Nick Hune-Brown

Executive Editor @thelocal_TO, feature writing elsewhere. Staying away from here as much as possible, find me at

[Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown]

Fantastic @emmapaling profile of Diana Chan McNally, the frontline worker, "poor millennial," and activist running for council. "The only difference between me and somebody who would still be out on the street is that a lot of people took care of me." https://t.co/FgxVsZoiJk

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As we head into Toronto election season, here's @AlisonMotluk's impassioned take on life in a huge, rich, weirdly powerless city. "We are the grown child helping to support the family, who is not allowed out past curfew or even to decorate their own room." https://t.co/KucxmAb8dA

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This Luc Rinaldi story is so good. The night Olivia Chow was elected, a bunch of conservatives (including Brad Bradford) found themselves at the bar, commiserating and strategizing. The group that emerged is now trying to reshape Toronto politics. #topoli https://t.co/uSS4VMLUFr

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Since publishing our investigation into "Victoria Goldiee," I've heard from editors from around the world who've had their own run-ins. A quick follow-up, plus a conversation with @thewalrus's @cstarnino about journalism in a world of AI fakery. https://t.co/r33OwW3cAu

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Here's the conversation: https://t.co/lBbrfNWee0

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After my story about Victoria Goldiee and journalism scammers, I spoke with @thewalrus's EiC @cstarnino about, among other things, how I feel about bringing AI into the newsroom.

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@EthanCoxMtl thanks ethan!

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A few months ago I got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. https://t.co/ROYupzS4e7

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"But the deaths kept coming. On Nov. 16, it was a horse named Flawless Ruler. On Nov. 24, three-year-old colt Tunechi took an awkward step early in the race and later had to be euthanized." @nickhunebrown 📸:Chloë Ellingson @TheLocal_TO

https://t.co/oaQFbDj18t

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I spent the summer going back to Woodbine over and over again, often with photographer Chloe Ellingson, who gorgeously captured life on the backstretch and in the grandstands. Give the piece a read! https://t.co/gpltWEacX9

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As a sport dependent on subsidies, the industry is keenly aware that its existence is dependent on public goodwill. It was in that context that a series of confounding racehorse deaths began last fall.

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I never used to see rabbits in Toronto. Then, suddenly, I began seeing them everywhere. Then I lost my mind investigating urban bunnies. Please read my a journey into the heart of rabbit madness. https://t.co/0ZxSKc3aZd

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Ontario’s lax regulations have made the province the “wild west” for exotic animals. But as public concern over animal welfare grows, some zoos are buckling under the pressure. Read my latest for @TheLocal_TO "End Times at Ontario’s Roadside Zoos?"

https://t.co/3vcsifvIO1

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Cormorants are more than birds to us. They’re vectors for clashing ideas about cities, wildlife, and how humans co-exist—or don’t—with the aspects of nature that remain especially messy, visible, and resistant to our control." @AlexEKimball @TheLocal_TO
https://t.co/OifcbhZVHV

[Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown]

Love this Alexandra Kimball feature on cormorants, the most persecuted bird on earth. It's got obsessed bird lovers, furious anglers, a weird Ford government hunting law, and a million puking, toxic-guano-dropping waterbirds. #longreads https://t.co/IFR1tNhxQD

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Lots written about Poilievre's restrictions on the press, but I'm not sure the public knows that local Conservative candidates across the board are refusing interviews. I wrote about why that's a problem. https://t.co/a1QoBXBXAO

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Full story here https://t.co/xcwohGp253

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In case you weren't reading Canadian politics #longreads over the Easter weekend, I went out to Durham to write about how Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani's close friendship with J.D. Vance has become an issue in Bowmanville-Oshawa North.