Julia Haslanger

Chart from The Economist showing UAE's tomato imports by origin. The share that come from Iran has increased from less than 5% ten years ago to more than 80% in 2024

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Graphic: Despite a pandemic spike, homicides are down in the U.S. Homicides per 100,000 residents. 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Chart: PBUMP.NET • Source: FBI UCR • Get the data • Created with Datawrapper

Graphic: Americans - and particularly Republicans - incorrectly think urban murder has increased since 1990 Increased a lot Not sure Increased a little Decreased a little Decreased a lot Stayed about the same 0% 25% 50% 75% Overall 34% 20% 9% 17% 12% 100% 9% Democrats 30% 18% 9% 14% 15% 14% Independents 30% 18% 23% 12% 9% Republicans 45% 24% 9% 11% Chart: PBUMP.NET • Source: YouGov • Get the data • Created with Datawrapper

Americans who were adults in 1990 are more likely to be wrong about this Increased a lot Not sure 0% Increased a little Decreased a little Decreased a lot 25% Stayed about the same 50% 75% 100% Overall 34% 20% 9% 17% 12% 9% Under 30 24% 20% 8% 27% 13% 30 to 44 30% 17% 10% 20% 11% 12% 45 to 64 39% 20% 9% 13% 11% 8% 65 and up 41% 22% 9% 8% 13% Chart: PBUMP.NET • Source: YouGov • Get the data • Created with Datawrapper

Graphic: Murders through June relative to 1990 Los Angeles Detroit ÷0% -100| 1960 New Orleans 2025 San Francisco $0% -100 1960 Baltimore 2025 -100 1960 2025 Baltimore didn't report data to the FBI in 1999. Chart: PBUMP.NET • Source: Jeff Asher • Get the data • Created with Datawrapper

“Murders, happily, are down in American cities. But there’s a lot of investment and political utility in suggesting that they are not. Americans, unfortunately, tend to believe it.”- @pbump.com
www.pbump.net/o/americans-...

Especially Republicans with infodiets high in fear, racism, or lies.

Journalism needs a rebrand It’s time for journalism to stop overselling its importance and underselling its value.

I recently finished a capstone project as part of a @newmarkjplus.bsky.social executive fellowship and landed on a humbling realization: journalism is an industry that thinks more highly of itself than anyone else does of it.

I think that’s our fault — and fixable. medium.com/news-innovat...

Illinois population, per the most recent census: 12,812,508

The latest public media allocation to Illinois from the now-defunded CPB: $12,818,816

~THESE NUMBERS ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL YOU GUYS~

@govpritzker.illinois.gov do the $1 annual public media fee challenge!!!

I don't know how many different ways I can say "hey, there is a powerful movement trying to exclude a group of people from participation in society and I'd sure love it if politicians and media that aren't pushing for that result to start speaking up in our defense."

The association of AFP journalists writes: “Since AFP’s founding in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had members of our ranks wounded or taken prisoner, but none of us can remember ever having seen a colleague die of hunger.”

Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.

New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social
and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.

Supermarket super-pain: Trump's campaign promise to cut food prices falls short The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items across four stores, since December. We found most stayed the same or increased, with our shopping cart's total price rising by up to $11.

I’ve been busy since December tracking a basket full of 35 grocery items each month at four Chicago stores since Donald Trump’s reelection.

He said he won on immigration and groceries.

But the cost of my basket keeps going up. (1/3)

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Sending all the hugs to my friends at WTTW and WBEZ today. You do incredible work and Chicago is better for it.

“You feel like a French fry under a heat lamp."

Data show that Philadelphia if off to the 3rd muggiest start of summer since the 40s.

W/ the great Tony Wood.

Story: www.inquirer.com/weather/phil...

"When you tell ChatGPT it got something wrong, it apologizes. News organizations don't." - @losowsky.com

One tip from this session at SRCCON: before you build some new tool for your newsroom, search GitHub and see if anyone else has built something similar (especially related to AI stuff).

Love the variety of session topics at SRCCON every year. I helped co-facilitate a session yesterday, and today I just get to attend and engage. One of my favorite parts is that facilitators are all the people _doing_ the work, not the executives/funders.

Some cars are stalled under viaducts already. It's serious out there, don't drive through this!

Our roster is mostly former daycare workers, so I know they can charge more since they're all certified in everything

I'm in Chicago and it's at least $25/hour for a babysitter.

NEW: As of June 28, a full 32% of the people arrested by ICE and sent to detention had NO CRIMINAL RECORD — no pending criminal charges or prior conviction. This rate doubled since Stephen Miller's quotas began in May.

This is likely the highest rate of such detention in ICE's history.

@votebeat.org is looking for our next managing editor. Are you an experienced newsroom leader who can keep the train on the tracks and wants to pursue hard-hitting local accountability journalism? Come work with me! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

More measles outbreaks put US total within single digits of modern-day record

Measles is still going hard.

As of July 2, the CDC had cases at 1,267 in the U.S., "which is just 8 shy of passing the total in 2019, which was the highest since the disease was eliminated in the country in 2000." 🧪

www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/more...

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

Chicago Cop Who Inadvertently Shot and Killed Partner Has Lengthy Disciplinary Record over Short Career Officer Carlos A. Baker has had more than a dozen complaints against him, records show. He has faced three suspensions and two reprimands.

The officer who authorities say accidentally shot + killed his partner had accrued more than a dozen misconduct allegations against him during his 3.5 years as a PO. Five were during his probation period, when CPD could have summarily fired him. Unclear how he ended up on a tac team.

#chicago

According to survey data from our #DNR25, 30% of those who avoid the news often or sometimes mention "too much coverage of conflict or war" as one of the key reasons

Many more insights in our Digital News Report 2025
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...

What journalists should know in advance of the U.S. v. Skrmetti U.S. Supreme Court decision In advance of what will likely be a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the U.S. v. Skrmetti case, the Trans Journalists Association offers the following guidance to reporters, newsrooms, and othe...

Resources for covering today's 6-3 SCOTUS decision on Tennessee's ban on medical care for transgender youth:

www.transjournalists.org/2025-skrmett...

"Young people, aged 18 to 35, make up the bulk of Pennsylvania’s deportation cases since June last year. Single men are particularly 'easy targets,' Rodriguez says, since 'there won’t be such a big public outcry.'"

Children make up 19% of PA cases.

More: www.inquirer.com/politics/dep...

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

theonion.com/this-war-wil...

Mario Guevara, the metro Atlanta-based Spanish-language reporter who built a mass audience with his coverage of immigration raids, could be deported following his arrest at a protest over the weekend, according to his attorney. A lawyer for Guevara told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged what is known as a “detainer” against the journalist, which is often the first step in deportation procedures.

ICE is attempting to deport an Atlanta-based Spanish-language reporter from El Salvador who has been covering their immigration abductions. He has legal work authorization and a path to a green card.

This is pretty obviously an assault on the free press.

www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...

always read The TRiiBE

Trump broke the law and must return control of National Guard to Newsom, court rules A federal judge ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority by federalizing the California National Guard without the consent of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Story on the California National Guard court order has been updated with more details and quotes from Judge Breyer, plus an uploaded copy for those who want to read it: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...