amyqin.bsky.social

data reporter @GuardianUS previously in your ears @WBEZ

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

A bit of personal news: This week I started as a data reporter at @GuardianUS.

I'll be covering the ongoing impact of the Trump admin's deleting/altering of public knowledge and government data.

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

NEW: We found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has quietly deleted more than 2,200 webpages, a move advocates say is the Trump admin's latest effort to completely dismantle the consumer watchdog. https://t.co/tr1Nr7jWIv

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

The Trump administration is deleting critical government data on everything from maternal health to hunger.

“We are literally having babies dying, and we’re not able to look and say, ‘OK, what is it about those babies?”

Our first story is out today: https://t.co/pP16cb32sD

[Miles Kampf-Lassin @MilesKLassin]

Nurses at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago announce they’ve filed a petition to form a union in a historic drive—the filing represents the largest on record for a union election in the healthcare sector in the city. Nurses say the effort is centered on patient safety.

[Tina Sfondeles @TinaSfon]

@TF_Johnston @Mario_Demiuex Chicago Public Media, which owns @Suntimes and @WBEZ, is hiring a data journalist: https://t.co/7rABKK55BA

[Jewél Jackson @JewlJackson1]

Hi everyone! During the end of Election Week, I learned that @IllinoisAnswers @BetterGov was terminating the education beat due to editorial changes. I was laid off immediately. 🧵

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

Trump made inroads in Chicago not just b/c many communities shifted right, but more so b/c of a staggering drop-off in the number of Democratic votes cast for Harris vs Biden https://t.co/xSuyQ7lIWe

[The Notorious J.O.V. @whotfisjovana]

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[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

The implications for nonprofit newsrooms are ... alarming:

"H.R. 9495, would grant the secretary of the Treasury Department unilateral authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit deemed to be a 'terrorist supporting organization.'"

https://t.co/HKM3MEhxCC

[ellery jones @elleryrjones]

Good evening from Chicago Union Station!!!!

Photographer Pat Nabong and I are riding the very first run of Amtrak's Floridian train from Chicago to Miami for the @Suntimes.

We'll be on the train for 46 hours (at least). I'll live tweet the journey here ⬇️

[Lakyn Thee Stylist @OgLakyn]

For those who don’t know, the New York Times tech guild who code all the games (Wordle, Connections, etc) are on strike! They were kind enough to build a website with strike editions of the games and some info on the strike itself! https://t.co/IkbVmbDQxs

[@vimiller.bsky.social @_ViMiller]

With Trump's plans to target trans people + others, IL lawmakers have been working to make protections for gender affirming care and reproductive rights airtight.

I spoke to legal experts, trans people and lawmakers about what's next for @Suntimes.

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https://t.co/8Cll1vUxB4

[New York Times Tech Guild @NYTGuildTech]

We are back on the picket line outside @nytimes for day 4 of our ULP strike! We are fighting for fair pay, remote worker protections and just cause, and we are not backing down!

[Kristen Schorsch @kschorsch]

Who gets fertility treatment including IVF in Illinois the most. In other words, access:
* Newborns whose moms have private insurance
* Asian & white women
* College educated

A ballot measure hopes to make access more equal, via me & @amyqin12 @WBEZ: https://t.co/AUGvSzsGo9

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

A majority of voters in the inaugural Chicago school board elections may not be CPS parents, or parents at all, a WBEZ analysis finds. W/ @annasavchenkoo and @SSKedreporter https://t.co/AShmWS1ga1

[Kristen Schorsch @kschorsch]

📣 Access to fertility treatments like IVF is vastly unequal across Illinois (and much of the U.S.) Voters can help change that. @amyqin12 and I break it down.
https://t.co/6Wc0O0t4H8 @WBEZ @_Lindsay_Allen @NUFeinbergMed

[amyqin.bsky.social @amyqin12]

@mizamudio Congratulations Maria!