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In ICE Detention, Rising Deaths and Neglect: ‘They Wouldn’t Really Do Anything’ Recent incidents include a man who died awaiting surgery in Georgia and a woman’s miscarriage in California. Meanwhile, suicide attempts are rising.

The deadliest six-month period for immigration detention since 2018 has occurred this year, according to a letter Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock sent to the Department of Homeland Security this week.

Less than 24 hours after that letter was published, the year became deadlier still.

The Baltimore Banner names WNYC’s Audrey Cooper as its next editor-in-chief The nonprofit newsroom won a Pulitzer Prize before its third birthday but is still pursuing financial sustainability. Banner news executives said to expect "an evolution, not a revolution” under the…

“I think local journalism is the most important thing to save in America right now, and [figuring] out how to do that has been my entire life mission. I can’t imagine anywhere that has a better shot at showing how it should be done than the Banner.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

They Went to Prison as Kids. Now They’re on Death Row. Fight clubs, solitary confinement and neglect make juveniles angrier and more violent.

We found a dozen cases of death row prisoners who previously spent time in youth lockups.

Most were in Texas, where such facilities have been plagued by abuse for decades.

Authorities work to ensure safety at Sugar Bowl after man drives truck into New Orleans crowd, killing 10 The crash happened around 4:15 a.m. ET about a mile from the Superdome, the site for the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame.

Authorities are working to ensure the Caesars Superdome is safe for Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl after a man sped a pickup truck into a Bourbon Street crowd in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing at least 10 people.

Lost your driver’s license over debt? Ohio now has a fix. Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans could soon be back on the road after lawmakers this week passed sweeping reforms addressing the state’s driver’s license suspension crisis.

An update from The Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5: Lost your driver’s license over debt? Ohio now has a fix. www.news5cleveland.com/news/the-mar...

You should absolutely be looking it up, but that graf was problematic! 🤣

Journo friends. Having a convo with a non journo friend and: Were u taught to look up criminal histories of folks you interviewed? I remember being told to write a paragraph for "balance." I also remember pushing back early on when I realized it was happening mostly with POC story subjects.

Trump asks judge to advance suit against Bob Woodward President-elect Trump’s attorney asked a federal judge to move forward with his lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward over published audio tapes of interviews the famed Watergate reporter conduct…

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Embracing influencers as allies "News organizations will increasingly rely on digital creators not just as amplifiers but as integral partners in storytelling."

If we truly want to reach marginalized and underserved audiences, we've got to evolve how we think of #journalism. Right now, we only serve the audience we have - and BARELY that.

Thanks to @niemanlab.org for featuring me (and my Twitter Avatar) and so many others. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/embr...

Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025 Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.

Today's batch of @niemanlab.org Predictions just dropped! Featuring:

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@danieltrielli.bsky.social
@doristruong.bsky.social
@ericnuzum.bsky.social
@ethanlindsey.com
@glichfield.bsky.social
@joshuadarr.bsky.social

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@marlonawalker.bsky.social
@nikitaroy.bsky.social
@rachelsuzhunt.bsky.social
@rodneygibbs.com
@sarabethb.bsky.social
@simonallison.bsky.social
@simongalp.bsky.social
@siricarpenter.bsky.social
Cassie Owens
Matthew Pressman
Meredith Artley

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We have temporarily dropped the paywall on all 250+ interviews with journalists on Your First Byline and our other advice on how to get a job in journalism. Check it out here: yourfirstbyline.substack.com

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Béla Károlyi, former gymnastics coach who trained Olympic champions, dies at 82 Károlyi rose to prominence by training Olympic all-around champions Nadia Comăneci and Mary Lou Retton.

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