On May 3, Epstein fired off an email to Kathy Ruemmler. He wrote that Jean-Luc Brunel was planning to go to prosecutors the following week and one of Brunel’s friends had “asked for 3 million dollars so that Jean Luc would not go in.”
New w/@khadeejasafdar.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/epst...
What happens when a bunch of business journalists are asked to try and break an AI vending machine? Well, let's just say the
@wsj.com data journalism team has a new pet fish.
Read, and watch the video. 🐟
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
The @wsj.com is growing its visual investigations team. Come work with me!
dowjones.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Alas it is not
It's been a minute since I cleaned the same dataset from dozens of states and I forgot how...varied they can be. #PartyLikeADataJournalist
Toxic fumes are leaking Into airplanes, sickening crews and passengers. The problem is getting worse and not much is being done about it.
From Ben Katz, me, and @andrewtangel.bsky.social for @wsj.com.
🔓 www.wsj.com/business/air...
Thank you for reading
Over @wsj.com, my colleagues Sara Randazzo, @ceostroff.bsky.social, and Shane Shifflett have a deep, fascinating look at how researchers are amending grant language to keep federal funding and avoid getting flagged in the Trump administration’s push against "DEI." www.wsj.com/health/scien...
Epstein was discussed by prominent right-wing podcasters in more than 3,000 episodes across nearly 125 podcasts this year, a @wsj.com analysis found. Those conversations grew more than eightfold in the last 3 weeks despite Trump’s admonishment that MAGA drop the issue.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Thank you for reading!
Congrats!
With Meta out there banging on the "snitches get stitches" drum, seemed like a good time to lay out my best guidance for tech industry employees who feel a need to speak up. Below are a few notes:
www.theverge.com/labor/621059...
IRE is offering a new member benefit for our 50th anniversary and spring member drive!
Join or renew your membership by April 28 to receive a 50% discounted subscription to DeleteMe.
The service works to remove personal data online and ensure digital safety. www.ire.org/discount-on-...
Representatives of President Trump’s family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter www.wsj.com/finance/curr... by @ceostroff.bsky.social et al
High praise from you ❤️🙏
Slides to our session are available at bit.ly/nicar25-cryptocurrency #NICAR25
Have questions about crypto, why it's suddenly in the news and how to track it using data? @jeremybmerrill.com and I have (at least some) answers. Come to our panel at 2:15! #NICAR25
schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/i...
The Journal is hiring for a data reporter. Come work with me!
wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
My colleagues, @ceostroff.bsky.social, Shane Shifflett, and James Benedict have a fantastic look at DOGE's savings claims: "A WSJ analysis of government data found that many claims of savings were overstated and ‘woke’ cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
New year, new @journalismmentors.bsky.social website. @adrianalacy.com and I revamped our *free* journalism mentorship platform for students, young professionals, pros, etc.
Want a mentor? journalismmentors.com/media-mentors/
Want to be a mentor?
adrianalacyconsulting.typeform.com/to/ULcCOEqv?...
New year, new @journalismmentors.bsky.social website. @adrianalacy.com and I revamped our *free* journalism mentorship platform for students, young professionals, pros, etc.
Want a mentor? journalismmentors.com/media-mentors/
Want to be a mentor?
adrianalacyconsulting.typeform.com/to/ULcCOEqv?...
To support students, career-switchers and others who want to add SQL to their data analysis skillsets in 2025, I'm providing three free copies of my book, "Practical SQL." To enter a drawing for one of the free copies, please provide all the information below!
forms.gle/ge4ySHjHZbZp...
The article, since removed, featured a key CoinDesk sponsor and a $6 million banana. w/Justin Baer and Vicky Huang
www.wsj.com/finance/coin...
Evan’s name is back in the @wsj.com in the exact spot it should be—a byline.
w/Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson and Thomas Grove
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
In 2019, Mangione uploaded handwritten notes to his Goodreads account (since made private) that said he had spondylolisthesis, a condition when one of the bones in the spine moves and puts pressure on the vertebra below, causing back pain.
My latest
www.wsj.com/us-news/luig...
I just refilled the jar with fresh Reese's earlier, too.
But seriously the WSJ data team is great. Happy to answer questions about The Journal, the team, etc.
FBI renewing call for info that could lead to the safe return of Austin Tice "given recent events in Syria"
"We are still offering a reward of up to $1 million for information that leads to Austin’s safe return" per statement
Tice was kidnapped in Damascus in August 2012
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Private insurers collected billions for veterans' healthcare, while the VA delivered it, by @mcgint.bsky.social and crew. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Grateful for so much this year but at the top of my list: Evan Gershkovich is free.
Thank you to the many who worked to make it happen this year.
Foursquare just open sourced their 100 million place point of interest dataset! Some notes on poking around with it using DuckDB (it's Parquet files on S3) simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/20/...
