Kate Martin
@katereports.bsky.social
Correspondent at APM Reports with Sold a Story. Alum: NBC News, Carolina Public Press, The News Tribune, Skagit Valley Herald. FOIA and transparency enthusiast, data digger. notiFOIA founder. Pulling back the curtain on ██████████. kmartin@apmreports.org
OK this is a cool story but did the reporter get to hold the diamond? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
The Florentine Diamond Resurfaces After 100 Years in Hiding
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
OK this is a cool story but did the reporter get to hold the diamond? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
I'm just gonna say it. We need to tap the strategic egg nog reserve. We deserve this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'm just gonna say it. We need to tap the strategic egg nog reserve. We deserve this.
I can find my car using my phone. It has a fancy heads-up display, heated or cooled seats and turn-by-turn navigation.
Yet I have to change the time manually for DST??
Yet I have to change the time manually for DST??
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I can find my car using my phone. It has a fancy heads-up display, heated or cooled seats and turn-by-turn navigation.
Yet I have to change the time manually for DST??
Yet I have to change the time manually for DST??
It's like a massive sea monster crawling ashore...
As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, we can see its approach over the past few days on seismometers. Strong winds generated by hurricanes create ocean waves and pressure fluctuations that cause stronger up and down movements in the water column, which seismometers record.
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's like a massive sea monster crawling ashore...
Reposted by Kate Martin
Every time I sit down to write a piece I feel certain that I would rather die than actually write it and yet somehow I would rather die ten times harder before I ever let the word machine write for me.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Every time I sit down to write a piece I feel certain that I would rather die than actually write it and yet somehow I would rather die ten times harder before I ever let the word machine write for me.
Reposted by Kate Martin
DFL Rep. Liz Reyer said she plans to introduce legislation addressing questions that surfaced in a recent MPR News story. The story looked into a police investigation that concluded a former Eagan High School band teacher showed a "pattern of predatory grooming.”
Minnesota lawmaker drafting legislation to protect students from 'predatory grooming'
State Rep. Liz Reyer plans to introduce new legislation to protect students from “predatory grooming,” following allegations against a former Eagan teacher and an MPR News story detailing how the syst...
www.mprnews.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
DFL Rep. Liz Reyer said she plans to introduce legislation addressing questions that surfaced in a recent MPR News story. The story looked into a police investigation that concluded a former Eagan High School band teacher showed a "pattern of predatory grooming.”
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October 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Cracking government secrets: Smart FOIA strategies that work
With @jasonleopold.bsky.social @sanfordnate.bsky.social @fishnette.bsky.social
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Cracking government secrets: Smart FOIA strategies that work
With @jasonleopold.bsky.social @sanfordnate.bsky.social @fishnette.bsky.social
@ire.org
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October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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After firing 90% of IES staff, the @usedgov.bsky.social has reopened the same roles.
Source: "There are a lot of upset former staff talking about it. ... Those look like the same jobs" they were fired from.
Source: "There are a lot of upset former staff talking about it. ... Those look like the same jobs" they were fired from.
September 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
After firing 90% of IES staff, the @usedgov.bsky.social has reopened the same roles.
Source: "There are a lot of upset former staff talking about it. ... Those look like the same jobs" they were fired from.
Source: "There are a lot of upset former staff talking about it. ... Those look like the same jobs" they were fired from.
Annunciation shooter appeared to have fascination with mass killings
Annunciation shooter appeared to have fascination with mass killings
Emerging information shows that Westman struggled with mental health issues and suicidal ideation and that Westman fixated on mass shooters.
www.mprnews.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Annunciation shooter appeared to have fascination with mass killings
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"For 50 years, we’ve been mapping a timeline of progress of our high school system, and we’re going to have a big blank," @agamoran.bsky.so<a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">cial recently told @apmreports.org
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers
A window into America’s high schools slams shut
For decades, the federal government has surveyed high school students — and repeatedly followed up with them as adults. The goal was to gather data on their educational choices and careers so research...
www.apmreports.org
August 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"For 50 years, we’ve been mapping a timeline of progress of our high school system, and we’re going to have a big blank," @agamoran.bsky.so<a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">cial recently told @apmreports.org
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/08/21/trump-cancels-survey-of-high-schoolers
Reposted by Kate Martin
NAEP is one of the few education initiatives Trump has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed staff responsible for keeping tests up to date. And the board overseeing the assessment has eliminated more than a dozen tests, citing “cost efficiencies.”
www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
‘At what point does it break?’ Nation’s Report Card at risk, researchers say
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is one of the few federal education initiatives that the Trump Administration has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed the staff respon...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
NAEP is one of the few education initiatives Trump has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed staff responsible for keeping tests up to date. And the board overseeing the assessment has eliminated more than a dozen tests, citing “cost efficiencies.”
www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
I've never been offered money (that I know of, I can be pretty dense sometimes) but one time a woman had her landscaper leave an unreasonable amount of luxury dark chocolate in the back seat of my old Ford Taurus
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I've never been offered money (that I know of, I can be pretty dense sometimes) but one time a woman had her landscaper leave an unreasonable amount of luxury dark chocolate in the back seat of my old Ford Taurus
Multiple complaints from faculty, administration, staff and students. Why was nothing done again?
apnews.com/article/kohb...
apnews.com/article/kohb...
August 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Multiple complaints from faculty, administration, staff and students. Why was nothing done again?
apnews.com/article/kohb...
apnews.com/article/kohb...
Reposted by Kate Martin
Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness — conditions few of the facilities are equipped to handle.
By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
‘We did not want to take this guy’: Abuse rates higher at nursing homes with more mental illness
Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychosis — condi...
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August 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness — conditions few of the facilities are equipped to handle.
By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level far more pervasive than what the company has disclosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level far more pervasive than what the company has disclosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
Reposted by Kate Martin
Source: "I saw another snake in my garage and thought of you"
July 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Source: "I saw another snake in my garage and thought of you"
Happy #FOIAFriday and good morning. Let's talk about records and what they are called. By way of example, let's talk about the Epstein List. If you FOIA for "The Epstein List" I'd be surprised if you get a response, especially if government officials don't want you to have it.
Why?
Why?
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Happy #FOIAFriday and good morning. Let's talk about records and what they are called. By way of example, let's talk about the Epstein List. If you FOIA for "The Epstein List" I'd be surprised if you get a response, especially if government officials don't want you to have it.
Why?
Why?
Wild Kingdom outside my home office
July 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Wild Kingdom outside my home office
Reposted by Kate Martin
Here's @katereports.bsky.social on the impact of her reporting on Illinois hospitals.
Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
July 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here's @katereports.bsky.social on the impact of her reporting on Illinois hospitals.
Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
I'm watching The Bear and btw, Carmy can't make a phone call from inside a Farraday cage. In this TED talk I will...
July 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm watching The Bear and btw, Carmy can't make a phone call from inside a Farraday cage. In this TED talk I will...
There's a scam going around claiming you have traffic tickets and asking you to pay the NCDMV to avoid consequences. Look closely at the URL. That's fake. Be careful out there.
July 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There's a scam going around claiming you have traffic tickets and asking you to pay the NCDMV to avoid consequences. Look closely at the URL. That's fake. Be careful out there.
Mark Hortman loved his kids, playing pool and being “arm candy” for his legislator wife. He was even making a dandelion-picking robot to help with her gardening. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
‘Always had Melissa’s back’: Friends, family remember Mark Hortman as smart, funny, fierce protector
As they struggle now through their own grief, those who knew Mark Hortman say he loved mountain biking, music, his family and playing pool. He easily made friends and kept them close, and centered his...
www.mprnews.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Mark Hortman loved his kids, playing pool and being “arm candy” for his legislator wife. He was even making a dandelion-picking robot to help with her gardening. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...