Dean Starkman
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@icij.bluesky.social; dir, Bulgaria Intl Journalism Fellowship; Author "The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism." https://fivebooks.com/best-books/james-hamilton-e
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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It's pretty wild. I feel like virtually every star at the Post is leaving. I'm sure there are people I'm missing. But I'm really not exaggerating. They've chased/induced virtually everyone out. I really can't think of ANY example remotely like it.
Scoop @puck.news: Carol Leonnig, a 25-year veteran of The Washington Post, is leaving the paper and joining MSNBC.
The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.
The latest in the long and extensive exodus of Washington Post journalists under CEO Will Lewis.
August 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's pretty wild. I feel like virtually every star at the Post is leaving. I'm sure there are people I'm missing. But I'm really not exaggerating. They've chased/induced virtually everyone out. I really can't think of ANY example remotely like it.
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
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July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
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Love seeing @nytimes.com swinging back at Elon Musk and defending our journalism against bad faith attacks.
June 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Love seeing @nytimes.com swinging back at Elon Musk and defending our journalism against bad faith attacks.
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Bob Dylan turns 84 today.
May 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Bob Dylan turns 84 today.
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Amazing. She's been on my mind since I read about it. I'm so so grateful you are doing this, @frederikobermaier.com . I can't wait to see it and wish you all the best with it. Tremendous.
Stay tuned @spiegel.de @derstandard.at @zdfde.bsky.social @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social @papertrailmedia.de …
Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna died investigating thousands of Ukrainian civilian prisoners illegally held by Russia.
🚨 Revelations tomorrow.
@spiegel.de @derstandard.at @zeit.de @france24.com IStories @lemonde.fr @papertrailmedia.de @theguardian.com @washingtonpost.com @pravda.ua@zdfde.bsky.social
🚨 Revelations tomorrow.
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April 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Amazing. She's been on my mind since I read about it. I'm so so grateful you are doing this, @frederikobermaier.com . I can't wait to see it and wish you all the best with it. Tremendous.
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COMING SOON: #ChinaTargets.
ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
COMING SOON: #ChinaTargets.
ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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Long time between bylines, but here I am; proud to work with the great Tom Rowley, @icij.org
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Behind closed doors, Kazakhstan challenges decades-old deal with $160 billion claim against Big Oil - ICIJ
A secret ruling hints at the huge stakes in the arbitration case, which is expected to stretch until 2028.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Long time between bylines, but here I am; proud to work with the great Tom Rowley, @icij.org
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Join OCCRP for a deep dive into how one of Switzerland’s elite private banks came under investigation for alleged gaps in its anti-money laundering efforts — and what the case reveals about the limits of AML enforcement in high-trust jurisdictions: mailchi.mp/occrp/risky-...
April 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Join OCCRP for a deep dive into how one of Switzerland’s elite private banks came under investigation for alleged gaps in its anti-money laundering efforts — and what the case reveals about the limits of AML enforcement in high-trust jurisdictions: mailchi.mp/occrp/risky-...
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Quick pop in from maternity leave (!) to share this great tip truck write up from @niemanlab.org!
@mkramer.bsky.social, @maryamjameel.bsky.social and team have a lot of other tip line upgrades and ideas in the works. Keep an eye on them for future outreach on wheels and otherwise.
@mkramer.bsky.social, @maryamjameel.bsky.social and team have a lot of other tip line upgrades and ideas in the works. Keep an eye on them for future outreach on wheels and otherwise.
March 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quick pop in from maternity leave (!) to share this great tip truck write up from @niemanlab.org!
@mkramer.bsky.social, @maryamjameel.bsky.social and team have a lot of other tip line upgrades and ideas in the works. Keep an eye on them for future outreach on wheels and otherwise.
@mkramer.bsky.social, @maryamjameel.bsky.social and team have a lot of other tip line upgrades and ideas in the works. Keep an eye on them for future outreach on wheels and otherwise.
Thanks to @acob Udo-Udo Jacob, Sevdalina Yaneva at the Center for Information, Democracy and Citizenship for putting together the launch of the #Bulgaria #International #Journalism Fellowship (pronounced "beejgh) at the American University in Bulgaria. My talk is here:
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Dean Starkman's Keynote at BIJF Launch: Reflections on Journalism Today - AUBG
At the launch event for the Bulgaria International Journalism Fellowship (BIJF), editorial director Dean Starkman delivered a keynote speech reflecting on experiences from his extensive career in jour...
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March 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Thanks to @acob Udo-Udo Jacob, Sevdalina Yaneva at the Center for Information, Democracy and Citizenship for putting together the launch of the #Bulgaria #International #Journalism Fellowship (pronounced "beejgh) at the American University in Bulgaria. My talk is here:
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JUST IN: Voice of America's director Michael Abramowitz is suing Kari Lake and the Trump administration to stop its imminent dismantling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
JUST IN: Voice of America's director Michael Abramowitz is suing Kari Lake and the Trump administration to stop its imminent dismantling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Each time Trump succeeds in subordinating his target, his power ricochets far beyond the particular organization in question, affecting the risk-taking calculus of those who fear they might be added to his list." www.justsecurity.org/109439/colle...
The imagery is right on point. @justsecurity.org
The imagery is right on point. @justsecurity.org
The Imperative of Solidarity in Response to Assaults on Legal Services, Universities, and Independent Media
Author argues that Trump administration's unconstitutional actions against universities, law firms, and independent media requires collective responses.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Each time Trump succeeds in subordinating his target, his power ricochets far beyond the particular organization in question, affecting the risk-taking calculus of those who fear they might be added to his list." www.justsecurity.org/109439/colle...
The imagery is right on point. @justsecurity.org
The imagery is right on point. @justsecurity.org
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💥SCOOP: Orbán’s regime is now using its intelligence agency to compile a blacklist of “foreign-funded” NGOs, media, and advocacy groups—i.e. those who received grants from the US or Europe. Straight out of Putin's playbook.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💥SCOOP: Orbán’s regime is now using its intelligence agency to compile a blacklist of “foreign-funded” NGOs, media, and advocacy groups—i.e. those who received grants from the US or Europe. Straight out of Putin's playbook.
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"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
"I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped"
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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March 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
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Trump's allies in Moscow had new plans to murder western journalists. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russian spy ring plans to kill journalist were 'beyond imagination'
Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev told the BBC one method was to use a sledgehammer, and another involved using a "suicide bomber".
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March 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Trump's allies in Moscow had new plans to murder western journalists. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Russian authorities abduct Ukrainian journalist, torture her for months w electrocution until she dies in custody, weighing less than 30kg. #russianwarcrimes
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Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died after savage torture and extreme emaciation in Russian captivity
The 27-year-old journalist, who lived for her work, had travelled to occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast in order to find out about Russia’s torture prisons on occupied territory
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March 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Russian authorities abduct Ukrainian journalist, torture her for months w electrocution until she dies in custody, weighing less than 30kg. #russianwarcrimes
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Of all the terrible sign posts in the last week, this is the worst.
Trump has sued news outlets over their coverage of his campaign - frivolous suits everyone could see had zero merit.
Now the media owners are using "settlements" to funnel cash straight to Trump in the hope they will get favourable treatment from federal regulators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
Now the media owners are using "settlements" to funnel cash straight to Trump in the hope they will get favourable treatment from federal regulators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Of all the terrible sign posts in the last week, this is the worst.
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KLOBUCHAR: Have you referred to the media as the most powerful enemy of the US?
PATEL: You're reading a quote. I take that you're reading it accurately
K: You said we're gonna come after the people in the media who helped Joe Biden rig the election
P: That's a partial statement of what I said
PATEL: You're reading a quote. I take that you're reading it accurately
K: You said we're gonna come after the people in the media who helped Joe Biden rig the election
P: That's a partial statement of what I said
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
KLOBUCHAR: Have you referred to the media as the most powerful enemy of the US?
PATEL: You're reading a quote. I take that you're reading it accurately
K: You said we're gonna come after the people in the media who helped Joe Biden rig the election
P: That's a partial statement of what I said
PATEL: You're reading a quote. I take that you're reading it accurately
K: You said we're gonna come after the people in the media who helped Joe Biden rig the election
P: That's a partial statement of what I said
Hi Bluesky, Nice to be here. My first actual posts will be self promotional -- fair warning! -- but in the interests of boosting traffic however modestly. ICYMI, I was happy to have a piece in @columjournreview.bsky.social a decade after I left. www.cjr.org/analysis/cov...
Covering the Economy from the Bottom Up
If journalists don’t explain how the system works, others will.
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January 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hi Bluesky, Nice to be here. My first actual posts will be self promotional -- fair warning! -- but in the interests of boosting traffic however modestly. ICYMI, I was happy to have a piece in @columjournreview.bsky.social a decade after I left. www.cjr.org/analysis/cov...
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Today’s print front page of @latimes.com captures the horror. The Times, to its credit, has made its fire coverage free
January 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Today’s print front page of @latimes.com captures the horror. The Times, to its credit, has made its fire coverage free
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Another thing bothering me about the Zuckerberg statement -- the assertion that fact-checkers have “destroyed more trust than they created." FCers are obviously imperfect and have made mistakes, but most of what people hear about them is ax-grinding by conservative elites, not fair-minded critiques
January 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Another thing bothering me about the Zuckerberg statement -- the assertion that fact-checkers have “destroyed more trust than they created." FCers are obviously imperfect and have made mistakes, but most of what people hear about them is ax-grinding by conservative elites, not fair-minded critiques