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Cory Brown
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FKA @tcb // I help newsrooms build loyal audiences // Past: @ProPublica @AustinMonitor @capgaznews // He/Him
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February 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Damn. RIP Sonny Jurgensen.

In a broadcast once I heard Sonny and Sam Huff spend a good 7-8 minutes during a game broadcast trying to retrieve a set of keys one of them dropped out of the press box window onto a ledge below.
February 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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This photo is funnier than it has any business being

people.com/hairdresser-...
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Now that Trump has admitted he did this himself, hope the reporters who fell for the lying excuses will name their anonymous sources. That’s the only way to discipline such behavior.
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
American journalists speaking at a Saudi Media Forum in Riyadh is worse than comics performing there.
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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“I imagine if this was a homeless shelter or a mental health center, you would find a way to stop it. You would pull out all the stops."

www.welcometohellworld.com/a-surprise-z...
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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If you won’t say this, you should not hold public office
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I’ve done marketing for news for almost 30 damn years.

Treating your potential customers like they are dipshits is terrible strategy, ESPECIALLY when they read the news!
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Anytime someone says American food is uniquely bad because we engineer it to be addictive I know they have never been blessed with Turtle Chips.
insane new turtle chip flavor showed up on the shelves and i downed this bag in like 30 seconds
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
kinda tired of one time codes to login tbh
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Incredibly proud of the entire @blockclubchi.bsky.social team — we're nominated twice for the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting for "Chicago Under Siege" + our Midway Blitz coverage + @mannyramos.bsky.social's troubling investigation "Death Hospital."

headlineclub.org/2026/02/04/f...
Finalists for the Chicago Headline Club’s first A-Mark Prize for Investigative Editing and Reporting, Watchdog Award - Chicago Headline Club
Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 21 at FOIA Fest The Chicago Headline Club is thrilled to announce the finalists for its inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Editing and Reporting and ...
headlineclub.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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You can get an MMR booster at your local health dept for free or cheap!

That’s what I did. Got an iridescent bandaid too
PSA: I'm almost 50 and had my doctor do a test for measles immunity at my annual visit. Turns out, I don't have immunity anymore and need a booster.

She did the test because I'm in the age range where we may have gotten the old vaccine that doesn't last as long as the later vaccines.
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM
PSA: I'm almost 50 and had my doctor do a test for measles immunity at my annual visit. Turns out, I don't have immunity anymore and need a booster.

She did the test because I'm in the age range where we may have gotten the old vaccine that doesn't last as long as the later vaccines.
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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democracy dies when you are actively trying to kill it!!
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Big news! We're thrilled to welcome two incredible additions to Planet Detroit:
🌳 @IanSolomon joins as Outdoors Reporter, bringing his work connecting Black Detroiters to natural spaces
💼 @AshleyWoodsBranch becomes Chief Officer of Partnerships & Revenue
Story: planetdetroit.org/2026/02/plan...
Planet Detroit expands team with two key hires to deepen environmental reporting and community impact
Planet Detroit adds two team members to bolster community-centered environmental journalism.
planetdetroit.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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From the last time the Washington Post did something stupid, and why you should think twice before telling (ex-)WaPo journalists to "just start a newsletter".

www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-...
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.
www.citationneeded.news
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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This sounds familiar... 🤔 But growing a newsroom from the ground up takes time and money — and frankly, we need way more resources than we have now to fill this massive gap.
You can help us build the newsroom D.C. deserves: 51st.news/signup
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Costco sized bottle of Kewpie
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I just threw in $43 as a nod to the great Lady Techster Venus Lacy.
Some **PERSONAL NEWS** as the go-getters say.

@burnitalldownpod.com has been on a hiatus for a couple of years. We are SO READY to return, but need your help because we don't have backing by a corporation, and need this to be sustainable.

Enter Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need
A new season of what haters have called a "capitalist-hating, Trump-hating, NFL protest-loving group of far-Left women."
www.kickstarter.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Heroes among us.
Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
shoutout to the person who puked on the snow on the sidewalk side rather than the curb side.
February 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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One of my most fervent beliefs is that homeschooling should be illegal. It is the domain of religious psychos and white supremacists and the kids always pay a heavy price
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A funny thing about that Trump shitting his pants vid is that he calls Dr. Oz “Oz” and I’d bet $10 he doesn’t know his first name and can spell it.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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there's literally zero news value in granting anonymity for a football player to say that Puerto Ricans aren't American.
February 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM