Ashley Rusch

midday edition producer @KPBS san diego (@NPR @PBS) | previous: @LAist @KCBXNews @KCSBNews | views my own | likes/RTs ≠ endorsements | [email protected]

[Ashley Rusch @ashleyrusch]

New CDC guidelines about IUD pain management emphasize the need for informed consent.

On Midday Edition, we spoke with a San Diego physician and reproductive rights activist about how women's pain is treated and understood:

https://t.co/1tJ6ZbyMw1

[Ashley Rusch @ashleyrusch]

huge congrats!!

[@ryannemena.bsky.social @ryannemena]

Personal exciting news!
Today is my first day as a Crime & Public Safety reporter for the @SoCalNewsGroup 🕵🏻‍♀️

More to come 😎 !!!

[WeMakeKPBS @WeMakeKPBS]

On top of these major victories, we also secured higher on-call pay and higher anniversary raises. HUGE thank you to everyone who emailed KPBS and SDSU voicing their support for our union. We invite you to celebrate with a donation to KPBS! https://t.co/36aN1DTOat 6/6

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After we began advocating for public transit passes, SDSU announced it would start offering us monthly MTS passes for $42 — a $30 discount. KPBS management is exploring deeper discounts, which we will continue to fight for. 5/

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For the term of this contract, KPBS has committed to not using any AI-generated voices or “digital doubles” for any content currently produced by our union members. Future AI expansions that impact our jobs must go through the bargaining process. 4/

[WeMakeKPBS @WeMakeKPBS]

KPBS union members have voted unanimously, with overwhelming turnout, to approve a 3-year contract with KPBS/SDSU Research Foundation management. Here’s some of what we won through the power of collective bargaining… 1/

[Ashley Rusch @ashleyrusch]

Last week for KPBS, I produced a live panel discussion on the cost of living crisis in San Diego. Catch the re-broadcast here:

https://t.co/dvEuIcQczI

[Mikhail Zinshteyn (he/him) @mzinshteyn]

UC's second attempt to halt the @uaw_4811 strike is a no-go, as the state public employment relations board denies the UC's request for an injunction.

UC now will go to state courts to halt the strike. Finals at most campuses begin next week/week after.

https://t.co/XflKcWwGEj

[𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙮 (he/him) @MannyVaIIadares]

buyouts or layoffs be damned we still clock in with the expressed intention of achieving our mission statement for listeners/readers 🙏🏼

love the whole unit !

[Kori Suzuki @koritsuzuki]

For decades, renewable energy has pledged to bring new jobs and growth to Imperial County. Those promises have meant a lot, but they never really came true.

Now, with lithium on the horizon, I tried to trace the arc of those past booms. @KPBSnews

https://t.co/FK5LJ9MmQZ.

[Yusra Farzan @ByYusra]

A source on the ground told me students expanded the encampment today. When police started removing the encampment, they threw a student to the ground. @UCIrvine said police were called when protesters “swarmed” campus.

https://t.co/KcmcXDWA71

[Voice of San Diego @voiceofsandiego]

In light of pro-Palestine protests at UC San Diego and the university’s police response last week, @Deborahsbrennan checked to see how local lawmakers are responding.

For the most part, they’re not.
https://t.co/3sI0MMquEx

[Rami Ayari @Raminho]

CPJ calls on FBI to release timeline for conclusion of Shireen Abu Akleh investigation https://t.co/r66fbF0O8y via @CPJMENA

"It is time to break #Israel’s longstanding impunity in journalist killings, which have only multiplied in the Israel-Gaza war. The FBI needs to disclose a timeline for the conclusion of its investigation, and Israel must cooperate with the FBI probe and any future ICC probe." - @cmdelaserna

[Yusra Farzan @ByYusra]

@LAPressClub finalist in two categories ✨🥰

My piece on what it was like to be undocumented + unemployed during the pandemic, written for @FullerProject / @GuardianUS is shortlisted in the Public Service News/Feature category:

https://t.co/FA8ZHVHHsY

[David Wagner @radiowagner]

Trustworthy local news is not a given. It can vanish.

If you want real journalism about Southern California... reporters holding the powerful accountable... a healthy local democracy... Become an LAist sustaining member. https://t.co/7kWMhpk8Wx

[Cato Hernández (they/them) @catoherdez]

The news is out to members: LAist will be offering buyouts to staff. It may not be enough to prevent layoffs.

There will be plenty of work happening over the next few weeks with our union, but I ask that if you love LAist, consider donating: https://t.co/tgyAd8Sfu2

[Ashley Rusch @ashleyrusch]

This week on Midday Edition: the significance of Gaza solidarity protests nationwide, and how they compare to major student movements throughout history.

https://t.co/tih65k1RD8

[Ishani Desai @_ishanidesai]

Sacramento State’s chapter of Students for Justice Palestine said the university has agreed to meet demands to investigate and divest in Israel-tied investments.

The move makes Sac State one of the first CSU campuses to agree to alter its policies:

https://t.co/yEITJsFSJP

[Teresa Watanabe @TeresaWatanabe]

Arrest toll of protesters at @UCLA @UCSanDiego is 100+ as campuses ratchet up police presence. Police have not disclosed why they arrested UCLA students, who say they were only gathering for a peaceful protest. w/@grace_2e @angorellanah https://t.co/0R9PS4u8ey