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Wilmington, DE
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Hi from the Mid-Atlantic! Today I’m starting as a deputy editor at @Spotlight302, where I’ll be editing and reporting stories about Delaware’s southern communities.
I’m super excited to join the team & get to work. Please reach out with story tips and your best Delaware recs!
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Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 variety.com/2026/music/news/…
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Yunior Sosa Ordonez of Cuba had his car stolen at gunpoint by a man who fired two shots near his head, Louisville police say.
Now, prosecutors say they cannot proceed with the case without his testimony, but ICE has thus far refused to release him.
courier-journal.com/story/ne…
A quick update on this story:
Late Sunday night, Jeff Balk announced his resignation as chair of the Sussex County Democratic Party. Pressure had been mounting for Balk to step down since @Spotlight302 originally reported on his past crimes on Friday.
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/1…
Sussex County Democrats and their state party leadership are in a standoff over whether the chair of the county party should resign because of his criminal past involving sex crimes against minors.
My latest: spotlightdelaware.org/2025/1…
Sussex County Democrats and their state party leadership are in a standoff over whether the chair of the county party should resign because of his criminal past involving sex crimes against minors.
My latest: spotlightdelaware.org/2025/1…
After months of publicly opposing offshore wind projects across the Eastern Seaboard, the Trump administration announced last week that it intends to revoke @USWindInc's plans for a wind farm off the Delmarva coast.
My latest w/ @MaddyinDE:
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/0…
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Deputy Editor @timcarlin_ and Reporter @maggierey32 were in Smyrna yesterday for a Pop-Up Newsroom at Duck Creek Regional Library. Residents shared concerns about school taxes, impact fees and difficulties getting information from town leaders.
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Spotlight Delaware is growing.🌱
We’ve launched a new three-person reporting team focused on Kent and Sussex counties, expanding access to free, local journalism for more than 460,000 residents.
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This week, Delaware leaders are weighing big decisions:
⚓ Leadership at the Port of Wilmington
💰 A proposed student tax at UD
🏥 Financing for a new hospital campus
These meetings are open to the public — and you have a seat at the table.
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/0…
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House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown opposed a proposed 1.2-gigawatt data center near #DelawareCity after a tense town hall raised more questions than answers.
"I'm calling on my county council to say no,” she said, drawing cheers from the audience. #NetDE
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proud friend moment!!! @ByMirandaDunlap is so very deserving of this award 🫶🏼
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Sad news: Robert M. Stein, influential Rice University political scientist, dies at 75
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“The rushing, still-rising water had lifted the house off its pillars. It was afloat.
And then it wasn’t.”
A gut-wrenching account of both survival and unimaginable loss in the wake of the Hill Country floods.
texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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i rounded up a few here: chron.com/culture/article/ce…
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Nearly two years ago, I moved my life across the country to take a chance on the Houston Landing.
While I hate the way things ended, I don't regret coming here for a second. I became a better reporter and writer and gained new skills.
Here is why you should hire me:
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Harvey Fierstein – through tears – just gave an all-timer kind of acceptance speech while accepting his Lifetime Tony Award
"There is nothing quite like bathing in the applause of a curtain call, but when I bow, I bow to the audience...with gratitude, knowing that without them I might as well be lip-syncing showtunes in my bedroom mirror. And so I dedicate this award to the people in the dark."
Today is my two year anniversary at Houston Landing. It’s also the day our newsroom is closing.
@Hou_Landing, you have given me so much.
More than anything else, I am grateful.
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“It’s likely the award will be the Landing’s last. The nonprofit newsroom learned earlier this month that it will cease operations on May 15 due to financial issues.”
It’s been an honor @Hou_Landing. Fitting we’re going down swinging.
(houstonlanding.org/houston-l…)