Liz Adelanwa

Washington Post to overhaul newsroom structure The shifts follow months of high-profile staff departures and blowback to recent opinion coverage changes by owner Jeff Bezos.

More change at The Post! Business, tech, health and climate rolled into one newsroom department, focusing on technological shifts and impacts on daily life. And shifts to integrate audience and visual leads.

This is such a great piece, thanks for the gift share! Hit a nerve as I've experienced both tracks of this system myself this year. Felt so conflicted when I was lucky enough to get something sorted quickly privately, everyone deserves that!

Scientists move to Bluesky, transitioning away from X and Meta platforms A photograph of a short-eared owl mid-flight was the last Instagram post biology professor Carl Bergstrom shared before announcing his departure from the platform Jan. 10.

“Scientists noticed that X stopped being an effective tool for communication soon after the platform was purchased by Elon Musk in 2022. Harassment policies were rolled back, disinformation became more prevalent, and algorithms were manipulated…”
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Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week.

If this one had gone out to timesheet weary agency flacks, you'd have receipts you couldn't even handle in seconds!

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This guide is such gold. Of all the talk of evolving newsrooms, no phones, 24/7 newsfluencers, etc. there is a constant rhythm.

Typically, the (very) early bird catches the worm on news for the day. And that late morning/post lunch slump might actually be a good time to cut through!

Every FDA drug approval from 2024: Fewer nods, but long-awaited treatments cross the finish line 2024’s novel drug approvals offered a wide array of new cancer drugs, rare disease treatments, a potential Alzheimer’s blockbuster, and about 10 fewer approvals than 2023. While 2022 and 2023 ...

But if you want a deep dive into EVERY drug approval, there's an article for that too endpts.com/fda-drug-app...

FDA New Drug Approvals: The 19 Biggest Approvals of 2024 So Far - GoodRx Several new drugs, vaccines, and OTC products received FDA approval in 2023. Many more are receiving approval in 2024. Keep an eye out for the newest drugs and vaccines with GoodRx.

New year, new platform! Starting off my year digesting all the 2025 health hot takes. But first you gotta look back, enjoyed this from GoodRx on last year's most influential approvals.
Also has lots of inspo for how to succintly write up drug MoA and unmet need www.goodrx.com/drugs/news/f...

Healthwatch England or Patients Association might be able to help if you haven't contacted them already!