Ciara O'Rourke

Freelance writer and editor, @PolitiFact contributing writer. Former @CU_CEJ Scripps fellow, @statesman, @seattlemet. RTs ≠ endorsements, Ciara = Keira.

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@editwithemily I’m so sorry, Emily!

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@Weinbergrrrrr Oh, man — I'm sorry, Hannah!

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@James_Barragan @Harvard @niemanfdn Yay James!

[Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 @MauriceChammah]

I spent the last year making a podcast about interrogations, the manipulation of memory in the criminal justice system, and a Texas Ranger who says he has “no unsolved crimes” in his record.

Ep1 out 5/1. Please help me spread the word!

Trailer here:

https://t.co/mO8yEKTVCp

[5280 Magazine @5280Magazine]

Wynn Bruce believed his refuge was being threatened—so the Boulderite embarked on what friends and family believe was a journey to call attention to its looming demise. https://t.co/e0SZ429ql6

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@seywarddarby @thooper8 @atavist I love the art! (And I'm sure I'll love the story once I have a chance to read it)

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Just over a year ago, Boulder resident Wynn Bruce traveled to Washington D.C. and set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court. For @5280Magazine, I talked to his family and friends about Wynn's life and legacy. https://t.co/1o5R6Cq7tT

[5280 Magazine @5280Magazine]

Wynn Bruce's self-immolation on Earth Day in 2022 drew global attention to the climate crisis, which had long been a passion for the Boulderite. https://t.co/01mF097rP6

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@kathyblackwell @rosecahalan This is so lovely!

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@vauhinivara Congrats!!

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@MauriceChammah @ASME1963 @akibasolomon @lmcgaughy @Dave_Boucher1 Congrats, Maurice! So deserved.

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@wudanyan The Orphan Master's Son!

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@lrnlrsn have you started singing this yet https://t.co/euOlP0JmLq

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@Charley_Locke best newsletter name!

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@andreeball @Gannett Andrea, I'm so sorry! What a loss for all your readers, including me!

[Deseret magazine @deseretmagazine]

Will Arizona’s decadeslong college mystery ever be solved? | By @ciaraorourke
https://t.co/HxXA6wmzks

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A really rewarding long read by @ciaraorourke in the @atavist https://t.co/7wvj9nHx9k

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The perfect description in this Ian Parker story about Moriah Wilson's murder: "He’s lean and good-looking, and has the deliberate enunciation of someone who’s a little more stoned than he’d planned to be." https://t.co/FCzkuOMMhm

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For @deseretmagazine I wrote about a mystery that's been called "Arizona's Da Vinci Code" and a "conspiracy theory that needs to be a horror movie." "The game," Hance once said trying to solve the decades-long puzzle, "is still afoot" @Longreads #longreads https://t.co/O0h1L9Z6PK

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After Bryan Hance discovered cryptic ads had been appearing in @uarizona's newspaper every May 1 for years, he posted them online seeking help deciphering the mess of math, maps and languages. He got an email from something called "The Orphanage" instead. https://t.co/O0h1L9Z6PK

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And then there was the person who placed and paid for the ads every year, a reclusive Tucson lawyer, a @uarizona alum, a man who said he was working on behalf of The Orphanage. But was he? One obsessed amateur sleuth was arrested trying to find out. https://t.co/O0h1L9Z6PK