Alexa St. John

Reporting @AP_Climate 🌱🌎⚡️🔋 | Previously @insidertranspo @Automotive_News @WSJ @michigandaily

[Alexa St. John @alexa_stjohn]

I’m thrilled to join the talented team at @AP_Climate, reporting on climate solutions.

It’s a privilege to be able to cover a beat this vital and dynamic, and to have the opportunity to learn from such an impressive group of reporters and editors. So excited to get going!

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AP wants to lay off 30 more U.S. journalists and move those roles to India.
That’s after laying off or buying out nearly 150 U.S. staffers over the past two years.

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Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the US Midwest. @AP colleagues @twebber02, @philmarcelo and others report: https://t.co/CqPcKp3wCm

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How are you and your loved ones keeping safe this week? https://t.co/bYlNq3rYJs

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For @AP with @edwritez: Extraordinary heat in US Northeast arrives to clash with Fourth of July revelry: https://t.co/WbOxeLRrcR

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For @AP_Climate: These unbearably hot and humid summer months that put millions of people across the globe at risk are typically made possible by phenomena known as heat domes. So what makes a 'heat dome,' and what does it mean? https://t.co/ynrVTqcseM

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For decades, American roads were steadily getting safer for pedestrians. But around 2009, the trend reversed.

We wondered why.

Most other wealthy countries haven’t seen similar increases, suggesting that smartphones don’t tell the whole story. https://t.co/t7sFzmNcY0

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UN chief António Guterres referred to the current state of the world as “A Tale of Two Crises” in an address at London Climate Action Week: “For the climate agenda, this is indeed the best of times and the worst of times.”
https://t.co/FzpCsb3yaS

[Alexa St. John @alexa_stjohn]

@clairehao_ No surprise, a job well done! Such strong, impressive and ambitious reporting. Text me if you’re up for coffee once you’re back in the Mitten 🙂

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Ferrari's first electric vehicle met with market skepticism https://t.co/ngwCNAT4e6

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Record-setting drought & hotter-than-average temperatures mixed with sharp drops have impacted much of the U.S. early this year, including the Plains region. Combined with viruses & climbing costs, wheat farmers say they are feeling a lot of pain. For @AP: https://t.co/3vtdRT4PU8

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On May 15, Associated Press leadership cut 20 guild covered staff. Layoffs included U.S. news, photographers, investigations, business and sports across 12 states.

[Patrick Whittle @pxwhittle]

AP lays off small group of US-based journalists, part of restructuring plan | AP News https://t.co/BnMIhf4MXb

[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

Another hall of fame class of journalists is leaving @AP — this one involuntarily via layoffs. Reporters in big cities and state capitols. People who’ve broken some of the biggest stories of our time and improved the public’s understanding of important issues. It’s heartbreaking.

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President Donald Trump said he supports suspending the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. Congress would have to approve the move. https://t.co/DquE9jdLKk

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APNewsAlert: Trump says he'll suspend federal gasoline tax to help Americans shoulder higher fuel prices caused by the Iran war.

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Working in a newsroom, even remotely, is not like any other job. We didn’t just say goodbye to colleagues, but to decades long friends, confidants, storytelling partners, and role models who have shaped the way the world will understand its history for years to come.

[Ed White @edwritez]

Today is last day for dozens of stellar US @AP
journalists who agreed to take a buyout. News exec says layoffs will be next. Proud to be @APNewsGuild

[Ed White @edwritez]

@AP a few weeks ago offered buyouts to select staff in US. Now come "some involuntarily reductions in order to meet our business transformation needs in the United States." In one word: Layoffs. No details yet.

[Ed White @edwritez]

This post comes on the same day that many AP reporters across the US must decide whether to take a buyout.

[AP News Guild @APNewsGuild]

AP journalists in the U.S. are on the frontlines providing essential news coverage and documenting history each and every day.

AP was there because WE were there.

But more than 120 AP guild covered employees across the country were offered buyouts on April 6, and layoffs could be coming. And that makes the guild wonder, will AP be there for you in the future?

We need your help. Tell AP leadership to support the stories that matter and the people that cover them. Comment on stories you care about on https://t.co/wSijsMnjaU and on AP social media posts. Text AP’s Signal at [phone].