Maya J. Boddie

editor @blackinfonet | hampton alumna and nyu journalism grad | nyc | mindboddiesoul on @substackinc

[Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett]

We spoke with Lonnie Bunch last week, before he announced his retirement as Smithsonian Secretary. That conversation airs tonight on the @NewsHour — about the pressure the institution has faced from the Trump administration, how he views this moment, and the legacy he leaves behind.

[Maya J. Boddie @MJBoddie]

Oh, please

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

I spent my first 3 years in Florida on the highest of seven hills at @FAMU_1887.

When I was in the state legislature, I served in the FAMU Caucus and was proud to work across the aisle to secure $25 million for FAMU’s Center for Access and Student Success.

More recently, I was honored to receive an award from FAMU’s President for my advocacy for this great school.

Meanwhile, you showed up with a camera crew two months out from the election to talk to 20 people and get some B-roll. Fake.

[k a r y. @itsKARY_]

“Cowboy Carter. Time to strike a match and light up this juke joint.”

[Yesha @YeshaCallahan]

My new community reporting initiative launched today.

BET DIGITAL LAUNCHES NATIONAL COMMUNITY REPORTING INITIATIVE TO EXPAND LOCAL MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM

https://t.co/ESjowhxkLj

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Ever since the nationwide outbreak of the Cyclospora parasite, local Black farms are seeing a rise in support

https://t.co/O484bA2rbE

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Wrote about the passing of Robert Mason, an unsung hero who helped hundreds of thousands of students apply for HBCUs nationwide. He was 66

https://t.co/sgS2qxLkz1

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

McKinney’s win essentially guarantees the return of Black representation in Congress to Detroit.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Wisconsin Rapids to convince residents to allow a real estate developer to build a data center in their town.

Boos quickly rained down.

https://t.co/JOqxoHXlt2

[Maya J. Boddie @MJBoddie]

this is crazy

[CNN @CNN]

Residents of Washington, DC, briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a massive, 40-minute Fourth of July fireworks show. https://t.co/B9Y2AfeKG4

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

I still CANNOT believe humans were gifted a planet full of trees, fruit, water, animals and sunshine and then they invented debt, capitalism and war.

[Lauren Williams @laurenwilliams]

Today, @CapitalBNews, in partnership with @wearepushblack, launched For the Record: A Black Oral History Archive, a growing collection of 250 firsthand accounts from Black people in America. It's free, public, and permanent.

https://t.co/CgnjukOvp6 🧵

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘THE BEAR’ returns for its final season today.

[Maya J. Boddie @MJBoddie]

what a SHOW.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘THE BEAR’ returns for its final season this Thursday.

[Maya J. Boddie @MJBoddie]

oh, YES!

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Ruben Studdard sings “Someday We'll All Be Free” at Peabo Bryson’s Celebration of Life service:

[Asad🗽🍎 @AsadFromNYC]

"It is different because New York’s mass unifying events tend to imply unbearable tragedy: 9/11, Sandy, Covid.

Maybe the disorientation of this championship run was that shared experiences in the city were allowed to be good, gleeful, uncomplicated." https://t.co/L5dRPXqh33

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

On a summer evening in 1972, a pivotal generation of Harlem Renaissance legends gathered at Duke Ellington’s townhouse.

The trailer for “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” is out:

[Justin J. Pearson @Justinjpearson]

Absolutely essential telling of what is unfolding across the South and the nation by @MaraGay for @nytimes.

https://t.co/w6ky5iNvAW

[Freedom of the Press Foundation @FreedomofPress]

"We’re poorer as a society without having journalists there to bear witness," FPF's @adjoro told @Blavity's @MJBoddie about reporters being arrested while covering protests outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey.
https://t.co/sNJtF6FYjp

[Maya J. Boddie @MJBoddie]

@zellieimani perfect. twitter isn’t allowing me to message lol can you shoot me your email!