Barbara Van Woerkom

Researcher/Producer at NPR, mezzo-sop

[WIRED @WIRED]

🧵 Fifty years ago, the National Personnel Records Center caught fire and burned uncontrollably for two days before firefighters were able to contain it. And as a result, 17,517,490 personnel records were wiped out of existence. 📸: @joshvalphoto https://t.co/kcgvMWPpyV 1/6

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

Illinois became the first state to legislate against the banning of books in public libraries, a practice that has been on the rise across the United States as conservatives look to suppress some books dealing with race, history, and LGBTQ topics https://t.co/wHwSA9G8jM 1/5

[Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @AlisonKodjak]

Press freedom’s unsung hero https://t.co/ga5u3OlGfR

[Chiara Eisner 🎤 @ChiaraEisner]

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test almost every #vaccine & medical device.

But as the amount of crabs and birds that depend on the crabs has plummeted, the US coastal bleeding industry has become more secretive about how many they take & how many die: https://t.co/SB9YcozrWM

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

Why KCRW is leaving Twitter — and where else to find us | KCRW https://t.co/lzndov2o5O

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

1,000 people now face January 6 Capitol riot charges. What is happening to them? : NPR https://t.co/2DupO7lTF9

[Meg Anderson @meg_anders]

Chiara is smart, creative, thoughtful, kind and ambitious in her reporting, and I have been blown away by how much she care about her sources and stories. It's been a privilege working with her. I only wish it were longer. The next newsroom to snatch her up is a lucky one.

[American Oversight @weareoversight]

“Citing an increase in public records requests for the governor’s travel schedule, Florida legislators are advancing a bill that would shield from the public any information about how and where Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials go.”
https://t.co/7NirqqBWQn

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

CPJ on March 15 joined 85 other organizations in reiterating calls for the Rwandan government to allow an independent, impartial investigation into the death of investigative journalist John Williams Ntwali.
https://t.co/wcFA3kfGfC

[Lexie Diao @meowdiao]

🚨Introducing a new @NPR podcast, Taking Cover. 🚨 So excited for y'all to hear this — deep, investigative journalism at its best. I've watched in awe for YEARS as this one has come together. Huge congrats @GPublic @TBowmanNPR @ChrisHaxel @nevesmnic
https://t.co/lqypFGGlvH

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

Joni Mitchell’s Gershwin Prize Concert Showcases Her Music and Influence https://t.co/cLFiqJI2YD

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

Photographing a year of war and resilience in Ukraine https://t.co/QTTf2AXfGO

[Meg Anderson @meg_anders]

Last year my colleague @NPRJoeShapiro and @cm_thompson3 of the @MarshallProj reported on the violent conditions within a special federal prison unit in Illinois.

Now, that unit is closing.
https://t.co/rYrUHHleTh

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

Reporter's dismissal exposes political pressures on West Virginia Public Broadcasting https://t.co/sKtazNsQEu

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point https://t.co/ao8aMKnUHz

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all https://t.co/DDl1gBRpM1

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

Domestic terrorism investigations and arrests shot up in 2021 https://t.co/qqTaZVSvVY

[briankrebs @briankrebs]

Someone's been creating a ton of fake CISO profiles on LinkedIn for major corporations. What's more, a lot of this info is getting ingested by various sources that then make it even harder to tell the truth in search results. Victor Sites CISO of Chevron? No. Real CISO on left.

[Barbara Van Woerkom @bjvanw]

Authors, Advocacy Group Pen Open Letter Urging Publishers to Support Libraries https://t.co/HTolWrZv7z via @publisherswkly

[Ryan J. Reilly @ryanjreilly]

Newly released Jan. 6 body-worn camera footage shows the mob using an enormous TRUMP sign as a battering ram against police.