Jessica Huseman

it's hard to be consistent with messaging in a sprawling administration but you'd assume that the use of single words could at least achieve that goal

a bespoke san marino, is what i'm picturing

Investigation underway after plant fire breaks out in Pasadena, fire officials say According to a message from CAER, flaring has been reported at the facility on the LyondellBasell Bayport Choate site on Thursday night.

On a day with two terror attacks in the U.S. you assume this could be another one until you remember shit in this country is just constantly on fire

She found her way back to me after a bathroom break, so I inquired as to the local economy. What do her subjects do for jobs?

"Horses."

extremely efficient!

At a local Italian spot, sitting at the bar. A family comes in with two little girls (maybe 3 and 5?) dressed head-to-toe as princesses, ordering pizza to go.

“HI. I AM JASMINE. I AM A PRINCESS.”

I told her it was an honor and asked how many people she ruled over.

“38.”

If you think your newsroom or your students would benefit, reach out. I can work with any budget, and all of these happen over Zoom. And, if your reporters are lacking a specific skill you really wish they had and can't make land, let's see if we can do a custom training.

jessicalhuseman@gmail.com

I've led sessions for Morning Brew, Fast Company, Fortune, Appen Media (hyperlocal papers in Georgia), Politico's data desk, the Michigan Advance, ICT News and more.

Plus, student newsrooms and public policy schools like the LBJ School at UT or the Criminology Department at the Univ. of Maryland.

Current trainings include:
• Public records requests
• Excel, from beginner to advanced
• How to interview kids thoughtfully and effectively
• Advanced interview techniques
• Managing investigative projects without losing momentum
• Deep Googling and open-source research strategies

Over the past few years, I’ve developed a series of 90-minute, skills-focused trainings designed for newsrooms of all sizes.

They’re practical, affordable, and require no advance prep. The goal: reporters leave with tools they can use immediately. I can work with any budget.

The writers have really gotten into their groove these days.

ICE Tried To Turn This Minneapolis Teacher Into An Informant Brandon Siguenza was detained for doing legal-observer work. ICE's real interest was in generating snitches. PLUS: Mojtaba Khamanei isn't surrendering

"He was vaguely saying things like, 'Really, I can help you out. I can do things for you. ...If you could, you know, give me the names of protest organizers, maybe I can help you out.'" Inside an ICE effort to generate snitches.

a kid i used to babysit turns 30 today how's everyone doing.

It was hilarious. My friend and I remain friends largely on the basis of this experience.

Entirely fair yes

You are picturing a musical group here. There was no harmony. kelsey and I were playing the same notes. Unless guitar man was there it was a loud ode to the upper octaves of “on eagles wings” and we thought we were absolutely slaying.

This was an informal gathering of musical people who were going to be at church anyway and were conscripted so we never considered ourselves a group! I wish there were photos. I’m sure I have something around here.

Those sopranos might undercut your point slightly - they were all at least 70

That was the church choir every single Sunday. how did we not run everyone out of that building.

Between middle and high school I played flute and piccolo in a Catholic church “ensemble”: one retiree director, four very committed sopranos, my friend on clarinet, a guy who sometimes brought a guitar, and me.

I think about how unhinged that probably sounded at least twice a month.

Also if anyone wants me to do this course in their newsroom, I promise you that you can afford it.

Note to self: never leave your boyfriend alone in your house with access to your journalism training to-do whiteboard.

bf is in the panhandle for work and my phone keeps turning "haboob" into "kabob" and my texts are awesome.

I will report this to the bartender immediately

bar regular

TKO: What a punching bag with a candidate’s face has to do with 37 uncounted ballots in Michigan Hamtramck City Clerk has been fired for “a clear lack of professional neutrality,” the mayor says.

Here's a weird one from @hayleyharding.bsky.social. There were candidate faces taped to punching bags in the Hamtramck elections' office. Then 37 ballots were throw out. Here's how that's connected.

Also, hear from one of the featured faces. www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...

FOLKS the tables have turned. I have returned home from several days away to find this:

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

If you ever have to spend nearly 24 straight hours reporting on voting without sleeping, I recommend capping it with a steak, wine, and a james McMurtry album while you stare at a river.