Jen Mizgata
@jmizgata.bsky.social
reading about journalism * writing about work culture * watching movies
Baltimore, it's @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social time!!! Here are five movies that @bsoderberg.bsky.social recs. I saw OBEX last night and everyone should see it when it's in theaters in January! Thank you @ericallenhatch.bsky.social for programming so many great movies. bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...
New/Next Film Festival Returns to The Charles Theater this Week - BmoreArt
This year’s New/Next Film Festival packs more than 30 feature-length movies, and over three times that many short films across … Continued
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October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Baltimore, it's @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social time!!! Here are five movies that @bsoderberg.bsky.social recs. I saw OBEX last night and everyone should see it when it's in theaters in January! Thank you @ericallenhatch.bsky.social for programming so many great movies. bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...
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For @bmoreart.bsky.social: A preview of the New/Next Film Festival @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social which begins tomorrow night and reviewed some must-see movies, including @albertbirney.bsky.social's touching/disturbing "Obex" and crypto caper comedy "$POSITIONS" bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...
New/Next Film Festival Returns to The Charles Theater this Week - BmoreArt
This year’s New/Next Film Festival packs more than 30 feature-length movies, and over three times that many short films across … Continued
bmoreart.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For @bmoreart.bsky.social: A preview of the New/Next Film Festival @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social which begins tomorrow night and reviewed some must-see movies, including @albertbirney.bsky.social's touching/disturbing "Obex" and crypto caper comedy "$POSITIONS" bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...
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POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT retells the '60s civil rights struggle through its overlooked work against police violence and the surveillance, infiltration, and retaliatory prosecutions they faced from police in return. It's a pre-history of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements.
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT retells the '60s civil rights struggle through its overlooked work against police violence and the surveillance, infiltration, and retaliatory prosecutions they faced from police in return. It's a pre-history of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements.
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My new book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour in SF, LA, Baltimore, DC, NYC, and ATL!
10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse
10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton
10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson
10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson
10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse
10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton
10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson
10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My new book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour in SF, LA, Baltimore, DC, NYC, and ATL!
10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse
10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton
10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson
10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson
10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse
10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton
10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson
10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson
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The Friends of Wyman Park Dell get some goats to come through and chew up the overgrowth each year, so I donated to support the cause because that’s fun. If I’d known the “thank you” gift would be such a Black Phillip-inspired shirt, I’d have donated twice to live even more deliciously.
September 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Friends of Wyman Park Dell get some goats to come through and chew up the overgrowth each year, so I donated to support the cause because that’s fun. If I’d known the “thank you” gift would be such a Black Phillip-inspired shirt, I’d have donated twice to live even more deliciously.
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If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
If you're a journalism organization looking to connect with your audiences, lots of ideas here on how to host meaningful events! A big thank you to @niemanlab.org and @speppered.bsky.social for writing about the talk Christiaan and I gave at @lionpubs.bsky.social recent conference.
“If there’s an idea here that you like, you are welcome to it, just take it — do it in your town." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...
The Current wants other local publishers to steal its event ideas
“We started as an agency thinking of ourselves as feisty investigative journalists, and now we’re just feisty investigative journalists who also produce two events.”
www.niemanlab.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you're a journalism organization looking to connect with your audiences, lots of ideas here on how to host meaningful events! A big thank you to @niemanlab.org and @speppered.bsky.social for writing about the talk Christiaan and I gave at @lionpubs.bsky.social recent conference.
*gasps in Vandermaniac*
Thrilled to announce this ground-breaking new book, Area X: The Southern Reach Files! The Central agent in question is, of course, Hargraves from Absolution. The book includes some new ways of approaching storytelling, and also I hope will be satisfying in lots of other ways. More in a thread. 1/?
August 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
*gasps in Vandermaniac*
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Made this video for my friends in MOWDER OYAL who have a new record out, "Prefigurative Musics." The single is "Imaginary." Happy Bandcamp Friday
mowderoyal.bandcamp.com
mowderoyal.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Made this video for my friends in MOWDER OYAL who have a new record out, "Prefigurative Musics." The single is "Imaginary." Happy Bandcamp Friday
mowderoyal.bandcamp.com
mowderoyal.bandcamp.com
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if you have a Canva account, you can turn off the AI use of your material here:
- Allow your general usage to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your content to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your sessions to be recorded: toggle off
etc
www.canva.com/settings/pri...
#Canva #AI
- Allow your general usage to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your content to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your sessions to be recorded: toggle off
etc
www.canva.com/settings/pri...
#Canva #AI
www.canva.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
if you have a Canva account, you can turn off the AI use of your material here:
- Allow your general usage to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your content to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your sessions to be recorded: toggle off
etc
www.canva.com/settings/pri...
#Canva #AI
- Allow your general usage to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your content to improve AI: toggle off
- Allow your sessions to be recorded: toggle off
etc
www.canva.com/settings/pri...
#Canva #AI
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The WNBA All-Stars came out wearing warmup shirts that said, "Pay Us What You Owe Us."
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
🔗
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
July 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The WNBA All-Stars came out wearing warmup shirts that said, "Pay Us What You Owe Us."
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
🔗
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
🔗
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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If you're LGBTQ+ and you rely on Medicaid for your health care, I'd like to talk with you! I'm grateful for the conversations I've had so far.
I'm writing about how LGBTQ+ Americans are among those who will be disproportionately impacted by the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill."
I'm writing about how LGBTQ+ Americans are among those who will be disproportionately impacted by the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill."
If you're trans and you rely on Medicaid for your health care coverage, I'd like to talk to you! I'm on Signal at @orionr.80 — always glad to talk through what it means to do an interview with a reporter and any safety concerns you may have.
Also glad to talk with LGBTQ+ folks in general here
Also glad to talk with LGBTQ+ folks in general here
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you're LGBTQ+ and you rely on Medicaid for your health care, I'd like to talk with you! I'm grateful for the conversations I've had so far.
I'm writing about how LGBTQ+ Americans are among those who will be disproportionately impacted by the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill."
I'm writing about how LGBTQ+ Americans are among those who will be disproportionately impacted by the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill."
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Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
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You should honestly acquire a copy of @greenwell.bsky.social's. new book on how private equity is rotting us from the inside out but if you need an incentive, here's a little taste.
How Private Equity Helped Destroy Local News
An excerpt from Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan Greenwell
www.rollingstone.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You should honestly acquire a copy of @greenwell.bsky.social's. new book on how private equity is rotting us from the inside out but if you need an incentive, here's a little taste.
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Well-known Baltimore arabber shot and killed by Baltimore Police officers
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Well-known Baltimore arabber shot and killed by Baltimore Police officers
Well-known Baltimore arabber Bilal Abdullah was shot by members of the Baltimore Police Department near Penn North around 7:30 yesterday evening and pronounced dead at Shock Trauma at 11:14 p.m. BPD ...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well-known Baltimore arabber shot and killed by Baltimore Police officers
baltimorebeat.com/well-known-b...
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Homicides are way down and the clearance rate is rising, but what does it mean that arrests for murder in Baltimore remain stubbornly flat? They've largely stayed the same for two decades. tinyurl.com/4kptm9bz [ By @notrivia
for us and thegarrisonproject.org ]
for us and thegarrisonproject.org ]
Baltimore’s homicide clearance rate is rising, but arrests for murder remain stubbornly flat | Baltimore Brew
Murders have steeply declined and the mayor calls Baltimore “the model for violence reduction.” But what does it mean that arrests for murder have largely stayed the same for two decades?
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June 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Homicides are way down and the clearance rate is rising, but what does it mean that arrests for murder in Baltimore remain stubbornly flat? They've largely stayed the same for two decades. tinyurl.com/4kptm9bz [ By @notrivia
for us and thegarrisonproject.org ]
for us and thegarrisonproject.org ]
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This year, in the absence of any media outlet or corporation asking me to write about Pride, I challenged myself to write a Pride essay I’d actually want to read. This is what I wrote. open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
Shelter
An autobiography in Pride Months
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June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This year, in the absence of any media outlet or corporation asking me to write about Pride, I challenged myself to write a Pride essay I’d actually want to read. This is what I wrote. open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
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Looks like it's the H st location, for anyone reading this and wondering.
May 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Looks like it's the H st location, for anyone reading this and wondering.
DC pals, come see @greenwell.bsky.social at Solid State Books on June 11! Hear her talk about how private equity has ruined great journalism, and many other things. I'll be there!
Two weeks ’til BAD COMPANY publishes! Preorder please? Make plans to come to an event please? bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
May 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
DC pals, come see @greenwell.bsky.social at Solid State Books on June 11! Hear her talk about how private equity has ruined great journalism, and many other things. I'll be there!
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I'm working on a new project about chronic health conditions, and I'd love to hear your perspective if you have received a medical diagnosis, live with a chronic illness, or provide care for someone who does. Just a few questions: forms.gle/yXKUraKbV6z5...
Chronic Illness / Diagnosis Survey
I'm working on a new project about how living with chronic illness or a medical diagnosis impacts your life. I'd appreciate your feedback!
—Rachel Lobdell, rachel.b.lobdell@gmail.com
forms.gle
May 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm working on a new project about chronic health conditions, and I'd love to hear your perspective if you have received a medical diagnosis, live with a chronic illness, or provide care for someone who does. Just a few questions: forms.gle/yXKUraKbV6z5...
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I have an absurdly specific question and am hoping my savior is here somewhere.
If you
a) have written a book
b) are left-handed
Can you please tell me what kind of pen you used to sign books? I have to sign a bunch soon and am terrified of smearing but want something bolder than ballpoint. :(
If you
a) have written a book
b) are left-handed
Can you please tell me what kind of pen you used to sign books? I have to sign a bunch soon and am terrified of smearing but want something bolder than ballpoint. :(
May 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I have an absurdly specific question and am hoping my savior is here somewhere.
If you
a) have written a book
b) are left-handed
Can you please tell me what kind of pen you used to sign books? I have to sign a bunch soon and am terrified of smearing but want something bolder than ballpoint. :(
If you
a) have written a book
b) are left-handed
Can you please tell me what kind of pen you used to sign books? I have to sign a bunch soon and am terrified of smearing but want something bolder than ballpoint. :(
Very excited to receive the first book by @amandahess.bsky.social soon!
DC friends, she'll be at Solid State books on May 7 talking about what it feels like to be a parent in a very online world. Ty @doubledaybooks.bsky.social for publishing one of my favorite writers!
DC friends, she'll be at Solid State books on May 7 talking about what it feels like to be a parent in a very online world. Ty @doubledaybooks.bsky.social for publishing one of my favorite writers!
April 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Very excited to receive the first book by @amandahess.bsky.social soon!
DC friends, she'll be at Solid State books on May 7 talking about what it feels like to be a parent in a very online world. Ty @doubledaybooks.bsky.social for publishing one of my favorite writers!
DC friends, she'll be at Solid State books on May 7 talking about what it feels like to be a parent in a very online world. Ty @doubledaybooks.bsky.social for publishing one of my favorite writers!
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The Houston Landing spent $20 million and hired ~50 people and within a few years, it's over. The big expensive nonprofit newsroom excites funders and C-Suite types often to the detriment of sustainability, longevity, and the communities promised news etc.
www.causeiq.com/organization...
www.causeiq.com/organization...
What a management disaster this was, from start to finish.
Absolutely amazing that this couldn’t be pulled off in a metro of 7.5 million people and with all that Texas money.
My thoughts are with the journalists, who did far better work than their bosses.
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Absolutely amazing that this couldn’t be pulled off in a metro of 7.5 million people and with all that Texas money.
My thoughts are with the journalists, who did far better work than their bosses.
houstonlanding.org/houston-land...
Houston Landing to cease operations in face of financial challenges
Although Houston Landing launched with significant seed funding, it has been unable to build additional revenue streams to support ongoing operations.
houstonlanding.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Houston Landing spent $20 million and hired ~50 people and within a few years, it's over. The big expensive nonprofit newsroom excites funders and C-Suite types often to the detriment of sustainability, longevity, and the communities promised news etc.
www.causeiq.com/organization...
www.causeiq.com/organization...