Jennifer Orsi
@jenorsi.bsky.social
Longtime local news editor now repping journalism at the Poynter Institute. Family is my rock. "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." Thomas Jefferson.
Surprisingly large number of grammar takes on social related to Epstein emails. I’m a language nerd but other things are capturing my attention….
Not important but why are all of the people in these Epstein emails writing barely coherent run-on sentences? Do a lot of people email like this??
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Surprisingly large number of grammar takes on social related to Epstein emails. I’m a language nerd but other things are capturing my attention….
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today is Poynter Day, the day 50 years ago that officially began @poynterinstitute.bsky.social.
Our work has been dedicated to making journalism better, news organizations stronger, accurate and factual information easier to find, and democracy thrive with the support of a free press. (more)
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This whole thread is wild.
Here's who's in the Pentagon's new "press corps," covering world's most powerful military:
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This whole thread is wild.
Reposted by Jennifer Orsi
“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism,” said Jack Keane, a retired U.S. Army general and Fox News analyst, said on Hegseth’s former network.
Via @apnews.com
Via @apnews.com
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism,” said Jack Keane, a retired U.S. Army general and Fox News analyst, said on Hegseth’s former network.
Via @apnews.com
Via @apnews.com
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney encouraged families to keep newborns at home and away from many visitors, especially sick people, during the baby’s first 6 to 8 weeks of life.
The state, like much of the country, is dealing with a rise in potentially deadly whooping cough cases.
The state, like much of the country, is dealing with a rise in potentially deadly whooping cough cases.
Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases
A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney encouraged families to keep newborns at home and away from many visitors, especially sick people, during the baby’s first 6 to 8 weeks of life.
The state, like much of the country, is dealing with a rise in potentially deadly whooping cough cases.
The state, like much of the country, is dealing with a rise in potentially deadly whooping cough cases.
I’ve had a fascination with and admiration for Jane Goodall since I was a kid. RIP.
www.wsj.com/science/jane...
www.wsj.com/science/jane...
Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91
The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.
www.wsj.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’ve had a fascination with and admiration for Jane Goodall since I was a kid. RIP.
www.wsj.com/science/jane...
www.wsj.com/science/jane...
"Those who accept must report for duty on October 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers ..."
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
www.cnn.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Those who accept must report for duty on October 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers ..."
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
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Honored to celebrate @MikeAllen & @JessicaYellin in D.C. with the Poynter 50 Make a Mark Leadership Award — recognizing their pioneering work meeting their audiences where they are with trustworthy journalism. #Poynter50
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Honored to celebrate @MikeAllen & @JessicaYellin in D.C. with the Poynter 50 Make a Mark Leadership Award — recognizing their pioneering work meeting their audiences where they are with trustworthy journalism. #Poynter50
An important element of the current free speech crisis that can't be overlooked:
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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Media consolidation is shaping who folds under political pressure — and who could be next - Poynter
ABC sidelining Jimmy Kimmel and Paramount canceling Stephen Colbert underscore how corporate interests weigh on free speech in the Trump era
www.poynter.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An important element of the current free speech crisis that can't be overlooked:
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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The Guardian has now completely retracted quotes from an anonymous high school source who had called Tyler Robinson a “leftist.” The source now says they couldn’t accurately recall details of their relationship.
This Guardian quote from an anonymous person who said he knew Robinson in high school years ago, but hasn’t spoke to him in several years, who said he was supposedly a leftist, has been retracted. This single anonymous quote has been posted by thousands of right-wing accounts.
September 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Guardian has now completely retracted quotes from an anonymous high school source who had called Tyler Robinson a “leftist.” The source now says they couldn’t accurately recall details of their relationship.
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Egregious example of this was when the anti-public health crowd held up Sweden’s lack of restrictions as the example to follow, then Sweden saw much higher COVID hospitalizations and deaths than Scandinavian peers and changed course, but those Americans didn’t go “OK, my idea was tested and failed.”
Almost every single person who was/is attacking the public health community from 2020-2022 got every single prediction wrong, and got it wrong directionally in a way that would have cost actual human lives by the tens/hundreds of thousands. And now those people are in charge of our federal agencies.
September 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Egregious example of this was when the anti-public health crowd held up Sweden’s lack of restrictions as the example to follow, then Sweden saw much higher COVID hospitalizations and deaths than Scandinavian peers and changed course, but those Americans didn’t go “OK, my idea was tested and failed.”
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Listen to experts like @autismspeaks.org:
"Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last 2 decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations & autism. The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism."
www.autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-...
"Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last 2 decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations & autism. The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism."
www.autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-...
September 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Listen to experts like @autismspeaks.org:
"Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last 2 decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations & autism. The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism."
www.autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-...
"Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last 2 decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations & autism. The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism."
www.autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-...
As I approach an age when my own immune system starts to weaken, great to know there will be resurgences of COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE DISEASES to take me out.
Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/l...
Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/l...
Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements
Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is a faculty member at the University of Florida. But in a statement, UF Health said vaccines are "safe" and "essential"
www.heraldtribune.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
As I approach an age when my own immune system starts to weaken, great to know there will be resurgences of COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE DISEASES to take me out.
Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/l...
Medical experts 'profoundly concerned' as DeSantis looks to end vaccine requirements
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/l...
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because polio is freedom
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on ending all vaccine mandates: "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery."
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
because polio is freedom
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Noem's complaints underscore why news outlets can't settle frivolous lawsuits.
Now, the door is wide open for government officials to question every editing decision news outlets make, whether to shorten an interview for time or to not air lies and nonsense.
Now, the door is wide open for government officials to question every editing decision news outlets make, whether to shorten an interview for time or to not air lies and nonsense.
thehill.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Noem's complaints underscore why news outlets can't settle frivolous lawsuits.
Now, the door is wide open for government officials to question every editing decision news outlets make, whether to shorten an interview for time or to not air lies and nonsense.
Now, the door is wide open for government officials to question every editing decision news outlets make, whether to shorten an interview for time or to not air lies and nonsense.
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Kennedy might have prospered had he simply been content to continue slapping a MAHA coat of paint on the good work of the government’s actual scientists. Instead, he seems determined to rip the engine out while the car is hurtling down the interstate.
Camelot for Crazies
RFK Jr. f*cked around. Now we get to find out.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Kennedy might have prospered had he simply been content to continue slapping a MAHA coat of paint on the good work of the government’s actual scientists. Instead, he seems determined to rip the engine out while the car is hurtling down the interstate.
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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“Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data
Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data
Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data
Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
What year is it? Truly awful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...
The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What year is it? Truly awful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...
How many past presidents have had a bad jobs report (since they existed) without firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics? I'm guessing, all of them?
Breaking news: President Trump said he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the agency revised May and June jobs data that cast doubt on the strength of the labor market.
He called for “someone much more competent” to take over.
He called for “someone much more competent” to take over.
Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report
Trump orders firing of top government economist after release of large revisions to employment data
www.washingtonpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
How many past presidents have had a bad jobs report (since they existed) without firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics? I'm guessing, all of them?
Very sad. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down. And we're already seeing major layoffs at multiple local public media stations around the country, cutting off vital local news.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
August 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Very sad. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down. And we're already seeing major layoffs at multiple local public media stations around the country, cutting off vital local news.