Alisa Tang

Eliminated by the Washington Post. Former editor of Post Local newsletter, @AP @Reuters Bangkok/Kabul, native of Red Bud, Illinois

[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

Readers sent in photos of this message from across the D.C. region (and beyond). I chatted with the artist behind it. @yabsticker @heyitsmatthew

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[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

I wrote about my soul feeling disoriented since I was laid off from the Washington Post. You wrote to me to share your tips & wisdom.

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[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

An earlier post ICYMI -- meet the owl in my neighborhood.
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[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

We brought home owl pellets & checked out what was inside. (By "we," I mean my husband.)

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[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

As we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to "launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name" and double staff from 50 to 100.

[Dana Milbank @Milbank]

I am leaving the Washington Post to join a new journalistic venture backed by Politico founder Robert Allbritton that will be both the hometown publication the D.C. region sorely needs and a scrappy and fearless national news organization. I hope you'll join us.

[Raul Gallego Abellan @raulgaab]

After being fired from The Washington Post, ⁦@alisatang⁩ says goodbye to Post Local — and launches her new independent newsletter. Support independent journalism 💪 https://t.co/A7o0M936tI

[Olivia George @oliviacgeorge]

Today’s most read @washingtonpost story is this tour de force from @dugganwapo, a masterful writer and mentor.

He and many of the brilliant people who worked on the project were laid off this week.

Please spend time with it—and read the comments.
https://t.co/kVCS9Bna1G

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Much of the mourning for the late great @washingtonpost has rightly focused on how democracy dies in darkness at the national level, which is hugely important. But the evisceration of Metro coverage is every bit as devastating because there is no comparable news outlet keeping local governments and institutions honest.

Eight of my 20 years at the Post were spent on Metro, which was the heart and soul of the Post under the legendary @dongrahamdc1. The undertakers now running the paper have all but wiped out the metro staff, leaving just 12 reporters, according to reports, to cover a region of 6.5 million people.

We had twice that many journalists in Fairfax alone back in the day. And it mattered. Reporters are the eyes and ears of the community, keeping tabs on people in power. We were there for every supervisors meeting, every school board meeting. We pored through planning commission documents and campaign filings.

When county officials wasted taxpayer money, raised taxes on overstretched homeowners, gave sweetheart zoning deals to developers who filled their election coffers, we were there. When teachers who sexually abused students were quietly transferred to other schools to do it all over again, we were there.

We were there for the more uplifting stories too, the cops who broke a cold case, the educators who turned around a struggling school, the residents who rallied to help neighbors in trouble, the student athletes who won the big game, the entrepreneurs who started something new.

Our friend @SariHorwitz who has won more Pulitzers than I can count, wrote so movingly online about the Post (https://t.co/lxame7tiSF). To recognize how indispensable local coverage is, you need only look at her holy-shit investigations of a broken child welfare system, rampant police shootings and the corporate-fed opioid crisis, stories that opened eyes and led to change.

Democracy is not just what happens at the White House and the Capitol but in our own backyards. The Post has just turned the lights down at home too.

[Hannah Natanson @hannah_natanson]

If you are a Washington Post reader eager to send a signal with your wallet right now, please donate to two fundraisers for our hundreds of dismissed, exceptional journalists (one for domestic and one for international staff): https://t.co/UsjDyq6DEh and https://t.co/sa4Y5BCsOg.

[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

I'm here to share news: The Washington Post eliminated my job. I'm in shock but also at peace. So I'm putting one foot in front of the other. Onward.

Subscribe to my new newsletter & share widely.

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[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

For us, the D.C. area is home.

We want to help make living here a little bit easier and a little bit better. Sign up for Post Local, our new daily newsletter that covers everything you need to know about what’s happening in the D.C. area.
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[DCist @DCist]

A new stretch of the Metropolitan Branch Trail was completed over the weekend, connecting Brookland to Fort Totten. The 0.8-mile segment is a small addition to the larger plan to eventually connect the MBT all the way to Silver Spring.

https://t.co/mLKe3gHjWa

[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

Because D.C.'s voters are so heavily Democratic, the primary typically forecasts who will win the November general election.

[Post Local @postlocal]

D.C. voters head to the polls for Democratic primary https://t.co/ttVfsFhMdE

[Maria Glod @mariaglod]

"Quite an event," a lottery expert says about Va.'s winning numbers: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Fun read from @alisatang. https://t.co/ygrKMaZiOn

[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

She overdosed on opioids. He was charged in her death. Neither of their families would get justice, or relief. https://t.co/WsUTHbwB39 @dugganwapo

[Peter Hermann @phscoop]

D.C. gun seizures are soaring — but charges aren’t sticking https://t.co/bFP8tSjatl

[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

Lift as you climb.

[Alisa Tang @alisatang]

@Journotopia miss you, friend.

[Nick Miroff @NickMiroff]

It was more than a few housekeepers. We went to rural Costa Rica and found a town full of former Bedminster employees who worked illegally at Trump’s prized golf course, from the beginning. EXCLUSIVE with @partlowj @Fahrenthold https://t.co/ZUuPTIOOUA