’ aid for the same acute injury on the 10th, 20th, or 30th visit"
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
24 Jan 2024
It’s out! I started work on my first and last WIRED feature three years ago. It’s about space law, satellite constellations, colonization, and a team of young women from Zimbabwe wired.com/story/two-nations-…
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23 Jan 2024
Solidarity with my former @condeunion colleagues fighting the good fight!
23 Jan 2024
Starting at midnight EST for 24 hours, DON’T CROSS OUR CLICK-IT LINE, that means no clicks, likes, reshares on:
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Architectural Digest ❌
Vogue ❌
Allure ❌
Glamour ❌
Epicurious ❌
Self ❌
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
16 Jan 2024
I’ve been laid off from WIRED. I’ve worked here for almost a decade in a bunch of different roles—reporter, culture editor, digital editor, news editor. It’s hard to be leaving such an incredible team.
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In her new book "The Algorithm," @HilkeSchellmann reveals how #AI hiring systems can perpetuate #bias and violate non-discrimination laws, and what job applicants can do about it, explains @caitharr
wired.com/story/hilke-schell… #automation
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
18 Dec 2023
I was one of the many affected by the recent layoffs at @WIRED. baby's first media layoff! I joined WIRED when I was 22, and I was very lucky to land at a place where I was given so much room to grow as a journalist.
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
12 Dec 2023
Here's a not-yet-complete thread of the people laid off at @WIRED. I was proud to have them as colleagues. My thoughts are with all of them, as well as those left behind to pick up the pieces. It's been a brutal year in the news business...🧵 poynter.org/commentary/2023/…
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
12 Dec 2023
Welp @WIRED laid me off alongside a bunch of other talented people, and on the way out the door I want to appreciate some stories that I was proud to write while reporting on how AI can harm people, accelerate inequality, violate human rights, and threaten society. A thread 🧵:
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Personal news, as they say, but not the happy kind. Just want to thank the wonderful @WIRED crew. It was an honor. Hiring managers, please snap up my colleagues who are also impacted. Absolutely brilliant, kind, funny journalists who welcomed me warmly to the WIRED family. 🫡
12 Dec 2023
.@meghann, executive editor of news at @wired, is among those departing: talkingbiznews.com/media-new…
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
12 Dec 2023
🧵Unfortunately, I was part of the layoffs at WIRED with many very talented colleagues.
Under my leadership during these 3 years, we increased social video views by 501% and reached over one million followers in TikTok in a year and a half…
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
10 Dec 2023
Sad to say I'm leaving @WIRED after what feels like just a blip. It was a fun blip, and spent in the company of truly great colleagues. And of course, I loved the stories I got to publish, the big ones and the small wacky ones—and all from writers I count myself lucky to know.
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
11 Dec 2023
I'm sorry to say that after two years at @WIRED I've been laid off along with many of my beloved and talented colleagues.
I'm so grateful to have worked with journalists and editors who are the very best at what they do, and I am truly going to miss them.
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
11 Dec 2023
I'm no longer @WIRED. I was the luckiest to land there out of college and have freedom to build beats and write big features on a truly boggling array of topics.
Excited for what's next. For now, that's freelancing (unless this industry magically starts hiring)...
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
12 Dec 2023
*** Everyone, I have devastating news: A tsunami of layoffs swept through WIRED, and I am among the victims. The majority of the science desk was gutted, features was hit, 3 union stewards and 2/3 of the union's diversity committee (incl me) are out. (1/7) wired.com/
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Caitlin Harrington retweeted
12 Dec 2023
(Heart)BREAKING NEWS: After 20 years @WIRED , I was among the group of talented editors, writers, designers, and others laid off last Thursday. I am grateful for the career I was able to build there and proud of the work we all did together.
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12 Dec 2023
I’m so grateful to all the workers who trusted me to tell their stories @WIRED these past few years. It’s been an honor and a thrill. I learned from the best and got to write about dogged union fights, donor-conceived family reunions, employees grappling with layoffs, and more.
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12 Dec 2023
Now the layoffs have come for me, and 18 of my brilliant @WIRED US and UK colleagues. Any newsroom would be lucky to have them.
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12 Dec 2023
I’d love to continue getting labor (and other) stories out into the world, for now as a freelancer.
Editors and tipsters, I’m at caitlin_harrington@protonmail.com.
I left my 💙 with the @wiredunion. ✊
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