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Gregory Lee Jr.

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Loyola University of New Orleans Professor. Former NABJ president. Lover of all things NABJ Sports and Sports Journalism Institute. Alum of Times-Picayune, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Sun-Sentinel, NBA.com, The Athletic and Front Office Sports.

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After doing some inventory, the 20th @nabjsports Jam has sold out all VIP tables. We have limited VIP tickets left. If you want to sit down, buy premium tickets. Plenty of seats in Mezzanine and the restaurant area on a first come first serve basis!

31.07.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Breaking "The Cosby Show" alum Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died after drowning at the age of 54, according to TMZ.

21.07.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No. 20. If you are in Cleveland!
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18.07.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...

12.07.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Gergen, Washington Veteran Who Advised Four Presidents, Dies at 83

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...

11.07.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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7 Voters on What They Love About America

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...

05.07.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

02.07.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PerRed Sox sources: the team's feeling was that a $313.5M contract comes with responsibilities to do what is right for the team and that Devers did not live up to those responsibilities.

They had enough and they traded him.

15.06.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 169
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Pope Leo's New Orleans cousins, one Black and one White, want to reunite family split by race "What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because we're Afro American?" She plans to write a letter inviting Leo to her home if...

www.nola.com/news/pope-le...

15.06.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

14.06.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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7 Voters on Trump, the Protests and Taking a Stand in L.A.

7 Voters on Trump, the Protests and Taking a Stand in L.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

13.06.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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25 years. πŸ™ Honored to return again to teach at @sji1992.bsky.social We covered MLB, WNBA & the NBA Finals β€” all on deadline. Huge thanks to speakers! Next generation is ready. #SJI25

11.06.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sean β€˜Diddy’ Combs Paid $100,000 for Cassie Assault Footage, Hotel Security Officer Says Sean Combs has been accused of using a brown bag filled with cash to buy surveillance video of him beating Casandra Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016.

On the 15th day of Sean Combs’s trial, a security officer gave a detailed account of how the music mogul gave him $100,000 β€” delivered in a brown paper bag β€” in exchange for surveillance footage that captured Combs beating his longtime girlfriend Casandra Ventura in 2016.

03.06.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Why some towns lose local news β€”Β and others don’t Research identifies five key drivers β€” ranging from racial disparity to market forces β€” that determine which towns lose their papers and which ones beat the odds.

Why some towns lose local news β€”Β and others don’t www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/why-...

03.06.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

The French Open on TNT will be something I will have to get used to. #grandslamseason!

25.05.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just in time for another @WNBA season: Got in the mail "Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar" by @howardmegdal.bsky.social ...Will be a part of my summer reading as another school year ends! #WNBA

15.05.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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'Starting to lose faith': 'Upset' MAGA voters sour on Trump in focus groups A longtime Republican pollster said Thursday that people who voted for Donald Trump last year are already beginning to waver in their support. Sarah Longwell has been doing focus groups of 2024 voters of Trump, tracking how attitudes are changing and why. The one thing she said is finally starting t...

A longtime Republican pollster said Thursday that people who voted for Donald Trump last year are already beginning to waver in their support.

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Shannon Sharpe is stepping away temporarily from ESPN amid sexual assault lawsuit Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe says he is stepping away temporarily from his ESPN duties while he deals with what he called false allegations in a $50 million civil lawsuit filed against him by a woman who alleges he raped and threatened her.

Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe says he is stepping away temporarily from his ESPN duties while he deals with what he called false allegations in a $50 million civil lawsuit filed against him by a woman who alleges he raped and threatened her.

24.04.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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La. Republicans introduce slew of bills targeting immigrants As federal and state officials push a hardline immigration agenda in Louisiana, state Republicans have already introduced six bills targeting immigrants in this year’s legislative session.

The bills, proposed during President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants nationwide, would force public institutions to track the immigration status of people using their services.

24.04.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Border Czar Tried to Deport His Own Neighbors. It Didn’t Work. ICE has released a woman and her three children after their entire town rallied around them.

Trump Border Czar Tried to Deport His Own Neighbors. It Didn’t Work. newrepublic.com/post/193713/... via @newrepublic.com

08.04.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US judge blocks Trump administration from firing federal employees on probation A federal judge on Tuesday said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier nationwide ruling.

A federal judge said the administration of US President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier nationwide ruling reut.rs/4iZnGkA

02.04.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 602    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 8
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'Please don’t kill me': 15-year-old girl attacked by sea lion in Southern California Phoebe Beltran was in the homestretch of her 1,000-yard swim when she suddenly felt an intense pain as the sea lion bit her right arm.

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Southern California while she was trying out to become a junior lifeguard cadet.

02.04.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Exclusive: Trump health layoffs include staff overseeing bird flu response, source says The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association and a source familiar with the situation.

Exclusive: The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the US Food and Drug Administration's bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services reut.rs/3FRLJ67

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Steve Kornacki exits MSNBC for new deal with NBC News and NBC Sports The khaki-wearing data analyst's new deal allows him to pursue projects on other networks and media platforms, as long as they are unrelated to politics and sports.

Steve Kornacki exits MSNBC for new deal with NBC News and NBC Sports

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

01.04.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AGs in all 50 states band together to blast recent federal action In a rare show of bipartisanship, attorneys general in all 50 states spoke with one voice against a recent federal action.

AGs in all 50 states band together to blast recent federal action

23.03.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thursday's "The State of Diversity in Journalism" discussion with the presidents of NABJ, AAJA, and NAHJ was a needed conversation at Loyola University at the moment. Thank you to the NOABJ. If you missed the broadcast, you can check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA40...

21.03.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is the link for those interested in the "The State of Diversity in Journalism" discussion. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. central. www.youtube.com/live/XA40XOb...

@blacknandv.bsky.social @aajaofficial.bsky.social @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social

19.03.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The State of Diversity in Journalism YouTube video by Loyola School of Communication and Design

Here is the link for those interested in the "The State of Diversity in Journalism" discussion. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. central. www.youtube.com/live/XA40XOb...

19.03.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As part of my Marion M. and John S. Stokes Jr. Visiting Professor in Race and Culture in Media at Loyola University New Orleans, I host an annual community discussion. This year, we have the presidents of NABJ, AAJA, and NAHJ to discuss the state of our industry. Come see us on Thursday.

18.03.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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John Feinstein, sports commentator and best-selling author, dies at 68 He had a long affiliation with The Washington Post and wrote books including β€œA Season on the Brink,” about Indiana University men’s basketball coach Bob Knight.

John Feinstein, a Washington Post sportswriter who became the best-selling author of more than 40 books, died March 13 at his brother’s home in McLean, Virginia. He was 68.

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