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"I’ve never seen anything like that in my career,” said the cold case investigator. City leaders wanted to treat hundreds of rape cases like "water under the bridge." Thanks to
@NNNnativenews @mayersINsg and grantors @pulitzercenter and @FundFIJ.
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#Serbian judge just filed civil and criminal complaints against @KRIKrs journalists reporting on the judiciary, seeking prison time and an 'occupational ban.' #PressFreedom #balkans #serbia krik.rs/en/judge-sues-krik-s…
The Search Unit for Disappeared Persons is excavating ovens used by United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia to get rid of their victims ---> Ovens of Paramilitary Horror in Colombia/ Los hornos del horror paramilitar en Colombia elpais.com/america-colombia/… via @elpais_america
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4) Several orgs disguise themselves as being primarily against trafficking & exploitation when they're really against ALL forms of sexual expression outside of Christian hetero marriage. Ex*dus Cry, NCOSE, and Fight The New Drug come to mind.
Back here for a second to commemorate getting my official PACER settlement notice. Man, those are a lot of credit card statements to pour through (pacer doesn't keep account data).
#IRE18 can we discuss the PACER class action? In the meantime, reloadable PACER gift cards for the journalist in your life. Because I spend more on 'public access' than utilities.
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📣 @Rept_Democracy is inviting #journalists from the #Visegrad region to apply for a grant covering fees and field research expenses.
This is a unique #opportunity for journalists to report from the #Balkans and deepen their understanding of the region.
balkaninsight.com/2023/06/30…
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Russia is not only stealing Ukraine's children, it is destroying any evidence that the kids came from Ukraine — making their recovery incredibly difficult. My new story for @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/internationa…
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Just a gentle reminder that pitch guidelines aren't complete if they don't include info on rates! Tbh a top reason why I seldom pitch to new publications is because I don't know what their rates are.
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The average employee of @TheEconomist would drop dead of exhaustion if they put in the average day’s work of someone in Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti or Mexico. This is foul, outdated, racist tripe & that it made it through the editing process speaks of a problem in our industry.
Video Shows Greece Abandoning Migrants at Sea - The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world…
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Technology is evolving rapidly, and #journalists need to stay up-to-date on the latest methods to uncover and report #digitalrights violations.
#BIRN gives the opportunity to 10 🇲🇰 journalists to attend its new digital rights training.
Read more:
birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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On May 2, I published in @TheNewYorker an article on Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora and the unfounded legal prosecution against him. Later that day, the public phase of Zamora’s trial began in a Guatemala City courtroom. newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
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❗️@BIRN_Network offers training in #digitalrights for 10 #journalists from #Montenegro:
⚡️ to identify and report on digital rights violations more effectively
⚡️to produce impactful stories
👉Read more and apply NOW:
birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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🚨🚨🚨 NEW DATA ALERT:
We have posted new datasets of (1) local prosecutor elections and (2) individual campaign contributions in those elections.
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Thread: The Supreme Court is hearing a big case tomorrow. It should unite everyone: left, right & center. And the national press has almost totally ignored it.
It centers on an elderly woman who fell behind on her taxes. So the county took her home, sold it, and kept the profit.
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We support @SPJLA and this coalition of journalists in opposition of the lawsuit against @bencamach0 and @stoplapdspying. "The City's sweeping demand for censorship defies logic as well as the First Amendment."
Uncertainty in the Balkans and also great beauty. Not pictured, the kindest neighbors... #crnagora.
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Victory at Second Circuit! The court, citing our amicus brief, held late last month that FOIA requires ICE to release deidentified data on how it arrests, classifies, detains, and deports immigrants.
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