Austen Macalus

Retired journalist. Wannabe cowboy. Amateur chef. He/him.

[angel @angelmendoza___]

if LMFAO tells you party rock is in the house tonight, it’s not your job as a journalist to just have a good time, it’s your job as a journalist to confirm party rock’s location before you shake that

[David Kroman @KromanDavid]

I’ll know we’re “back to normal” when I can drink a beer on the ferry again

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

The role that mainstream newspapers played in stoking racial hatred during the era of lynchings. A great new investigation that's just begun from U. Maryland's @HowardCenterUMD.
https://t.co/jdelKAz3pQ

[Follow @gabemschneider on bluesky @gabemschneider]

I signed this. Coverage of the Israeli occupation has been unacceptable. Proud to see so many names on here. https://t.co/YszZMKP9m0

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

@BiancaNkwonta Calling up @mariodraghi_it right now to make this happen!

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

@KSNatePilling I’m still waiting for the State of Hockey to get ours...

[Follow @gabemschneider on bluesky @gabemschneider]

“Newsrooms need to start covering the people's power, and not focus solely on institutional and systemic power or the existing power of the privileged.” https://t.co/IkoAyeABvf

[sameer k rao @AManCalledSrao]

Dunno what’s more upsetting: that these insurrectionists moved on journalists doing their jobs, or the high possibility that media heads will see their employees threatened and still give the insurrectionists more narrative complexity than they do activists of color

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

"Armed assailants attacked the seat of American government in an attempted coup Wednesday, urged on by the president of the United States," writes @GrahamDavidA: https://t.co/cAclPol6mD

[Joseph Cranney @joey_cranney]

The nation’s local reporters deserve another standing ovation in 2020. A pandemic crippled the industry and shuttered newsrooms, yet every day these reporters set out to document outbreaks and other wrongdoing in communities across the U.S. Here’s just some of what they found:

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

@KSNatePilling @thecurioushuman That’s a good question, but unfortunately I don’t know the answer. I will have to look into it!

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

@KSNatePilling The best name in sports! #MNUFC

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

At Kitsap County’s three polling places, about 800 came through on both Saturday and Monday to register, get a new ballot, change their address or vote in-person, according to election officials.

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

A beautiful day to be out talking with voters at the Marvin Williams Center in Bremerton for @KitsapSun.

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

Elections officials say it’s been pretty mellow this morning — lines inside have gotten up to 10-15 ppl at times, but folks are moving through quickly.

As of about 10 a.m., 65 people have been through, though that doesn’t include those who dropped off their ballot outside.

[Jeyca Maldonado @jeyca97]

We are public media. Yet we have failed for decades to fully reflect the public we serve.

As journalists, we’re asking you to support our efforts to #TransformMPR #TransformAPM.

https://t.co/DbIzX2i8Ve

[Austen Macalus @macalus]

Jazzed to be (virtually) attending #IRE20 this week! Feel free to say hello if you're also tuning in.

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

It's finally time for #IRE20! 🎉 Make sure to attend today’s welcome session at noon EDT with @cherylwt, @DougHaddix and @DeniseMalan! They’ll cover how you can make the most of a virtual conference.

[Kyle Potter @kpottermn]

There are failures on so many levels tonight and in the last few months (and years & generations), but MPD only has itself to blame for a distrust so deep it felt it had to tweet video of a man taking his life.

And it’s absolutely unconscionable they actually took that step.