Sivani Babu

Co-founder + Co-CEO @Hidden_Compass. Photog + journalist. Won some awards. Atty/FPD/TFA. Red Cross volunteer.

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

CALL FOR PITCHES! We're looking for photo features for upcoming issues of @Hidden_Compass.
Contributor Guidelines: https://t.co/6PFccDlmwn
Pay: $800 + 50% of campaign proceeds
Send pitches/submissions to: [email protected]
#callforpitches #callforsubmissions #PitchMe

[Robert Downen @RobertDownen_]

An estimated 500K people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come. via @alereports @TexasTribune
https://t.co/JA96G8zbof

[Hidden Compass @Hidden_Compass]

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, and every day, we at Hidden Compass honor the critical work of journalists and acknowledge the risks they take. Here are 3 ways you can engage in the global conversation, celebrate freedom of the press, and help further progress.

[RSF @RSF_inter]

🔴 #RSFIndex RSF unveils the 2023 World Press Freedom Index:

1: Norway 🇳🇴
2: Ireland 🇮🇪
3: Denmark 🇩🇰
24: France 🇫🇷
26: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
45: United States 🇺🇸
68: Japan 🇯🇵
92: Brazil 🇧🇷
161: India 🇮🇳
136: Algeria 🇩🇿
179: China 🇨🇳
180: North Korea 🇰🇵

https://t.co/5hHMzwc8KJ

[Upright Position @uprightcomms]

Our friend @WayfaringSiv (of @Hidden_Compass) is full of insight. A personal favorite is “Look behind you”.
https://t.co/4bZUDjuZQy

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

“Ultimately, our work is disruptive because we honor the intelligence of our readers.”

I gave an interview to @AuthorityMgzine about @Hidden_Compass, being a #startup founder, and what I learned from bedbugs in a French château.

[Hidden Compass @Hidden_Compass]

Check out this interview with co-founder @WayfaringSiv for @AuthorityMgzine, where she discusses disrupting the journalism industry, and the business lessons of bed bugs:
https://t.co/cOswE1l1vi

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

I love this entire thread, especially this one.

[Robert Komaniecki @Komaniecki_R]

Mr. Rogers: Just some light jazz for outro music for the kids, please
Johnny Costa: Go completely apeshit on a transcendent piano solo? You got it

(10/12)

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

🎉We’re now accepting proposals for our 2024 Pathfinder Prize: $15,000 to fund your expedition. Begin the voyage at https://t.co/Ub052VPK68. #PathfinderPrize #CallForProposals

[Hidden Compass @Hidden_Compass]

Hidden Compass is now accepting proposals for the 2024 #PathfinderPrize! Think you deserve to win $15k to fund your dream expedition? Learn more and submit your proposal by July 20, 2023. https://t.co/9SIDSZGjy4

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

@JasonIsbell Such a good read!!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Writing Puzzle #66

Below is a description of a pepper grinder on Amazon.

Your challenge: Rewrite it to make it either a) more clear, or b) more... strange.

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

I put together a “polar regions” photo gallery for my friends at Ethical Traveler. Check it out! And while you're there, take a look at their report on the most ethical travel destinations of 2023 — it's an excellent resource! https://t.co/jrTxR9cvGI

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

This is how I started my morning, and I don’t regret it.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

If you let unopened mail pile up, sorry: you have an extreme fear of the unknown and are only marginally equipped to navigate adult life.
https://t.co/tH9UdUrJ1C

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

On a road trip, the library rides shotgun. 😁 Bound for Big Bend to co-lead a couple of night photography workshops!

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

Originally published in @Hidden_Compass!

[travelerstales @travelerstales]

Have your read our Solas Award Grand Prize Gold Winning essay “The Weight of Paradise” from Cherene Sherrard? You’ll love it! https://t.co/UgwJk8RD5z #WritingCommmunity #TravelWriting #Oahu #Hawaii

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

@Busyintexas @Hidden_Compass ☺️ Thank you!!

[Matthew Rose @MtthwRose]

All of Evan’s reporting is now free to read. https://t.co/3kXPOTjS8t

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

The fact that *no* U.S. President attended any of the seven coronations since 1789 tells you everything you need to know about the right-wing outrage machine.

[Greg Jaffe @GregJaffe]

Wise words: The American journalist arrested by Russia is not an ‘alleged spy.’ He is a hostage, until proven otherwise, writes @jrezaian.

https://t.co/oyLcgGdsn7

[Sivani Babu @WayfaringSiv]

“Today, Twitter feels more expired than evil.”

An Elegy for the Old Twitter - The Atlantic https://t.co/y8nLGAI2zW

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

A federal judge has ruled that Llano County officials must again offer books they previously removed from the public library system and allow them to be checked out again.

https://t.co/bWVrw48v4d