Aaron Stigile

Freelance journalist // Formerly @News21, @cronkitenews, @statepress, @cjnewsnow // Also on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram

[Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt]

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
https://t.co/2y5THeJ0S7

[Aaron Stigile @StigileAaron]

My latest multimedia freelance work is up on @idahoednews, about the Boise Urban Garden School and its outdoor educational model.

https://t.co/pIabhKaCgp

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⚡️Breaking: CNN’s Van Jones is among 16 mainstream journalists—including two New York Times reporters—serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel win its “information war.”

Drop Site’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports that Jacki Karsh, who launched the fellowship after October 7, said it was her way to “shift the narrative” in Israel’s favor, citing a call to fight “on the battlegrounds of academia, law, business, media” as inspiration. Karsh has praised the IDF as “the most moral army in the world” and dismissed Gaza’s casualty figures. NYT mentors include former Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren and Sharon Otterman, who covers campus protests.

The fellowship claims to be “resolutely nonpartisan” though its founder has never expressed sympathy for the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed—including 20,000 children—in what UN officials and a vast majority of genocide scholars characterize as genocide.

Read: “Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel ‘Information War’” — link below.

[News21 @news21]

It’s never been more taboo to be a #sanctuarycity – a designation that comes with a promise to revoke federal funds. See how small towns with growing immigrant populations are meeting the challenge. ✍️ by @AlissaGary1 📷 @StigileAaron & Marissa Lindemann: https://t.co/0HfENueD4y

[News21 @news21]

After the Trump admin rescinded guidelines restricting ICE from detaining people at #healthcare facilities, Colorado expanded protections. In California, @JesseArreguin's #SB81 would do the same if signed by @CAgovernor. By @StigileAaron @AlissaGary1: https://t.co/e8HpTNYAEI

[News21 @news21]

Health care workers & advocates with groups like @seiu_uhw @NationalNurses @CALimmigrant are fighting against cuts to immigrant #healthcare & ICE enforcement in medical facilities. See how. Story by @StigileAaron @AlissaGary1: https://t.co/e8HpTNZ8ug

[أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0]

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.

Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.

I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.

I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.

I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.

I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.

O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.

Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.

Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025

This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.

[Vincent Bevins @Vinncent]

Inevitable consequence of the absurdly misguided "benevolent oligarch" hail mary play to save journalism

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

UPDATE: Exactly ZERO criminal records have been confirmed among the over 110 migrant detainees transferred by ICE to the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

NOTE: ICE's press team routinely makes mass media bloodsport of migrant crime, so the crickets here are deafening.

[Mia Osmonbekov @miaosmonbekov]

With Trump's executive order reversing ICE's "sensitive" locations policy, Arizona schools are now prepping teachers and admin on how to navigate potential raids.

Read my first story for @CopperCourier ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/QNvlP3nTBy

[Evan Hill @evanhill]

"A diplomat briefed on the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas credited progress in the talks in part to the influence of President-elect Donald Trump, saying it was 'the first time there has been real pressure on the Israeli side to accept a deal.'"

https://t.co/cT5tmJyYom

[samaa • سما @samaakhullar]

Anas Al Sharif announcing live on Al Jazeera that he can finally take off his press vest after 15 months of nonstop coverage and everyone around him raising him up on their shoulders 😭😭😭 the FIRST thing he did was honor his martyred colleagues 😭😭😭

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

The happiness is literally eternal. Gaza's streets are erupting. The tears of everyone, the joy.

I lost the words.

[Aaron Stigile @StigileAaron]

@WMyskow @piperjhansen @statepress Just join anyway!!

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

I had a word to say against the lack of international support for Palestinian journalists

[Wyatt Myskow @WMyskow]

After a nice holiday vacation, I'm back to work @insideclimate.

If you've got a story or think I need to know about something happening across the West in this new year, get in touch @ [email protected]

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

NEW: The New York Times Ignored Source’s Doubts About Hamas Docs Provided by Israel

A key figure in verifying an incendiary story that sought to link Iran to the October 7 attacks reveals what he actually told the paper.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

96% of surveyed kids in Gaza feel their death is imminent, and almost half want to die because of what they’ve been put through.

[Aaron Stigile @StigileAaron]

Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis received “love letters” (they weren’t so lovely) this past election cycle, and other Arizona recorders received fake bomb threats.

How are these officials preparing for midterms?

My latest and last for @cronkitenews: https://t.co/TcBQdJ52mq

[Paola Boivin @PaolaBoivin]

Crunching the numbers ... Thanks to Colorado's loss, if ASU beats Arizona Saturday, it's in the Big 12 champ game.