@LairdWrites

(she/her) @DispatchAlerts government & politics reporter, @DispatchGuild chair 📰 mail: [email protected] ✉️

 Columbus, OH
Joined December 2014
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Hi! 👋 So, clearly, my account got hacked for a few days. X support got back to me today 👍👍
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Jessie Balmert@jbalmertOct 16
Sharing this explainer from @LairdWrites on the difference between Issues 8 +9 in Columbus, in case you, too, were confused: dispatch.com/story/news/poli…

Columbus issues 8 and 9 offer competing plans to overhaul City Council

Columbus voters will weigh competing plans to overhaul City Council elections. Here's how Issues 8 and 9 differ.

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This morning, Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany's campaign barred two Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters from entry to a campaign event, because the campaign didn't like the newspaper's coverage 👇🧵
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This should not be acceptable!
A.J. Bayatpour@AJBayatpourSep 24
At Tom Tiffany’s campaign stop in Milwaukee, staff is blocking @MSpicuzzaMJS and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from covering the event
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Can we agree Taylor Swift’ Cleveland song where she talks half the song is terrible and should NOT become the new Cleveland anthem? 😅 I’m not trying to be a hater. I have previously liked some of her songs. But I find this one insufferable 😬 -a girl who grew up in Cle metro
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julie k. brown
@jkbjournalistSep 18
Raise your hand if you want to subscribe to a newspaper with AI generated content instead of following real journalists who actually uncover real news and tell stories by physically interviewing people, reviewing documents and gaining the trust of whistleblowers to get to the truth.
Mark Keierleber
@mkeierleberSep 17
A week after McClatchy laid off journalists nationwide, the newspaper chain announced their replacements: Editors for a new “innovation lab” focused on AI-generated lifestyle articles. “Celebrating Our Team,” execs wrote in an email about the hires. san.com/cc/inside-a-newspape…

Inside a newspaper chain’s transformation from local news to AI-generated ‘content’

McClatchy Media didn’t wait a week after firing journalists before announcing hires for its new AI-powered “Content Innovation Lab.”

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BladeGuild ⚔️@bladeguildSep 8
Statement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications' decision to cease operations of The Blade.
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Trying to understand how this story published with my byline last week while I was on my honeymoon. I did not write or review a word of it and it does not pull info from past reporting. Does cleveland.com think they just own my name now? cleveland.com/news/2026/09/c…
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I’m sad to see layoffs happening this week at USA TODAY’s network of newspapers. Here at The Dispatch, we unionized this year so we have strong protections from layoffs. The union papers have been offered voluntary severance offers instead. None to a few may take it in Columbus. We’ll see. I’m very glad we unionized and joined the @newsguild when we did. ❤️
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Rick Rouan@RickRouanSep 3
Breaking from @LairdWrites: Columbus to pause Flock camera program after evidence of misuse dispatch.com/story/news/loca…

Columbus to pause Flock camera program after evidence of misuse

The announcement comes after The Dispatch asked the Columbus Division of Police this week about an officer whose Flock data was flagged as suspicious.

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Ohio journalism is still kicking! It’s pretty cool to be recognized alongside other awesome journalists! @jpelzer @CentralOhioSPJ
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Disclaimer: I know very little about crypto. I know a lot about Columbus government and politics! So follow me for the latter 😊🗞️
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