journalist 🌱• words in @globeandmail, @futureofgood, etc • 📨 hello at tahmeedshafiq dot com
Joined March 2019
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
18 Oct 2024
Less than a week until #DataDrivenTO, 65% sold out! Register for @tryingtotype and I's comprehensive 3-hour coding workshop, that will teach you Python and Pandas basics for reporting. It's perfect for journalists who know Excel but want to up their game.
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
19 Sep 2024
Are you a Toronto-based journalist who's always wanted to learn how to code to analyze large datasets, but you never knew where to start?@tryingtotype and I have the workshop for you Oct 23 at #DataDriven2024, registration now live! Beginners encouraged 📈 humberstorylab.ca/events/dat…
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
9 Sep 2024
SUDAN INVESTIGATION: On June 3 2023, the Rapid Support forces reportedly committed a massacre of at least 73 civilians following their takeover of a military base in Kutum town in N. Darfur. We spent 6 months investigating the day. Here’s how we did it
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7 Jul 2024
RT @ShreeParadkar: “My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with him
In the shadow of my…
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6 Jul 2024
"When governments remove anchor institutions such as the Science Centre from low-income areas, they deprive children of what they deserve: a safe, real-life space to expand their understanding of the world and their place in it."
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
24 May 2024
1/3 On Thursday evening, @UofT held a press conference which was not open to their campus newspaper, @TheVarsity. We at Imprint stand with our friends at The Varsity and condemn U of T's dismissal of their reporters.
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Thrilled for my friend and colleague @tryingtotype whose sharp eye for data caught this massive disparity between tenants and landlords in what should be a universally accessible means of justice. So well deserved!
Tahmeed Shafiq @tryingtotype is nominated for Best Data Journalism for his feature analyzing wait times at the Landlord and Tenant Board! Congratulations 🎉 thelocal.to/landlord-tenant-… x.com/DPAwards/status/178351…
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
25 Apr 2024
@tryingtotype, Christopher Katsarov Luna, and @royinori of @TheLocal_TO are nominated in the #DPA24 Best Data Journalism category for their story "At the Landlord and Tenant Board, Tenants Wait Twice as Long as Their Landlords" — congratulations! buff.ly/3W8ZZ0t
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
9 Mar 2024
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
14 Feb 2024
working on a story and looking for sources. if you have EVER WORKED AT TIFF and want to chat, let me know. my email: meyrink (at) hotmail (i tried to open my dm’s but it didn’t work?!)
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6 Feb 2024
saw the bell jar in a bookstore's valentine's day promo shelf. some nerdy woman with a schmuck bf who doesn't read is about to be annoyed
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
5 Feb 2024
"On the heels of Artscape’s collapse, it’s important to understand how this magical thinking was deeply disconnected from the organizational, policy, and real-estate reality in which we all exist." momus.ca/magical-market-thin…
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2 Feb 2024
the obduracy, rapacity, & sheer animal cunning of cool teens insulting adults as they go by
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2 Feb 2024
For a small fee, I will read your enemy's exhaustive investigative journalism and ask "but why is this newsworthy?"
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
5 Jan 2024
Ottawa is supposed to process First Nations families' child services requests within days. Sometimes it makes them wait a year thestar.com/politics/federal… via @torontostar
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
21 Dec 2023
Sharing a message for Toronto:
All Saints Community Centre needs help. They're $150K in the hole and in need of jackets, gloves, boots winter wear to help the city's most vulnerable survive the cold. If you can help, please do so.
Donation link:
canadahelps.org/en/dn/94103?…
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
11 Dec 2023
I'm @Jezebel's new Editor-in-Chief and I'm really fucking excited. Send your pitches, tips, favorite TSwift lyrics, etc., to ltousginant@jezebel.com and stay tuned.
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Hey! Sorry about that random little break lol, but Jezebel is back, we’re good, and we have a new home @PasteMagazine
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7 Dec 2023
"A star of Swift's caliber can expect that major newspapers and magazines will cover her every move whether she gives an interview or not...Maybe this is Swift's way of demonstrating just how far her power extends."
7 Dec 2023
the problem with celebrities not being actually pushed by the reporters asking them questions is that they don't say anything!!!
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Tahmeed Shafiq retweeted
7 Dec 2023
EXCLUSIVE: I dug into controversial AI-training dataset #Books3 — and identified thousands of Canadian authors and books. Link below to find out who’s in there and what that might mean for the future of artificial intelligence and copyright law in Canada. cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-…
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