K.R.Kring
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Media Strategist. Photographer. Journalist. | Constantly Curious. | Chicago-based. | Talking to news workers at https://youtube.com/@karenkringmediacurious | Posts are mine alone.
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K.R.Kring
@krkring.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Get off-line and call a friend or loved one soon. Maybe go take a walk or out for a meal with them. Betting you'll be glad you did.
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Horrific: An eyewitness said about 50 masked settlers were involved in the attack Saturday — those who assaulted Reuters photojournalist Raneen Sawafta "beat her up without mercy, continuing to stone her while she was on the ground and then continuing to attack everyone who was coming to her help”
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say
Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.
www.reuters.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Horrific: An eyewitness said about 50 masked settlers were involved in the attack Saturday — those who assaulted Reuters photojournalist Raneen Sawafta "beat her up without mercy, continuing to stone her while she was on the ground and then continuing to attack everyone who was coming to her help”
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Freelance photojournalist Jim Vondruska, who was born and raised on the west side of Chicago, has been doing brilliant work throughout the DHS blitz of the city. 🫡
@reuters.com @pictures.reuters.com
@reuters.com @pictures.reuters.com
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Freelance photojournalist Jim Vondruska, who was born and raised on the west side of Chicago, has been doing brilliant work throughout the DHS blitz of the city. 🫡
@reuters.com @pictures.reuters.com
@reuters.com @pictures.reuters.com
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Thoughts for the day from Linda Tirado, the freelance photojournalist who was shot in the eye with a rubber police by Minneapolis police while documenting the protests of George Floyd's murder:
https://lindatirado.substack.com/p/they-thought-we-were-going-down-easy
https://lindatirado.substack.com/p/they-thought-we-were-going-down-easy
They thought we were going down easy
They haven't reckoned with oppositional defiance.
lindatirado.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thoughts for the day from Linda Tirado, the freelance photojournalist who was shot in the eye with a rubber police by Minneapolis police while documenting the protests of George Floyd's murder:
https://lindatirado.substack.com/p/they-thought-we-were-going-down-easy
https://lindatirado.substack.com/p/they-thought-we-were-going-down-easy
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"While working as a photojournalist for The New York Post, Martha Cooper's encounter with young graffiti artists would take her on a path of documenting one of the most significant underground art movements of the 20th century."
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"While working as a photojournalist for The New York Post, Martha Cooper's encounter with young graffiti artists would take her on a path of documenting one of the most significant underground art movements of the 20th century."
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An interview with Lynsey Addario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, on conflict reporting, sexism in the field, and balancing motherhood and work (Megan Cattel/Nieman Reports)
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November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An interview with Lynsey Addario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, on conflict reporting, sexism in the field, and balancing motherhood and work (Megan Cattel/Nieman Reports)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Early 20th century Chicago is seen here through the lens of the pioneering Japanese-American photojournalist, poet and artist Jun Fujita.
The man who shot Al Capone: Jun Fujita’s Chicago – in pictures
Disasters, riots, gangsters and construction … early 20th-century Chicago is seen here through the lens of the pioneering Japanese-American photojournalist, poet and artist Jun Fujita
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Early 20th century Chicago is seen here through the lens of the pioneering Japanese-American photojournalist, poet and artist Jun Fujita.
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Here's the link to watch my conversation with Phil Ponce today at 4pm CT. It's free, no paywall.
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open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Live From Chicago | Edwin Eisendrath with Phil Ponce
Starting Nov 16 at 5:00 PM EST
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here's the link to watch my conversation with Phil Ponce today at 4pm CT. It's free, no paywall.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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The Trump administration took down a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the Department of Justice’s website nearly 300 days ago to comply with an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion.
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Trump administration took down a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the Department of Justice’s website nearly 300 days ago to comply with an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion.
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
@eisendrath.net Glad to see you on Friday IN PERSON! Hope we get the chance to talk more soon. I'd like to know more specifics about what you are working on.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@eisendrath.net Glad to see you on Friday IN PERSON! Hope we get the chance to talk more soon. I'd like to know more specifics about what you are working on.
@newsjennifer.bsky.social Glad to meet you in person on Friday. I wish we had more time to talk. Another time soon, I hope.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
@newsjennifer.bsky.social Glad to meet you in person on Friday. I wish we had more time to talk. Another time soon, I hope.
I'm fan-girling! ROBERT REICH is following me...and I didn't follow him first! Though, I do follow him on Fbook. @robertsiereich.bsky.social, Thank you for your steady voice, sir.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I'm fan-girling! ROBERT REICH is following me...and I didn't follow him first! Though, I do follow him on Fbook. @robertsiereich.bsky.social, Thank you for your steady voice, sir.
ICYMI: Oh, the irony... Arizona tribal member nearly "deported" to some place she was never from. share.google/w2LQRj8tvEc0...
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Native American ICE detainer mistake nearly leads to deportation of Arizona tribal member after Iowa jail clerical error
share.google
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
ICYMI: Oh, the irony... Arizona tribal member nearly "deported" to some place she was never from. share.google/w2LQRj8tvEc0...
For those who need a reminder...
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
For those who need a reminder...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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“My dad has lived in Des Plaines, IL for over 30 years. He’s worked hard every single day to support our family and help others. We were just doing landscaping work in downtown Des Plaines when ICE came out of nowhere. They detained my dad and another worker I was held too but eventually let go”
Donate to Help Bring My Dad Home — Detained by ICE, organized by Xavier Rivera
My dad has lived in Des Plaines, Illinois for over 30 years. He’s worked hard e… Xavier Rivera needs your support for Help Bring My Dad Home — Detained by ICE
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“My dad has lived in Des Plaines, IL for over 30 years. He’s worked hard every single day to support our family and help others. We were just doing landscaping work in downtown Des Plaines when ICE came out of nowhere. They detained my dad and another worker I was held too but eventually let go”
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Thursday morning, if you can make it downtown to the Chicago Federal courthouse, is a rally to demand the release of the daycare worker seized by ICE last week.
www.instagram.com/p/DQzJDBJDqEm/
www.instagram.com/p/DQzJDBJDqEm/
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thursday morning, if you can make it downtown to the Chicago Federal courthouse, is a rally to demand the release of the daycare worker seized by ICE last week.
www.instagram.com/p/DQzJDBJDqEm/
www.instagram.com/p/DQzJDBJDqEm/
Thanks to The Field Foundation of Illinois, Chicago Journalists Association is offering tickets gratis to laid-off journalists to its Nov 14 awards night. If were laid off from a Chicago area news outlet in the past 2 years, email chicagocja@gmail.com to be considered for one of these tickets.
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Thanks to The Field Foundation of Illinois, Chicago Journalists Association is offering tickets gratis to laid-off journalists to its Nov 14 awards night. If were laid off from a Chicago area news outlet in the past 2 years, email chicagocja@gmail.com to be considered for one of these tickets.
Photojournalists don't just chase stories with the wordsmiths, but often find them on their own.
@colinbphoto.bsky.social caught federal immigration agents in an apparent photo shoot at the Bean this morning and I guess this happened:
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Photojournalists don't just chase stories with the wordsmiths, but often find them on their own.
Being "before your time" is exhausting. Being the "canary in the coalition mine" is deadly. Working on hitting the mark with new colleagues.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Being "before your time" is exhausting. Being the "canary in the coalition mine" is deadly. Working on hitting the mark with new colleagues.
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DHS claims this never happened. Watch the video for yourself and see who is telling the truth. (hint: it's not the trump administration)
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
DHS claims this never happened. Watch the video for yourself and see who is telling the truth. (hint: it's not the trump administration)
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I'm a huge fan of Chicago media critic @markjacob.bsky.social. Every week he has a brutally smart take on politics & the news media. This week may be my favorite yet with this graphic ⤵️ & this line:
"If only the media acted more like frogs"
"If only the media acted more like frogs"
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm a huge fan of Chicago media critic @markjacob.bsky.social. Every week he has a brutally smart take on politics & the news media. This week may be my favorite yet with this graphic ⤵️ & this line:
"If only the media acted more like frogs"
"If only the media acted more like frogs"
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"The majority of teens view news media negatively. An overwhelming majority of teens (84%) express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days." tinyurl.com/wm9mnp9k
Report: “Biased,” “Boring” and “Bad”: Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens - The News Literacy Project
This follow-up survey, which recontacted more than 750 respondents from the News Literacy Project’s 2024 News Literacy in America Report, sought to better understand the nature of teen distrust in new...
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"The majority of teens view news media negatively. An overwhelming majority of teens (84%) express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days." tinyurl.com/wm9mnp9k
Join Amber Nettles
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Tracy Baim
Brandis Friedman
Shia Kapos
Alma Campos
Mike Lowe
Jim Williams
Jake Wittich
Curtis Lawrence
Dorothy Tucker
Mary Mitchell
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Asal Rezaei
Jean Hodges
Amaris Rodriguez
and myself as we honor #Chicago area journalists Nov 14. bit.ly/cjaawards2025
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Join Amber Nettles
Tracy Baim
Brandis Friedman
Shia Kapos
Alma Campos
Mike Lowe
Jim Williams
Jake Wittich
Curtis Lawrence
Dorothy Tucker
Mary Mitchell
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Asal Rezaei
Jean Hodges
Amaris Rodriguez
and myself as we honor #Chicago area journalists Nov 14. bit.ly/cjaawards2025
Tracy Baim
Brandis Friedman
Shia Kapos
Alma Campos
Mike Lowe
Jim Williams
Jake Wittich
Curtis Lawrence
Dorothy Tucker
Mary Mitchell
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Asal Rezaei
Jean Hodges
Amaris Rodriguez
and myself as we honor #Chicago area journalists Nov 14. bit.ly/cjaawards2025
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM