@batesunlv

Professor, Hank Greenspun School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 Las Vegas, NV
sites.google.com/view/sbates/home
Joined July 2018
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Jason Hancock@J_HancockSep 26
Reporters Clara Bates and Anna Spoerre were awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism on Saturday by the Missouri Press Association for their reporting on problems in the state’s foster care. #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2026…

Missouri Independent reporters win investigative journalism prize for foster care series • Missouri...

Reporters Clara Bates and Anna Spoerre were awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism on Saturday by the Missouri Press Association for their reporting on problems in the state’s foster...

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Your driver Jeff is arriving in a Hyundai Excel
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John L. Smith@jlnevadasmithFeb 22
Really wonderful tribute to Clara Bates. And she’s just getting started!
Sally Denton@sallydentonFeb 22
How Clara Bates uncovered the mystery buyer of Zorro Ranch (Santa Fe New Mexican29478975), enewmexican.pressreader.com/…

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Sally Denton@sallydentonFeb 22
How Clara Bates uncovered the mystery buyer of Zorro Ranch (Santa Fe New Mexican29478975), enewmexican.pressreader.com/…

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Plot twist worthy of Waugh
Clara Bates@clarabatessFeb 17
The late Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch is being turned into a Christian retreat, says Don Huffines, whose family purchased the ranch under an anonymous LLC in 2023 — "reclaiming it for Jesus." #epstein @thenewmexican
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Epstein’s two great loves
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More on the scientist part, by Clara Bates santafenewmexican.com/news/l…

Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on ties to Santa Fe Institute scientists

Epstein had a relationship with Murray Gell-Mann, who won a Nobel Prize in physics. Epstein helped fund Gell-Mann's research.

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advice from Santa Barbara Times, 1871.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
Orin Kerr
@OrinKerr1 Oct 2025
This was published 10 years ago, and I believe it's still the leading article on the topic. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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claude.ai insists that Charlie Kirk is fine.
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Replying to @pescami
Here is a non-paywalled link to the jaw-dropping Chronicle of Higher Education exposé of Joan Donovan. My god. How is she still taken seriously? Who funds her? archive.is/2024.10.24-214640…
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Even dummy text now features Taylor Swift
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Lovely. ‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection theguardian.com/stage/2025/j…

‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection

A treasure trove of manuscripts, notebooks and recordings from the theatre legend has been acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington DC

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Appalling missouriindependent.com/2025…

Man dies in KC jail after waiting months for court-ordered mental health treatment • Missouri...

A man who spent months in a Kansas City jail waiting to be transferred to a state psychiatric hospital for court-ordered treatment died on Monday. 

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Clara Bates@clarabatess12 May 2025
Missouri’s system for providing legal representation to families ensnared in the foster care system is highly decentralized, relying on county-level funding and operating with little state oversight, a months-long @MO_Independent investigation found. missouriindependent.com/2025…

Uneven legal representation for Missouri parents leaves kids languishing in foster care • Missouri...

Missouri’s system for providing legal representation to families ensnared in the foster care system is highly decentralized.

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A sad farewell from a proud institution staffed by thoughtful, smart people
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Since the invention of the press, concerns about media ownership have persisted. @batesunlv, @AlexandraGeese, @RrjohnR, and Paul Starr explore 19th–20th century trends, with a focus on technology and market concentration. Moderated by @sgellison. Tune in to #StiglerAntitrust25, register now at chicagobooth.edu/StiglerAnti….
2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference Media Concentration, Ownership, and Regulation | April 10 Sarah Ellison, The Washington Post (Moderator) Stephen Bates , University of Nevada, Las Vegas Alexandra Geese, European Parliament Richard John , Columbia University Paul Starr, Princeton University chicagobooth.edu/StiglerAntitrust | #StiglerAntitrust25

ALT 2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference Media Concentration, Ownership, and Regulation | April 10 Sarah Ellison, The Washington Post (Moderator) Stephen Bates , University of Nevada, Las Vegas Alexandra Geese, European Parliament Richard John , Columbia University Paul Starr, Princeton University chicagobooth.edu/StiglerAntitrust | #StiglerAntitrust25

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Roxana Robinson, author of “Leaving” and 10 other books, in conversation Thurs. at Writer’s Block in Las Vegas. Join us! thewritersblock.org/events/4…

ROXANA ROBINSON | The Writer's Block

An independent bookstore in downtown Las Vegas, offering free creative-writing classes to grades K–12.

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In @zeitonline, Bernhard Pörksen recalls the lessons of the Hutchins Commission for today, via @batesunlv' book: Wenn Hass zum Geschäftsmodell wird zeit.de/2025/01/massnahmen-p…

Maßnahmen gegen Propaganda: Wenn Hass zum Geschäftsmodell wird

1948 veröffentlicht eine Gruppe US-Intellektueller einen Report zur Frage, was gegen Fake-News, Propaganda und Faschismus hilft. Sie waren ihrer Zeit weit voraus.

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