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Managing editor @prismreports.org | NABJ member | 2024 @maynardinstitute.bsky.social fellow | SF Bay Area born & raised
@carolyncopes.bsky.socialAs a journalist, this is WILD to hear. If USA Today is going to let ALL reporters access interview recordings, reporters should disclose that to the source up front. This feels like an ethics violation and breaks a lot of trust.
@prismreports.orgReposted by @carolyncopes.bsky.social"Inhumane, barbaric, torturous" can only describe the state of Tennessee's twice-botched execution of Christa Pike on Wednesday night. Pike survived two rounds of the lethal drug, pentobarbital, the second botched execution in Tennessee this year. Torture is too trite a word🧵
@carolyncopes.bsky.socialFinally, some news that can offer some hope for the future of journalism.
(At least if the outlets are based in California)
www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/cali...
@carolyncopes.bsky.socialI can't stop thinking about this one. There's something so strange about the fact that the FBI is warning agents about this particular threat. It also says a lot about the moment we're in. Worth a read! newrepublic.com/post/215548/...
@carolyncopes.bsky.socialI love seeing the solidarity among journalists. Kudos to the White House press pool!
@reuters.comReposted by @carolyncopes.bsky.socialTrump administration sued over withheld federal grants for US community lenders reut.rs/4jfHJhh
@mississippifreepress.orgReposted by @carolyncopes.bsky.socialOPINION: "With so many tariffs in the mix, consumers will be even more squeezed because many of these taxes will be stacked on top of one another," Kent Jones writes.
@zangerliberia.bsky.socialReposted by @carolyncopes.bsky.socialTorture as a "calming" area?
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
It's time to end ICE and revision DHS
@awkword.bsky.socialReposted by @carolyncopes.bsky.socialBREAKING: 90% of LGBTQ and intersex rights groups globally have lost funding since January 2025.
@prismreports.orgReposted by @carolyncopes.bsky.socialWith insights from Prism’s Editor-in-Chief @femmfeministe.bsky.social & Managing Editor @carolyncopes.bsky.social, this crash course into the fundamentals of journalism will equip you with the tools you need to write, build & publish powerful narratives that support movements for justice.
