Isaac smith

Jackson Co and investigative reporter for The Southern Illinoisan. Dedicated storyteller, avid home baker, sometimes documentary-maker.

Opinions are my own.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

I've been a bit MIA here but tomorrow is an incredibly important day. I will be following several races in Jackson County but our staff will be keeping up with everything you'll need and want to know tomorrow.

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[Casper News Guild @caspernewsguild]

We need to be talking more about the problems facing our industry and give the public a realistic picture of what is happening to it.

Instead, Lee continues to silence those who sacrifice the most to save it.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

Attention to anyone who writes news releases about crime: The names of crimes are not proper nouns. Please. Stop. Capitalizing. Every. Charge.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@brianmmunoz I'll start. As a staff reporter at The Southern our guild wages are around $15.50 or so an hour.

[Les Winkeler @LesWinkeler]

The systematic dismantling of the Southern Illinoisan is bad for Southern Illinois and heartbreaking on a personal level. Tom English, a proven leader, guided the editorial department to 41 statewide awards last week, but was deemed expendable this week. We need local news.

[Alee Quick @the_quickness]

Thank you for everything @tomenglish23.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@DEadviser I am a graduate of the Daily Egyptian. I think it was housed at SIU?

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Here's the thread my friend, @brian_maurice, posted about his encounter with the Illinois Highway Patrol yesterday.

https://t.co/np9yHL9Hho

[Timesland News Guild @TimeslandGuild]

Today, we met with several representatives from @LeeEntNews to officially present a business plan to establish a design hub in Roanoke. Among other things, we’re the largest metro area in western Virginia and we’re within a days drive to 66% of the U.S. population.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@writingump I was driving to go get my son from school and nearly swerved off the road in shock.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@LesWinkeler Miller seems to be making up for it.

[Tom English @tomenglish23]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@MollyParkerSI Had a similar thought yesterday. This is my first time being actually on assignment in weeks.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

Seriously guys. I firmly believe Rev Peyton is among the top three best, most relevant and most distinct guitar players working today.

[Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band @bigdamnband]

Was listening to a ton of Gary Davis and just felt like improvising a piece on the 12 string. @washboardbreezy captured this raw cell phone video. I thought y’all might enjoy it on a nice lazy Sunday. Hope it’s lazy for ya anyway, and I hope you get a kick out of it.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

There's the Goldschmidt we were hoping for!

[Robert Cohen @kodacohen]

#STLCards wearing #BlackLivesMatters t-shirts during batting practice before a #Covid19 delayed opening day against the Pirates at Busch Stadium.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@bigdamnband Woody Guthrie, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix

The fourth one is tough. I'm trying to think of a single individual who was pivotal in either the Chicano or old time fiddle genres that have shaped our musical landscape. But, my list is a good start, I guess?

[Southern Illinois News Guild @sinewsguild]

Congratulations to our colleagues @DallasNewsGuild we stand with you! ✊

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

@brianmmunoz Fun story. My first job out of college I made $19,000 a year. admittedly it was for a small small paper in a small small town but still I think about that sometimes and wonder how the hell I made it.

[Isaac smith @ismithreports]

This isn't streamlining. It's just another attack on local news.

[Timesland News Guild @TimeslandGuild]

Hannah. Peter. Nathan. Tom. Chris. To our corporate owners, these are just names on a page. To us, they're family. Lee Enterprises wants to outsource our copy desk to a hub hundreds of miles away. Ten of our members are going to lose their jobs unless we do something about it.