Veteran journalist, enterprise editor & story/writing coach. On hiatus from Newspaper Land. Mama to two teen boys. Listening for the wind in the trees.
Baltimore, MD
Joined September 2011
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In the fall of 1962, a tall, thin Jamaican doctoral candidate at Berkeley delivered a lecture about the mechanics of British colonial power in the Caribbean. A woman in the audience, a tiny Indian scientist wearing a sari & sandals, found his ideas so compelling that she introduced herself.
A gift link to my 2020 piece on how Kamala Harris's parents fell in love.
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The end of an era. Love this wonderful look behind the sign that went up at a local Burger King. Stan the Man. Thank you, @ChristinaTkacik thebaltimorebanner.com/cultu…
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ProPublica distributed notecards to homeless people in Albuquerque and asked them about objects they had lost when their encampments were hauled away. Here's what they said. propublica.org/article/albuq… @nicolesantacruz
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When Joanna Meade's Baltimore home was rehabbed recently, crews found a black box in a wall. Inside, letters from 100 yrs ago. The secret letters plunged her into a mystery of 1920s Baltimore society. Who hid the love letters? And why? With @StokelyBaksh: thebaltimorebanner.com/cultu…
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This lovely donor Ruth Gottesman is from Baltimore’s Hochschild Kohn family and went to Friends baltimoresun.com/2024/02/27/… by @DanBelson_
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It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into silence, exposed corrupt officials and even saved lives. Proof, from every state:
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“From tiny experiences we build cathedrals.” —Orhan Pamuk buff.ly/4ah1Ipc
“When her left eye walks on you, you are hers forever.” What a haunting, unforgettable read. Thank you, @CaitJGibson washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
Couple married for nearly 50 years die within hours of each other. A Fred Rasmussen @baltimoresun special. ❤️ baltimoresun.com/obituaries/…
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Fellow journos, I’ve a favor to ask.
I’m hoping you can help me spread the word about a new(ish) journalism contest, and yeah, you’re probably thinking: Do we really need another journalism contest?
This one’s different. It’s a worldwide contest, called the True Story Award.
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In loving memory of our Chris. kelsiesnowwrites.com/2023/10…
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“Find out what makes you kinder, what opens you up and brings out the most loving, generous, and unafraid version of you — and go after those things as if nothing else matters. Because, actually, nothing else does.”
~ George Saunders, Some thoughts on kindness
Diana Marcum, Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter for Los Angeles Times, dies latimes.com/california/story…
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Glad to be returning to Baltimore next week to read at @TheIvyBookshop with @DoraMalech and Gabriella Fee.
Do come say hello! ✨
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Rebecca, Wendi, Rob, Johnny Mac and Gerald. ❤️
And to all my Capital-Gazette family…thinking of you today.
Journalists Matter. ✊🏼
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The Pulitzer Center is actively seeking applications for enterprise and underreported stories about COVID-19 inequities and other U.S. and global health system failures. We are interested in reporting on systemic barriers to care, misinformation, and more. bit.ly/3Wtv64l
ALT Call for proposals Global health inequities reporting initiative