Leah Millis
@leahmillis.bsky.social
Photojournalist
Washington, D.C.
Spirit resides in Colorado
www.leahmillis.com
Washington, D.C.
Spirit resides in Colorado
www.leahmillis.com
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Leah Millis
@leahmillis.bsky.social
· Jun 21
Intro: I'm a photojournalist with a background in newspapers before joining Reuters. I've covered small feature stories, national and international protest movements, climate change, breaking news, conflict and so many other things in between. I'll be posting my work here and on IG. #photojournalism
Update: I am now a freelancer! I left Reuters so that I could pursue new paths and projects and I will continue to freelance for them in the future. I am a professional photographer/videographer, I have a drone license, recent HET certs and I am also getting into the safety instructor space.
Save the Post. Be proud of your legacy.
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Save the Post. Be proud of your legacy.
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For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
Imagine a world in which one of the great journalistic institutions that has been doing tireless reporting on this subject, no longer exists. Someone buy WaPo. @patrioticmillionaires.org @mcuban.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
The President of the United States appears to have begun a journey toward deciding that federal thugs murdering innocent people does not make the great TV he assumed it would. I wish we did not live in a world in which this counts as encouraging news, but it does.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Imagine a world in which one of the great journalistic institutions that has been doing tireless reporting on this subject, no longer exists. Someone buy WaPo. @patrioticmillionaires.org @mcuban.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
@patrioticmillionaires.org this would be the most patriotic thing you could ever do. Secure your legacy forever, be part of saving one of our most important journalistic institutions.
Now would be a great time for a billionaire to be part of the fight for democracy. Someone please buy it. Where’s @karaswisher.bsky.social at?
No joke. People complain about media but this newspaper is still a deep source of the best journalism in the country. Killing it will be disastrous for all
No joke. People complain about media but this newspaper is still a deep source of the best journalism in the country. Killing it will be disastrous for all
From Paul Farhi at the other site. Former media reporter there.
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
@patrioticmillionaires.org this would be the most patriotic thing you could ever do. Secure your legacy forever, be part of saving one of our most important journalistic institutions.
Now would be a great time for a billionaire to be part of the fight for democracy. Someone please buy it. Where’s @karaswisher.bsky.social at?
No joke. People complain about media but this newspaper is still a deep source of the best journalism in the country. Killing it will be disastrous for all
No joke. People complain about media but this newspaper is still a deep source of the best journalism in the country. Killing it will be disastrous for all
From Paul Farhi at the other site. Former media reporter there.
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Now would be a great time for a billionaire to be part of the fight for democracy. Someone please buy it. Where’s @karaswisher.bsky.social at?
No joke. People complain about media but this newspaper is still a deep source of the best journalism in the country. Killing it will be disastrous for all
No joke. People complain about media but this newspaper is still a deep source of the best journalism in the country. Killing it will be disastrous for all
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Our reporting has found that ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters in 2025.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Our reporting has found that ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters in 2025.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
Reuters has found that one of the men ICE was looking for in Thao’s home, who has been pictured in a WANTED poster and mentioned repeatedly, recently today by ICE ERO acting exec assoc director Marcos Charles during a press conference is in prison in S. Minneapolis. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Reuters has found that one of the men ICE was looking for in Thao’s home, who has been pictured in a WANTED poster and mentioned repeatedly, recently today by ICE ERO acting exec assoc director Marcos Charles during a press conference is in prison in S. Minneapolis. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
UPDATE: We met ChongLy Thao, who goes by Scott, today along w his son, Chris. Scott told us about being taken, driven around til the agents figured out he was a U.S. citizen & not their alleged target, then dropped back off at home w no apology.Came back later and ICE was back, idling in the street.
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 AM
UPDATE: We met ChongLy Thao, who goes by Scott, today along w his son, Chris. Scott told us about being taken, driven around til the agents figured out he was a U.S. citizen & not their alleged target, then dropped back off at home w no apology.Came back later and ICE was back, idling in the street.
Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
January 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
An incredible amount of teargas Wed evening after protesters and neighbors began to gather following reports of another shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis. photo by @leahmillis.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 AM
An incredible amount of teargas Wed evening after protesters and neighbors began to gather following reports of another shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis. photo by @leahmillis.bsky.social
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Breaking WaPo:
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Breaking WaPo:
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
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FACTS, courtesy of the free press. #ThisIsJournalism 👇
NEW: @propublica.org found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
“I felt like I was going to die” said a 16-yr-old citizen.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com report
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“I felt like I was going to die” said a 16-yr-old citizen.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com report
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
FACTS, courtesy of the free press. #ThisIsJournalism 👇
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January 14, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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And if you DO want to go, boy do I have a video for you!
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And if you DO want to go, boy do I have a video for you!
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
IFAK coming soon. ASMR: what’s in my protest bag.
Tip: do not leave your Kevlar vest in your vehicle where temps can swing wildly.
ASMR what’s in my Individual First Aid Kit?
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Tip: do not leave your Kevlar vest in your vehicle where temps can swing wildly.
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ASMR what’s in my Individual First Aid Kit?
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
Sharing what I like to keep in my IFAK. (This sits on my belt for easy access) #protectthepress #protest #journalism #IFAK
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Found it on video here:
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Found it on video here:
My first @washingtonpost.com front page (lower) as a freelancer. This front page is a doozy. Thanks to @kamaria.bsky.social for the assignment.
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
My first @washingtonpost.com front page (lower) as a freelancer. This front page is a doozy. Thanks to @kamaria.bsky.social for the assignment.
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I intended on posting about Jan 6 earlier, but I spent the day covering pardoned January 6 defendants, Proud Boys, supporters, family and friends of Ashli Babbitt as they gathered at the Ellipse and marched to the U.S. Capitol to mark the 5 year anniversary of January 6, 2021. So here's the thread:
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 AM
I intended on posting about Jan 6 earlier, but I spent the day covering pardoned January 6 defendants, Proud Boys, supporters, family and friends of Ashli Babbitt as they gathered at the Ellipse and marched to the U.S. Capitol to mark the 5 year anniversary of January 6, 2021. So here's the thread:
I intended on posting about Jan 6 earlier, but I spent the day covering pardoned January 6 defendants, Proud Boys, supporters, family and friends of Ashli Babbitt as they gathered at the Ellipse and marched to the U.S. Capitol to mark the 5 year anniversary of January 6, 2021. So here's the thread:
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 AM
I intended on posting about Jan 6 earlier, but I spent the day covering pardoned January 6 defendants, Proud Boys, supporters, family and friends of Ashli Babbitt as they gathered at the Ellipse and marched to the U.S. Capitol to mark the 5 year anniversary of January 6, 2021. So here's the thread:
January 6, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
January 6, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
Portraits for the @washingtonpost.com:
Five years after Jan. 6, officers describe the toll of defending the Capitol
In his first day in office, Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. The country has moved on, but for some the day still looms large.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Portraits for the @washingtonpost.com: