Jane! is reading a book 📚🐲

Made: In the #Bronx, West Philly, #JerseyCity.

Work: professional storyteller
#BeTheChange

Love: @Olympics, wandering, milk chocolate, real books, ambition.

[Jane! is reading a book 📚🐲 @WriterJane74]

A sports journalist's job has never been to cover the sport. It's to tell good stories, wherever and however they're uncovered.

That whole "protecting the brand" thing? Maybe that's your business, but it isn't mine.

Sharing things others want hidden is part of the job.

[Jess Smith @WarJessEagle]

One of the biggest shifts in sports + social right now? Our job isn’t really to cover the sport.

Yes, coverage will always matter to a degree. But if you’re buried in play-by-play, media scrums, and basic blocking + tackling, you’re never getting to great.

Real growth comes from building connection with fans and beyond. That happens through emotion, entertainment, access and personality. Sounds simple. Almost no one does it consistently.

Why? Because it means getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. Saying no to things we’ve always done. Getting a different kind of buy-in from athletes and leadership. Protecting the brand, but still letting the work be fun.

Getting to great means we stop overthinking. We trust our gut. We get out of the sports echo chamber. We don't take ourselves too seriously. And we have a pulse on what stops people in their scroll.

[Hudson County @HudCoTweet]

Craig Guy, Hudson County Executive, raised the Pride Flag with leaders from the HC LGBTQIA+ community. This year Hudson is hosting the AIDS/HIV Memorial Quilt in the rotunda of the Brennan Court House. A panel discussion about the quilt was held after the flag raising.

[Pew Research Center @pewresearch]

Across 36 countries, a median of 67% of adults have an unfavorable view of Israel.

[Daily Record Sports @dailyrecordspts]

"Switching into this role might have hurt the team in the beginning, but over time, it helped. I was on the court doing all that I could." How @RandolphSchools defended its #NJVolleyball title https://t.co/2CivS2KGU3 @RHS_AD1

[astrology bot @hourIyhoroscope]

sagittarius, you were right.

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

don’t make us take this down, bro

[NYCFireWire @NYCFireWire]

Brooklyn *ALL HANDS* Box 8372
VA Medical Center 800 Poly Place off Cropsy
ELECTRIC CABLE FIRE IN A CONED 460 VAULT 20 STORY HOSPITAL 180X480

[NWS New York NY @NWSNewYorkNY]

There is a high risk of rip currents at all Atlantic facing beaches tomorrow. Life-threatening rip currents are likely! Check out https://t.co/nHYH9xFVUj for more details.

#NYCwx #NYwx

[robparkerMLBbro @robparkerMLBbro]

A proud moment for @MLBbrodotcom. Students in need, apply at https://t.co/94dIPEnQLi today! @FoxSportsRadio @OddCoupleFSR

[Tatiana Walk-Morris @Tati_WM]

For the love of God, bring back fact-checkers. Bring back copy editors. Bring back public editors. Bring back standards. Everybody tighten TF up.

[Daily Record Sports @dailyrecordspts]

Whether you read @dailyrecord or @NJHerald, we've got you covered all year! https://t.co/foSK8616AS #DR @APSE_sportmedia #NJTrack

[Joseph Horner @JosephHorner]

This house so prominent anyone on a boat tour goes right by it and can literally see inside. Multiple years on a dinner cruise would see naked people jumping into the water off the rock. Grew up in SE Idaho but would go to Coeur d'Alene most every summer for my dad's work trips.

[NYCFireWire @NYCFireWire]

Bronx *ALL HANDS* Box 3306
2259 Hughes Ave off E 183 St
FIRE IN A PRIVATE DWELLING. 1 CIVILIAN REMOVED, CPR IN PROGRESS

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

We now list fanbase as one word, but with the note that it is often better to simply use the word “fans.”

[astro in real time @astroinrealtime]

sagittarius, be patient with delays. good things are still moving toward you.

[Katie Woo @katiejwoo]

I know that’s right!!!!

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

If you're single in San Francisco and you make $117,700 or less, I have some bad news: you technically qualify as low income!

[Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds]

The person who ran onto the court update from an NBA spokesman:

“The individual who entered the court area during Game 1 of The Finals was arrested & will be banned for life from all NBA arenas.  A second individual will also receive a lifetime ban for his role in the incident.”

[New York Metro Weather @nymetrowx]

Wednesday's Weather Rating: 10/10

MIDWEEK MAGIC!! High temperatures near 80° F with glorious sunshine continuing all day long, comfortable dew points and a beautiful breeze. That's the secret formula, man. The vibes are immaculate out there today!!