Katherine Don

Author/journo. Comms consulting. Book editor. Bearer of the mental load. Bylines @InsidePhilanthr, @Bustle, @Salon etc. #amediting #amwriting

[Emily St. J. Mandel @EmilyMandel]

I'm very skeptical of imploding offshore crypto exchanges. I don't want to say their founders takes on literature are never worth reading, but

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

IT PASSED! Our gun sense majority in the House continues to show the country what action on gun safety looks like by advancing legislation for the first time in 30 years to regulate assault weapons.

[Katherine Don @KatDon1]

@JeffSharlet My about-to-turn 7yo loves Sonic, and thanks to your post I learned Sonic 2 is out in theaters 👏🏻

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

Long-beleaguered and previously bankrupt, the storied Chicago Sun-Times has gotten a new lease on life as a nonprofit public media subsidiary. Here’s the story of how philanthropy helped make that happen. Katherine Don reports: https://t.co/OlJvi1EB9b

[NBC BLK @NBCBLK]

Dozens of books written by Black authors are being pulled from school libraries under the pretext that they’re teaching critical race theory. Most of the books don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color. https://t.co/FM2yYaU7q5

[Katherine Don @KatDon1]

@MelsLien Accurate, but I've spent the past 5 years convincing myself it tastes good in order to wean myself off Diet Coke, please don't burst my bubble.

[Katherine Don @KatDon1]

I learned a lot reporting for this article re: the #SexWorkerGivingCircle at @3wave and the great things happening @mohojustice. A big takeaway - "#MutualAid is the centerpiece of the work."

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

When it was founded in 2018, the Sex Worker Giving Circle was the first sex worker-led fund housed at a U.S. foundation. Its growth since then underscores the benefits of giving circles for marginalized communities. Katherine Don reports: https://t.co/ejQkbNlLwc

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

When it was founded in 2018, the Sex Worker Giving Circle was the first sex worker-led fund housed at a U.S. foundation. Its growth since then underscores the benefits of giving circles for marginalized communities. Katherine Don reports: https://t.co/ejQkbNlLwc

[Katherine Don @KatDon1]

@jljacobson They're parroting this all over cable news as well. It's grotesque when one guest in Ukraine is begging to close the sky and the very next guest has some BS reason for why that "won't help anyway" and the anchor nods sympathetically.

[Arwa Damon @IamArwaDamon]

My op-ed "We are painfully seeing that refugees are selectively welcomed, and war criminals are selectively punished. It’s not just the western media that is biased; it’s the western world."

Read more here:

https://t.co/AZnZZ0qOrI

#WARINUKRAINE

[David Brotherton (he/him) @brostrat]

Kudos @KatDon1 & @InsidePhilanthr for this survey of the violence prevention funder landscape. So much good work happening; more still needed. Thx for including me and @kendedafund. @JoyceFdn @Arnold_Ventures @Just_Beginnings @DukeFirearmsLaw @ChicagoCred https://t.co/cNHRwirrhF

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

Giving to organizations working on criminal justice reform has soared in recent years, expanding the work of existing organizations and seeding the creation of new groups. But fundraisers are wondering how long this trend will last. https://t.co/Eg8vqAjB1o

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

IP’s State of American Philanthropy project recently published an in-depth report on giving for violence prevention, an underfunded field. The report’s author, Katherine Don, shares some of the key points from her research. https://t.co/opcny1K2d9

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

More funders are awakening to the urgent need to protect American democracy. Guest authors from @Report4America and @GroundTruth argue that funding local news is a critical but overlooked strategy. https://t.co/fUzBGaj0YE

[Joshua Sharfstein @drJoshS]

Millions of Americans still don’t have paid sick leave, so taking any time off work—five days, 10, or two—can be financially ruinous, writes @olgakhazan: https://t.co/i4jH07tddA

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

There is a massive wealth transfer underway, and the young heirs of mega-rich philanthropists often approach giving very differently than their parents. We take a closer look at how they operate. Katherine Don reports: https://t.co/BZwouYXoub

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

Giving employees a stake in the business has been shown not only to improve outcomes for workers, but also to increase profitability and survivability. Katherine Don looks at how the @kendedafund is making that case to the private sector. https://t.co/D7XvWClM97

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

Open Philanthropy, a leading funder of criminal justice reform, just announced that its program will now be an independent fund building on its work to date. The fund has already picked up some big donors. Katherine Don reports: https://t.co/1Ire9uZWU8

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

A new criminal justice reform fund spins off from Open Philanthropy. Also today: An NFL player's support for environmental education  - https://t.co/kHE06EvJT2

[InfoWorks @infoworks]

An interview with pioneering researcher Marjorie McShane on Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing & the Frontiers of AI https://t.co/qJe78uCIUU @KatDon1 #AI #NLP #futureofwork