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emmacarew
@ecg.bsky.social
Panda, journalist, painter, auntie, fiber artist and iced coffee enthusiast. Sometimes I make things, sometimes I break things.

I can be found at:
- Kimbap Media
- The Marshall Project
- Media Bridge Partners
- Phish shows ⭕️
Pinned

I also love to talk about yarn, watercolors and general art supplies, beaches, pandas, and I’m obsessed with food.
Part of my work at Marshall & my consulting as Kimbap includes helping orgs write better, more inclusive job postings.

I'm incredibly proud to have had a hand in creating this posting for ED of @transjournalists.org--I hope you'll take a peek and apply or share it! airtable.com/apppaTdSPRyF...
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February 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Heading to #NICAR25? @ecg.bsky.social, @jamiegreytv.bsky.social & I will be teaching our @ire-nicar.bsky.social master class on “Managing Investigators.” This time, it’s byte-sized (data joke), FREE and right before our management meetup! Join us: bit.ly/4hHaks9 😊
February 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Hi! Quick note: The Onion accidentally posted a stock photo from a vendor with an AI generated image in it. We pulled the post down once we found that out. Our commitment to not using AI is very real. It's in the union contract to disclose it if we ever do. World is a slop minefield and we're sorry.
January 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist freedom.press/digisec/blog...
The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist
Our digital security training team's checklist to help journalists secure their digital life.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
The good folks at Nieman invited my prediction for next year. So here's what I'm excited about: a boom for local investigative and data-driven journalism made possible through partnerships and support from teams like The Marshall Project, The Trace & Big Local News www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/loca...
Local newsrooms get a boost from data collaborations
"It's not enough to just drop something into the laps of local teams and hope they'll use it exactly as-is."
www.niemanlab.org
December 18, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I was not this smart or collected at age 16 -- perhaps I am not even so at age 37 now.

L.W. spoke of wanting to engage with her opposers:

“I just don’t understand,” L.W. said. “What’s the worst they can say to me? I’ve heard it all.”
December 5, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 3:40 PM
As a rule of thumb, I don't engage in grave dancing -- I think it's bad karma.

However, this piece raises some really smart and timely points, tying the reactions to Brian Thompson's murder to the celebratory posts we saw when Henry Kissinger passed last year.
“The public reaction to the coldblooded killing of a CEO should serve as a wakeup call to other practitioners of corporate greed: While your wealth and status may garner respect in life, the same guarantee cannot be made in death.”

My latest:
Breaking the norms of death
A healthcare CEO was shot dead. Many are glad. What now?
www.thehandbasket.co
December 5, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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I’ve always loved this so much about New York. 9/11 can happen and everyone will still be lile “well, time for egg and cheese sandwich”
December 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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LISTEN NOW: The US Supreme Court hears arguments in US v. Skrmetti, on whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
December 4, 2024 at 3:01 PM
My brilliant colleague @journo-beth.bsky.social is curating and posting around the SCOTUS arguments today... Give Beth a follow!!
December 4, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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"When you're 1% of the population, hard to see how the democratic process will protect you." --Sonia Sotomayor
December 4, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Wondering what's happening with the U.S. vs. Skrmetti Supreme Court case this week?

Here are some resources 🧵
December 4, 2024 at 2:45 PM
KOREA!!!! wyd....
December 3, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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so... I don't really have any interesting comment to offer on the situation!
December 3, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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For those just tuning in: I'm an American born in Korea, and I typically work out of the US. This week I am working out of Seoul. I have no particular expertise in Korean politics.

Me being at the protests during the declaration of martial law is just a weird fucking thing that happened.
December 3, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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Wonder if news editors are going to realize people knew about an actual coup an hour-plus earlier on bluesky than twitter. Hearing a lot of that rumbling from old friends still in the legacy content mines today.
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
TIL my insurance-preferred mail order pharmacy just "doesn't do" overnight shipping!!! In the year of our goddess, 2024!!!!!

EVEN when it is *their own damn fault* that you have been without your meds for nearly a month...
December 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Rewatching Grey’s Anatomy as a sad weird coping mechanism, and dang, S12 is full of fascinating lady leadership storylines!

Passing of the chief torch to a woman for the first time, then going on to lowball Meredith Grey on her big promotion, her lady colleagues struggling to help her through it
December 3, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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Why are men so emotional
Michigan and Ohio State brawl after the game:
November 30, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Cops pepper spraying college football players is all the proof you need that they can’t de-escalate a damn thing.
November 30, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I’m just saying, he’s one dude. This means, he comes with his own limitations and biases in place. Without owning those and examining their influence, this isn’t a good faith effort. It’s just an attempt to be first and loudest.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:23 AM
A thing that worries me is while so many are transitioning away from X, is we will see our communities and infrastructure designed and iterated upon by those who rushed in and started talking loudly.

How can we make space for those who build community differently, with inclusion and intention?
November 27, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Please stop trying to make Single Person Verification Systems a thing. One person = one pov. This means bias (His) is already influencing the final product of whom “He” knows and doesn’t know, finds interesting or doesn’t.

This is a dangerous game and Bluesky should take note, not jump into bed.
November 27, 2024 at 2:19 AM