Author of THE FORTUNATE ONES. Ex-Angeleno and Apple Pan denizen, now 3,000 miles away.
Joined August 2011
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3 Mar 2017
.@nytimesbooks says "The Fortunate Ones" is "a subtle, emotionally layered novel" and I am beside myself with joy. mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/0…
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Ellen Umansky retweeted
14 Dec 2023
Three years ago, I got some footage that I couldn’t get out of my mind.
It showed the first police killing captured on body-worn cameras in NY.
The NYPD didn’t want anyone to see it.
It eventually launched me on the biggest story I’ve ever done, w/ @NYTmag
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16 Jun 2023
Never am I as aspirational as when I’m packing reading material for a plane ride.
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19 May 2023
There are no words to describe this heartbreak, and yet @SarahAWildman manages to find them. The love and pain and vitality of Orli in this piece. nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opini…
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Ellen Umansky retweeted
11 May 2023
"What you can see here is the blue wall of silence being built." @ericuman and @michaelhayes talk with @wnyc's @MichaelHillNJ about new tapes that show how NYPD investigates shootings by one of their own.
propublica.org/article/nypd-…
11 May 2023
An NYPD officer tells partner not to shoot. The partner shoots. Kills Kawaski Trawick. @propublica has the recording of the disciplinary trial. Do the officers tell the truth? Do supervisors ask the critical questions? Listen at 8:21 on @WNYC @npr @TheJusticeDept #police
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Ellen Umansky retweeted
13 Apr 2023
NEW:
Harlan Crow paid Thomas for property.
The law explicitly requires disclosure of property sales.
Thomas didn't disclose anything.
Here's Thomas' signature on the undisclosed deal.
propublica.org/article/clare…
By @JustinElliott @js_kaplan & @Amierjeski
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22 Dec 2022
dedicated phone # for trustees, doctors punished for not prioritizing VIPs. A damming scorcher of a story by @jbsgreenberg and @sarahkliff nytimes.com/2022/12/22/healt…
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Ellen Umansky retweeted
28 Nov 2022
This is amazing and addictive — a different quote tied to each minute of the day a la Marclay’s “Clock,” refreshes every minute. This was 8:12am, with its “early wide-awake grandmas, rocky with insomnia”:
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Ellen Umansky retweeted
27 Nov 2022
Life in Kyiv. Incredible thread
27 Nov 2022
Good evening. Day 5 after the latest Russian attack on Kyiv. Day 277 of the war. I am president of the Kyiv School of Economics, a former minister of economy of Ukraine, and a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. I left the US for Kyiv 4 days before the war 1/
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23 Nov 2022
"So long honey, don’t ever come around again, I’m sick of you"
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17 Nov 2022
“They should really stop sending emo emails,” my kid just said
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14 Nov 2022
"UC teaching assistants described commuting hours away for affordable housing, donating blood plasma to make ends meet" washingtonpost.com/business/…