The first floor of the newspaper building in Springfield, Mass., where I learned to be a reporter, is now a marijuana dispensary. Here's what I found when I returned to my old haunts after more than 40 years: https://t.co/UcXAByih1h
Independent media is vital to holding the powerful accountable. Come support your indie news outlet @the_shoestring this Thurs. at Abandoned Building!
Some of you I only know on Twitter. Let’s change that! Come thru & help us with our mission of making local elites squirm 🖊💪
@jschwabish My copy came today and immediately spent an hour flipping through it. I’m a comms guy at an organization full of engineers and economists, and this book will be so helpful in my efforts to make their work accessible. Bravo.
When conditions are right, behind-the-meter solar can significantly reduce demand for electricity from New England’s grid—and 2022 saw a record number of days when demand was lowest in the afternoon. Learn more: https://t.co/8bCbiinaCp
@DHTheWeatherNut I was backpacking in Central Mass. last night. Changed into my winter hiking boots last minute when I left the house. Still, surprised at what I woke up to!
As promised, here are Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Editors. They're resolutions you really can keep.
Resolution for Editors No. 1: To read every word of a draft before making changes. (Yes, this is hard. But if time permits, a good practice.)
Far from the last word about the music industry's issues, but here's one from me about the chaos of trying to tour in our messed-up, ultra-expensive COVID economy.
"Literally everybody raised their prices but us," one artist says
https://t.co/Q67yt3BIbI
The Women Photograph 2022 Year in Pictures is live! This collection features work from 100 women & nonbinary photographers who together have created a visual record of this past year, curated by artist and educator Endia Beal. Don't miss it!
https://t.co/V7Lf2UseKN
NEW: If you’re trying to evaluate a charity this year, you might have a hard time.
The IRS Hasn’t Released Nearly Half a Million Nonprofit Tax Records https://t.co/LVfQq1DyZt @asuozzo
This is an important article about how our chart-type choices can perpetuate stereotypes.
To make their research more easily understood, @elibryan & @thecindyxiong commissioned me to create illustrations to go w/it. I want to share my process...#dataviz
https://t.co/5A38rqRlcI
1/6 A slender thread on a recent experience: my wife and I were walking our dog when we heard a man across the street yell for help. We went over. He was slumped in a wheelchair. He was repeating, "Help me, help me." We asked how. He repeated his cry. It was late and cold.
Some amazing reporting and photography on front page of tomorrow's @ExpressNews. @SamOwensphoto@claireab320@saddamscribe These three have been bearing close witness to the aftermath of #Uvalde massacre for months now. Wherever the story goes, they go.
Dr. Karen Gibbins is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who has published research on stillbirths. So when she had a stillbirth in 2018, her research hit close to home. And it made clear how important autopsies are in such cases. Must read by @deldeib: https://t.co/dF5W2Mg7JE
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