Michelle Zenarosa

Deputy Editor @reckonnews // 2023 @maynardinst fellow // Grouchy journalist and pop culture/snacks analyst, LA-raised. ♍️

[Michelle Zenarosa @zenagrossa]

How I feel every time I come back to LA from somewhere that isn't LA 🌴🍏🍐🍋🍓🍍🍌🍒🍍

[Los Angeles Public Press @LAPublicPress]

ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger.

From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
https://t.co/LIuNRxO8Ba

[Michelle Zenarosa @zenagrossa]

Proud of all the work @likethediner has put out! Any newsroom would be lucky to have her.

[Denny @likethediner]

today @reckonnews shut down, marking an end to my two years at the newsroom. as one of the very few trans women of color covering LGBTQ politics at a national level—especially rampant anti-trans legislation, i stand by my work with a great deal of reverence 🙂‍↕️ (1/8)

[Maynard Institute for Journalism Education @MaynardInst]

Working harder but feeling poorer: for @reckonnews, #Maynard200 alum Michelle Zenarosa (@zenagrossa) covers inflation, rising prices, and American workers who say their paychecks just don't stretch far enough. https://t.co/kLl3j1Psc7

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Here’s the Pro-Palestine Speech the DNC Refused to Put on TV:

https://t.co/v00QPxP1dQ

[Katelyn Burns @transscribe]

For @reckonnews I wrote about the high stakes of this election and how the waiting game with Biden is filling us with dread. https://t.co/ewkjyObdPI

[rePROs Fight Back @rePROsFightBack]

"Twenty-eight states targeted comprehensive sex ed this year -- what does that mean?" Another great article by @annabelrocha93 for @reckonnews: https://t.co/YDzaQFHNMl #SexEdForAll

[Mark Armstrong @markarms]

Lots of amazing folks who have worked to get Reckon True Stories ready for July, including Marina Leigh, Kelly Araja, Michelle Zenarosa (@zenagrossa), Katie Johnston @aKatiej), Abbey Crain (@AbbeyCrain), and the whole @reckonnews / @ursastory teams. 🎉

[Tulika Bose @TulikaBose_]

For everyone who forgets what our job is as journalists: it’s literally to spill tea, not to be liked.

Don’t stop telling the truth. It’s our one job.

And please — stop calling journalism “content.” It’s not.

[Bobby Box (he/him) @bybobbybox]

“The X-Men are not an allegory for being queer”

The x-men:

[audra أودرا @audragabrielle_]

STOP SAYING PEOPLE DON'T OWE EACH OTHER ANYTHING!!!

we owe each other community.
we owe each other love.
we owe each other safety.
we owe each other support.

individualism is destroying us.

[IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ME @solomonmissouri]

My latest from @reckonnews https://t.co/42oOJwb9Qf

[Michelle Zenarosa @zenagrossa]

Lift as you climb

[IAMNJERA @IAMNJERA]

So many things to say about the deteriorating state of journalism. But being forced to freelance for survival (with limited opportunities available, might I add) is part of the depressing reality that me and too many of my peers have had to face. Something has to give, and soon.

[Anna Brown @_BrownNoize]

Not to brag, but I think my beat of faith, sex and politics is crucial to the future of democracy. Whether I'm paid or not, I'm going to keep yelling about this.

This is truly, to me, what feels like God's work.

[Michelle Zenarosa @zenagrossa]

Still reeling from the layoffs at Reckon. 10 talented colleagues gone, including some incredible journalists. I'm gutted. This is a major blow to our company + yet another sign of the crisis journalism faces. We need to support our newsrooms and the people in them.

[Michelle Zenarosa @zenagrossa]

Ariel is a brilliant editor and a thoughtful colleague. I’m so proud of the work we did together - we absolutely need more journalists like her esp in this moment. I know she'll continue to produce amazing pieces wherever she lands next.

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

People lay all the blame on the vulture funds that buy up these news sites to try and turn a profit, and yes they’re bad and culpable, but the damage Google and Facebook have done to the news industry is far worse, and they seem to be escaping a lot of the blame

[Megan Greenwell @megreenwell]

I think it’d be good for more people to know that the exact same private equity executives responsible for destroying hundreds of jobs at Vice — Fortress Investment Group — are also responsible for destroying thousands of jobs at Gannett newspapers.

[georgia geen @georgia_geen]

do the media executives feel bad about shuttering/gutting a profession that is a pillar of democracy. just wondering

[Caitlin Kelly: veteran journalist, writing coach @CaitlinKellyNYC]

Journalism now looks about as viable a career path as whaling ship captain