John Loeppky
@jloeppky.com
Disabled Freelance Journalist. Crippled & Creative. He/Him.
https://www.patreon.com/JLoeppky / https://www.jloeppky.com/crpl-media
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And extra excited to see @xtramagazine.com honoured in the Outstanding Independent Journalism category, a testament to all of the great work this team does
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January 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
And extra excited to see @xtramagazine.com honoured in the Outstanding Independent Journalism category, a testament to all of the great work this team does
glaad.org/mediaawards/...
glaad.org/mediaawards/...
I love my job, I just sent a pitch email talking about fake balls.
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I love my job, I just sent a pitch email talking about fake balls.
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If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
A difficult topic but thankful to the team @truthout.org and to my dear friend and collaborator @mariannedhe.bsky.social for suggesting me as a possible person to write this.
If we can create and build on communal structures of care, we can hold that grief together more easily.
2025 Was a Year of Collective Mourning for Disabled Communities
If we can create and build on communal structures of care, we can hold that grief together more easily.
buff.ly
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A difficult topic but thankful to the team @truthout.org and to my dear friend and collaborator @mariannedhe.bsky.social for suggesting me as a possible person to write this.
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Please folks, mentally ill people do not need you comparing Trump or anyone in his administration to us today! We're just trying to catch our breath.
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Please folks, mentally ill people do not need you comparing Trump or anyone in his administration to us today! We're just trying to catch our breath.
Love to see my friends and dearest colleagues in this industry get their flowers!
Today, @motherjones.com got a donation from me specifically because the work of reporter @juliametraux.bsky.social.
Disability coverage by disabled folks is crucial.
Each donation (admittedly small though it is) has come after another piece covered by Julia Métraux.
#disability #pwME #press
Disability coverage by disabled folks is crucial.
Each donation (admittedly small though it is) has come after another piece covered by Julia Métraux.
#disability #pwME #press
December 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Love to see my friends and dearest colleagues in this industry get their flowers!
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I was a sustainer before @juliametraux.bsky.social but I’d become one again in a heartbeat for her. Do you know how rare it is to have a full time disability beat reporter? Julia and @slooterman.bsky.social (sustainer of her newsroom, too) are warriors.
Today, @motherjones.com got a donation from me specifically because the work of reporter @juliametraux.bsky.social.
Disability coverage by disabled folks is crucial.
Each donation (admittedly small though it is) has come after another piece covered by Julia Métraux.
#disability #pwME #press
Disability coverage by disabled folks is crucial.
Each donation (admittedly small though it is) has come after another piece covered by Julia Métraux.
#disability #pwME #press
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I was a sustainer before @juliametraux.bsky.social but I’d become one again in a heartbeat for her. Do you know how rare it is to have a full time disability beat reporter? Julia and @slooterman.bsky.social (sustainer of her newsroom, too) are warriors.
Been loving doing more editing and Marianne's on a short list of people who make that task damn near simple.
If you're reading this and wondering how I manage to publish mostly typo-free stories every week in the newsletter, that's thanks to editor extraordinaire, John Loeppky (@jloeppky.com).
December 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Been loving doing more editing and Marianne's on a short list of people who make that task damn near simple.
Free event/professional development session that I am presenting this afternoon!
How Journalists Can Create A Sustainable Freelance Business
December 2025 Disabled Journalists Association Community Story Meeting
Learn more & register here: tinyurl.com/dja-dec25
#dja #journalist #journalism #DisabledJournalists #freelance #CommunityMeeting
December 2025 Disabled Journalists Association Community Story Meeting
Learn more & register here: tinyurl.com/dja-dec25
#dja #journalist #journalism #DisabledJournalists #freelance #CommunityMeeting
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Free event/professional development session that I am presenting this afternoon!
No amount of Olivia Nuzzi coverage, and there's a lot of it, can make me care about her actions or our industry's reaction to said actions.
I'd rather just put that energy into making good work, frankly.
I'd rather just put that energy into making good work, frankly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
No amount of Olivia Nuzzi coverage, and there's a lot of it, can make me care about her actions or our industry's reaction to said actions.
I'd rather just put that energy into making good work, frankly.
I'd rather just put that energy into making good work, frankly.
Oh look, I'm doing something today. And, spoiler alert, it shouts out @devinheroux.bsky.social (and not just because we've both worked for CBC.)
Join us on Wednesday, November 19th at 6:00PM ET for the next session in the Disability Narrative Webinar Series! Journalist and disability advocate John Loeppky will enlighten us on the topic of Leveling the Field: Coverage of Parasport. RSVP today! ⤵️
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November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oh look, I'm doing something today. And, spoiler alert, it shouts out @devinheroux.bsky.social (and not just because we've both worked for CBC.)
In a world where, as disabled folks we fight so damn hard, a group I'm a part of in the journalism industry had a huge win this week.
I'm going to savour this feeling for a while.
I'm going to savour this feeling for a while.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
In a world where, as disabled folks we fight so damn hard, a group I'm a part of in the journalism industry had a huge win this week.
I'm going to savour this feeling for a while.
I'm going to savour this feeling for a while.
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Mad Pride protests in France denounced violence in medical treatment. One of the protestors said: “All my life, I’ve been told I was different. Today, I’ve come to fight against normality!”
This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/figh...
This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/figh...
Fight against normality
Protests, sign languages, and curated disability news from 42 countries
www.disabilitydebrief.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Mad Pride protests in France denounced violence in medical treatment. One of the protestors said: “All my life, I’ve been told I was different. Today, I’ve come to fight against normality!”
This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/figh...
This and more in an update with disability news from 42 countries.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/figh...
I have a soft spot in my heart for fellow freelance journalists who can write about incredibly difficult topics in a way that is intertwined with creative analysis. @justinling.ca is doing just that for TorStar right now.
Hey Canadians, I've been in the budget lockup all day. You can follow along with me (and the rest of the @thestar.com team) here: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Canada budget 2025 live updates: Mark Carney’s Liberals table first fiscal plan; deficit rises to $78 billion
The budget has been billed as a mixture of austerity and big spending. Here’s everything you need to know.
www.thestar.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I have a soft spot in my heart for fellow freelance journalists who can write about incredibly difficult topics in a way that is intertwined with creative analysis. @justinling.ca is doing just that for TorStar right now.
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Hi! I have reached out to as many writers as I could find for the Bitch x @theflytrapmedia.com project I am shepherding. If you published stories in Bitch and want to have them potentially republished at The Flytrap, email us! I’ll be responding. flyteam[at]theflytrapmedia[dot]com
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hi! I have reached out to as many writers as I could find for the Bitch x @theflytrapmedia.com project I am shepherding. If you published stories in Bitch and want to have them potentially republished at The Flytrap, email us! I’ll be responding. flyteam[at]theflytrapmedia[dot]com
Oh look, a new piece by me!
What Exactly is Zohran Mamdani’s Disability Platform?
by John Loeppky
Image Description: Zohra Mamdani sits alone at a table in an ornate, mostly empty restaurant, resting his head on his hand.
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by John Loeppky
Image Description: Zohra Mamdani sits alone at a table in an ornate, mostly empty restaurant, resting his head on his hand.
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What Exactly is Zohran Mamdani’s Disability Platform? - Disabled Journalists Association
With Mamdani’s meteoric rise, questions persist about his disability policies prior to the November 4 general election
discojourno.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Oh look, a new piece by me!
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Here at @theflytrapmedia.com we are a worker-owned collective! Proud to work alongside Katelyn Burns and appreciate her tolerance for my inability to understand even the most basic accounting topics.
Meet Flytrap cofounder Katelyn Burns (@katelynburns.com)! She was the first ever openly trans Capitol Hill reporter in US history. She has her own newsletter at https://f.mtr.cool/mvontdwnmv
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here at @theflytrapmedia.com we are a worker-owned collective! Proud to work alongside Katelyn Burns and appreciate her tolerance for my inability to understand even the most basic accounting topics.
In 11 days I have had over 600 emails. I am in the midst of my busiest time of year. Sometimes it is tough being an inbox zero person when you fail at being so.
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
In 11 days I have had over 600 emails. I am in the midst of my busiest time of year. Sometimes it is tough being an inbox zero person when you fail at being so.
Niko's absolutely right here.
I also feel like there's this tendency to compare ourselves with Americans without talking to many Americans in any real depth. One of the greatest personal benefits of being a freelancer in the way that I am is to be friends with so many Americans.
I also feel like there's this tendency to compare ourselves with Americans without talking to many Americans in any real depth. One of the greatest personal benefits of being a freelancer in the way that I am is to be friends with so many Americans.
October 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Niko's absolutely right here.
I also feel like there's this tendency to compare ourselves with Americans without talking to many Americans in any real depth. One of the greatest personal benefits of being a freelancer in the way that I am is to be friends with so many Americans.
I also feel like there's this tendency to compare ourselves with Americans without talking to many Americans in any real depth. One of the greatest personal benefits of being a freelancer in the way that I am is to be friends with so many Americans.
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Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown
By John Loeppky
New from www.discojourno.com
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Image below is of the White House.
#News
By John Loeppky
New from www.discojourno.com
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Image below is of the White House.
#News
Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown - Disabled Journalists Association
This office monitored compliance for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a 1975 law commonly known as the IDEA.
discojourno.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown
By John Loeppky
New from www.discojourno.com
discojourno.com/featured-spe...
Image below is of the White House.
#News
By John Loeppky
New from www.discojourno.com
discojourno.com/featured-spe...
Image below is of the White House.
#News
As a freelancer, the most important person to have contact information for is your editor.
The second most important is whoever oversees accounts payable.
Ask me how I know.
The second most important is whoever oversees accounts payable.
Ask me how I know.
September 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As a freelancer, the most important person to have contact information for is your editor.
The second most important is whoever oversees accounts payable.
Ask me how I know.
The second most important is whoever oversees accounts payable.
Ask me how I know.
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Our danger is real and imminent but we need to be clear eyed and honest about it in order to fight it effectively.
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Our danger is real and imminent but we need to be clear eyed and honest about it in order to fight it effectively.
I just saw the phrase "scoop-driven reporting" and I'd like it very much if this phrase was never written or uttered again in my lifetime.
September 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I just saw the phrase "scoop-driven reporting" and I'd like it very much if this phrase was never written or uttered again in my lifetime.