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“I tried investigating a mysterious media company. A police report was filed against me.” www.cjr.org/feature/i-tr... For @columjournreview.bsky.social my former student @riddhisetty.bsky.social investigated a media mogul who frauded freelancers—including me.

I tried investigating a mysterious media company. A police report was filed against me.Who was in charge—Pleroma, the International Business Times, or something else?www.cjr.org

For 3 years, I followed one community through an endless cycle of floods, demolitions, and evictions, in a single Nairobi slum. For @placesjournal.bsky.social, my deep dive into how the city's poorest residents are being evicted in the name of "climate resilience" placesjournal.org/article/doub...

Doubly DisplacedFleeing floods and drought in rural areas, Kenyans find precarious refuge along Nairobi rivers. Now, residents say the city’s Climate Action Plan is being weaponized against them.placesjournal.org

I went on Polish TV to talk about how the media ought to navigate misleading, anti-immigrant narratives, here and around the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2LT... @tvpworld.bsky.social Thanks @maiamazurkiewicz.bsky.social With Anna Alboth @columbiajournalism.bsky.social

The new Syria has not dismantled the old prison system — The Dial www.thedial.world/articles/new... @thedialmag.bsky.social

“There Is Nothing More Nightmarish” — The DialThe new Syria has not dismantled the old prison system.www.thedial.world

7 years in the making, this feature took me to six countries on 4 continents. The epic story of the famous writer turned travel influencer who became China’s literary lens into Africa, and the world. But was Sanmao’s Africa real? nowvoyagermag.com/ @nowvoyagermagazine.bsky.social

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Congrats to Carolina Abbott Galvão for publishing this fascinating story in The Dial magazine, thanks to a connection she made with editor Mara Wilson at the Columbia Journalism School Freelance Fair: www.thedial.world/articles/new... @columbiajournalism.bsky.social @thedialmag.bsky.social

Under the Cowboy Hat — The DialHow agribusiness took over Brazilian country music.www.thedial.world

"Gaza resembles one huge cemetery where time is obliterated and there is no longer any distinction between past, present, and future. All I can think of is how to escape." @thedialmag.bsky.social www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Looking at America From Gaza — The Dial“At times I see it as a site of exclusion and segregation, and at other times as the specter of another possible life.”www.thedial.world

"We were so accustomed to watching the news and seeing images of buildings being destroyed, of dead bodies, of blood, but they were always in the Arab world. Now, the same thing was happening in the heart of the United States." www.thedial.world/articles/new... @thedialmag.bsky.social

Looking at America From Gaza — The Dial“At times I see it as a site of exclusion and segregation, and at other times as the specter of another possible life.”www.thedial.world

"Why was America doing all this?" Looking at America from Gaza. By Muhammad al-Zaqzouq for @thedialmag.bsky.social www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Looking at America From Gaza — The Dial“At times I see it as a site of exclusion and segregation, and at other times as the specter of another possible life.”www.thedial.world

Layoffs at CBS, NBC, and Teen Vogue show a shift in newsroom priorities away from the promises of 2020: @riddhisetty.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Has the media reached the end of its DEI era?Layoffs at CBS, NBC, and Teen Vogue show a shift in newsroom priorities away from the promises of 2020.www.cjr.org

Guantánamo's Secret History — Trump isn’t the first U.S. president to use the military base to incarcerate migrants. www.thedial.world/articles/new... @thedialmag.bsky.social

Guantánamo's Secret History — The DialTrump isn't the first president to use the military base for the U.S.'s dirty secretswww.thedial.world

Kenya’s Growing Carbon Market Is a Setback for Indigenous Land Rights - Anthony Langat for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Kenya’s Growing Carbon Market Is a Setback for Indigenous Land RightsIndigenous Ogiek say they are being evicted from their ancestral land to facilitate trading schemes.www.earthisland.org

“Am I Now in Exile?” Fleeing Bukele, by El Faro journalists for @thedialmag.bsky.social www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Fleeing Bukele — The DialJournalists in El Salvador are under heightened scrutiny. Many have been forced to leave.www.thedial.world

Kenya Police Harass Human Rights Watch Staff Member: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08... @hrw.org

Kenya: Police Harass Human Rights Watch Staff MemberThe Kenyan police should end its apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, associate Africa director at Human Rights Watch, over his work documenting serious rights abuses in Kenya.www.hrw.org

Israel has now killed at least 184 journalists in Palestine--at least 26 deliberately. For @columjournreview.bsky.social, here's what nearly two dozen journalists and human rights experts say we must do: www.cjr.org/feature/urge... @columbiajournalism.bsky.social @azmatzahra.bsky.social

Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in GazaLetters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.www.cjr.org

In Kenya, Gen Z Battles Corruption and Police Violence - For @hammerandhope.bsky.social Nanjala Nyabola chronicles Kenyan President @williamruto.bsky.social murderous regime: hammerandhope.org/article/keny...

In Kenya, Gen Z Battles Corruption and Police ViolenceWhat keeps the Ruto administration running from crisis to crisis remains a complete unwillingness to listen to people and an unswerving commitment to responding to any form of dissent with violence.hammerandhope.org

I'm honored to be awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison 2025 Forward Award! Check out the other recipients uwalumni.com/about/alumni... and read my write-up here: uwalumni.com/news/jacob-k... @wisalumni.bsky.social @uwsjmc.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social

URGENT: My good friend of 20 years, the journalist @alecluhn.bsky.social , is missing. Friends in Norway: please reach out to anyone you know who was hiking Ullensvang on the northern edge of Folgefonna since last week. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wildernessBad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national parkwww.theguardian.com

As Kenya’s protests intensified, two friends bled on opposite sides. By @khoureld.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... "Young Kenyans continue to risk their lives in protests over corruption and police brutality. Others are being recruited as “goons” to menace the protesters."