Ellie Mulder Leonard

Always up for a cup of tea. Former journalist. She/her. (All opinions are my own, etc.)

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

BREAKING: Meet Luna Claire Leonard, y’all. She’s a 7-month-old husky and Australian cattle dog mix. She’s pretty shy, but she’s already warming up to us. I’M THRILLED that I’m finally living my best life as a dog mom 💕

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

@atriskeel Damn, that is so specific but so real.

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

@TheNewsan WOW I LOVE THIS

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

@baileyharris @Conrad_Swanson It’s ModCloth! They’re so quirky + fun. (And don’t get me wrong, fall is my favorite session. I was just surprised to see Halloween stuff already!) 🍁🎃🍂 https://t.co/lDaFNx3AUu

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

@lancebenzel @ColoradoSun Fantastic news, Lance!

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

Raise your hand if you work in journalism and this has happened to you 🙋🏼‍♀️ (But also, I’m glad this feature exists, so.)

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

@Conrad_Swanson The “it is unlikely your client wants a call from me” part is what got me 😂

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

“At the core of this horrendous act is domestic violence,” Chief Vince Niski said. “The suspect … displayed power and control issues. When he wasn’t invited to a family gathering, the suspect responded by opening fire.”

[Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian]

The Colorado Springs shooter who killed 6 at at party early Sunday had “displayed power and control issues” in the past, police say https://t.co/CWZwqdW4TG via @EliseSchmelzer and @ShellyBradbury

[Alex Burness @alex_burness]

In light of this quote from the Colorado Springs chief about the mass shooting, a reminder that Colorado sees dozens of gun deaths related to DV every year. A bill seeking to change that is pending now at the statehouse, and you can read about it here: https://t.co/69ARqROVlO

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

SEVEN people died, but it was only the state's worst mass shooting since a month and a half ago.
I don't have the right words. I feel like screaming or crying. This shouldn't happen — not in my city, or anywhere else in the United States. And yet it does, every month. Every week.

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

Early this morning in Colorado Springs, a gunman killed six people at a birthday party before killing himself.
From the @AP article about it: "It was Colorado’s worst mass shooting since a gunman killed 10 people at a Boulder supermarket March 22."
https://t.co/DXwPpQeHCA

[Eric Lubbers ☀️ @brofax]

May 2018: A handful of journalists who had just quit their jobs were nervously deciding on what to name their new digital news outlet.

May 2021: That outlet, @ColoradoSun, buys 24 local newspapers to help keep them independent and sustainable.

https://t.co/v0hiAhgjFh

[Ellie Mulder Leonard @elliemleonard]

@rachel_m_riley @EverettHerald You're the coolest!

(And yes, there's a Taylor Swift gif for every occasion.)

[NPR @NPR]

BREAKING: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all counts, including murder, in the death of George Floyd.
https://t.co/qXBPBaxT9A

[andrew @AndrewChamings]

Being an editor is hard

[Susan Gonzalez (@susangonzalez.bsky.social) @TheNewsan]

I went to the college with the lowest net tuition in the country at the time, and still students would 1. live in closets (!!!) like a young man in this story 2. dumpster dive for food and 3. drop out b/c they couldn't afford it.

Take the time to read this today. ⬇️

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Remarkable work by @BrandyZadrozny about how a town with no newspaper turned to local Facebook group -- and caused constant, widespread, nonstop panic of murderers and crimes that weren't actually there.
https://t.co/dMvv9kmORS