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Having to remind myself that without the records request we got these names from, I would be even further behind on contacting potential sources!!! And that last time I did a similar story, I asked for these records and the agency told me they didn’t exist 😂

I probably could have saved time earlier on that, but this part -- the checking to see if the name and resume of the person I found matches someone who worked at a workplace at a given time and verifying that it’s the right one to contact -- I think????? is not yet automated????

114 names worth of contact info sorted out into my investigative spreadsheet, so just.... 463 to go

exactly 😭

I always feel this more at the beginning of investigations, but so much of journalism requires ignoring the persistent drumbeat of “but what if they hurt my feelings 🥺” on everything from source outreach to being edited and distributing your stories on social media

Media and culture are downstream from politics, despite the opposite claim often made by right-wing reactionaries. Political losses ripple down through the funding ecosystem to news outlets and other organizations that were aligned with the party that took those losses. MAGA understands this.

@oliviamesser.bsky.social, The Barbed Wire's editor in chief, describes the unforeseen impact of the 2024 Democratic election loss on progressive funding for independent journalism. Listen to her conversation with Kicker host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Instead of saying "women slept their way to the top" we need to say "men withhold promotions until they receive sexual favors" because that is the truth not the other way around

this is the part of the journalism movie when there’s a montage so we can effectively fast forward

these facial expressions? botox could never

Yes! That should’ve been more clear in my post. I wouldn’t have shared it if I hadn’t verified it first! It’s just so strikingly surreal that it feels like it *should* be fake

low key looking forward to the meditative work of organizing names and finding contact info

so apocalyptic I caught myself double checking that the NYT hadn’t accidentally fallen for AI

the beginnings of investigations are so fun!!!!!!!!

Yes, I think I said on here that Brian’s is the best it’s ever been! Y’all are doing great work.

😂😂

The shit-show clown car the SDNY US Attorney's Office is driving around Manhattan these days is unreal.

BREAKING: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man who killed Democratic Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman is sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in prison.

The Barbed Wire's goal, EIC @oliviamesser.bsky.social wrote at the time, was to reach the millions of Texans who weren’t reading their local or statewide news newspaper, and to create a new hybrid for-profit/nonprofit revenue model for journalism. What went wrong? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

This should be front page news everywhere: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...