investigative reporter @newsobserver
Joined February 2021
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Covering a Knicks game with gouache on location.
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NEW: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools provides 21 executives with vehicles issued by the district, including nine members of Superintendent Crystal Hill’s cabinet, according to public records obtained by the Observer.
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lmao i actually screeched in my apartment
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six years ago i stepped out onto the stage at Red Rocks to record a rock concert with CCR frontman John Fogerty.
reminder that you don’t need to start your journalism career at 18 to do this work. your life experiences may inform your reporting more than a prestigious j-degree.
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Jun 10
McClatchy's AI tool repackages existing articles to run as new ones. McClatchy reporters don't want their bylines on those articles, and are unionizing in response. niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-ce…
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love it when i get hate mail but yall only read the sidebar lmao. be so for real.
read on folks. and read lots before you pick up your phone and decide it’s my time.
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main bar (where i exclusively report NCSBI has access to Lowe’s Flock cameras):
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sidebar (where i reported on how Flock cameras work/ which devices were pitched to NCSBI / where their cameras are concentrated, according to records obtained exclusively by The N&O):
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Flock Safety’s high-tech cameras capture more than just license plates.
Find out what data they collect, and a snapshot of the company’s presence in North Carolina, in my latest piece:
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Flock Safety offered access to its cameras owned by companies, like Lowe’s.
The NC State Bureau of Investigation accepted.
read my latest exclusive look (for free) into how state officials are expanding their network of ALPR cameras:
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Clayton High School student spoke up for Palestine. Then her graduation speech was cut off. Leen Hijaz said it was important to deviate from her pre-approved comments to speak out as a Muslim Arab in Johnston County. (Via @nathannotforyou) newsobserver.com/news/local/… #ncpol #nced
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Jun 2
A Clayton High School graduation speaker sought to urge people to use their voices. Watch as her principal silences her. Story by @nathannotforyou. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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NC security firm filed false training records for its guards, state says. NC Private Protective Services Board is investigating allegations AJ Security Squared falsified records to get some of its employees certified. (Via @nathannotforyou) newsobserver.com/news/politi… #ncpol
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n. collins 🦇 retweeted
May 21
Publishers are worried that the @internetarchive makes it easy to circumvent paywalls.
But there is an easy solution to this: Limit scraping to articles that are older than a certain amount of time (two weeks? one month?).
May 21
NEW: More than 340 local U.S. news outlets are limiting
@internetarchive's access to their journalism.
@decka227 and I have mapped out what at looks like across the country:
ALT Map of the United States titled “Which local news outlets are restricting the Internet Archive?” with colored dots showing the locations of 342 local news sites owned by at least 17 companies that block one or more Internet Archive crawling bots. A legend at the top matches colors to owners, including Advance Local, The Business Journals, Fox Corporation, McClatchy, MediaNews Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tribune Publishing, USA Today, and “Other.” Dots cluster heavily in the Northeast, upper Midwest, Southeast, and along the West Coast, with labeled cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Washington D.C., New York, and Boston highlighted near concentrations of sites. A note at the bottom credits the map to Andrew Deck and Hanaa’ Tameez for Nieman Lab, created with Datawrapper.
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On this day in 1892, crusading journalist Ida B. Wells launched her anti-lynching campaign after a mob killed three of her friends. ow.ly/p87u50Z2tPq
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n. collins 🦇 retweeted
May 21
Tell the publishers to stop blocking @waybackmachine 🚫🕳️ savethearchive.com/newsleade…
Several local newspaper companies — USA Today Co., McClatchy, Advance Local, MediaNews Group, and Tribune Publishing — have begun blocking @internetarchive's access.
That's more than 340 U.S. local news sites in all, a new @NiemanLab analysis by @decka227 and @HanaaTameez shows.
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n. collins 🦇 retweeted
May 20
I LOVE working at @startelegram. It's an amazing job w/ amazing reporters who care deeply about our readers. We want to be paid a living wage, & we want McClatchy to invest in reporting as an act of humanity, not artificial intelligence. Stand with us & stand with local news 📰
Hi all! It’s been a while since we’ve last posted but we have an important update for you.
After six months of ongoing contract negotiations, we are still arguing for fair wages. Please consider standing in solidarity with us.
#standwithstartelegramreporters ✊🏻
Updates to come
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three hours late on responding to my request for comment. i am taking notes.
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