Marcia Brooks
@marciabrooks.bsky.social
Protect/support press freedom, free speech, independent and local journalism, rule of law, and civil liberties. Believe in our shared humanity and our nation's highest ideals. Prior: Perkins School for the Blind, GBH, PBS.
Listen to this meaningful interview full of wisdom, humanity and hope - reporting from Lisa Mullins and @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social @wbur.org
Gazan father and 2 children build new life in Mass. after losing family members in war
Jaser AbuMousa lost his wife, two of his children, a nephew and other family members in an Israeli airstrike on his home a week after the war started in 2023. In July of this year, he lost his mother,...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Listen to this meaningful interview full of wisdom, humanity and hope - reporting from Lisa Mullins and @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social @wbur.org
Bravo to the 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards winners, honored for their outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism. A free press/truthful reporting are critical to democracy. See the full list of winners here:
2025 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners - Radio Television Digital News Association
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August 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Bravo to the 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards winners, honored for their outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism. A free press/truthful reporting are critical to democracy. See the full list of winners here:
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Meet the new class! We’re pleased to introduce the 2026 Nieman Fellows, 22 accomplished journalists who cover stories around the globe. They’ll join us at @harvard.edu this fall to study, investigate and collaborate. Welcome to all. nieman.harvard.edu/the-nieman-f...
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 88th class of fellows - Nieman Foundation
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 22 accomplished journalists from around the world as members of the class of 2026. The new cohort, representing nine countries, includes reporters, e...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Meet the new class! We’re pleased to introduce the 2026 Nieman Fellows, 22 accomplished journalists who cover stories around the globe. They’ll join us at @harvard.edu this fall to study, investigate and collaborate. Welcome to all. nieman.harvard.edu/the-nieman-f...
Bravo and appreciation to the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists
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May 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Bravo and appreciation to the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists
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#Pulitzer
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Happy World Press Freedom Day! #HoldTheLine #ReclaimOurRights @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
May 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Happy World Press Freedom Day! #HoldTheLine #ReclaimOurRights @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
Informative panel discussion at @cendemtech.bsky.social for the first stop of FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social’s newly announced 1st Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control
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Who Will Fight for the First Amendment? Protecting Free Expression at a Critical Time
YouTube video by Center for Democracy & Technology
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April 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Informative panel discussion at @cendemtech.bsky.social for the first stop of FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social’s newly announced 1st Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control
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Lovely interview with up and coming band Palmyra, from Lisa Mullins on NPR and WBUR's Here and Now. Her words “generous, kind, authentic” are spot on to showcase these real deal good people making great music, with their first album just out. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Virginia band Palmyra is 'Restless' for success
The Richmond, Virginia, band has just released its first full-length album, "Restless."
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April 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Lovely interview with up and coming band Palmyra, from Lisa Mullins on NPR and WBUR's Here and Now. Her words “generous, kind, authentic” are spot on to showcase these real deal good people making great music, with their first album just out. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Twenty Lessons on Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder - read by John Lithgow
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Twenty Lessons on Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder - read by John Lithgow
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Honoring this well written, evenly reasoned, and deeply humane accounting from Boston school teacher @jenniferdines.bsky.social - grateful for such meaningful and important insights.
Today, @jenniferdines.bsky.social writes about how her high school students are targets in Trump’s cruel deportation spree. It can’t be allowed to continue.
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Teaching in a 'Sanctuary City' Under Siege
My high school students are targets in Trump’s cruel deportation spree. It can’t be allowed to continue.
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March 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Honoring this well written, evenly reasoned, and deeply humane accounting from Boston school teacher @jenniferdines.bsky.social - grateful for such meaningful and important insights.
The duPont awards have honored journalistic excellence since 1942. Gratitude to these 2025 winners and finalists, and those who uphold the highest standards of journalism that are vital to uphold democracy and inform free society. #duPont2025 #PressFreedom
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2025 Winners & Finalists — duPont-Columbia Awards
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January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The duPont awards have honored journalistic excellence since 1942. Gratitude to these 2025 winners and finalists, and those who uphold the highest standards of journalism that are vital to uphold democracy and inform free society. #duPont2025 #PressFreedom
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Grateful for credentialed journalism that informs and enriches our lives with important truths -
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Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.
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December 11, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Grateful for credentialed journalism that informs and enriches our lives with important truths -
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So much to love in this - especially generosity and goodwill for our fellow humans, seen and supported without having met. wapo.st/48sHy9S
Perspective | Boxes kept coming from a mystery donor. An obituary revealed her name.
She sent gifts and food for families in Virginia. But the notes that came with those packages identified her only as E. A. Raven.
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December 24, 2023 at 10:38 PM
So much to love in this - especially generosity and goodwill for our fellow humans, seen and supported without having met. wapo.st/48sHy9S
Kindness comes in all sizes ❤️
Inspired by man on TV news, boy commits to 10 kind acts for 10th birthday
“I hope what I’m doing inspires lots of people in my generation by the time I’m 11,” said Maxx Raser.
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November 19, 2023 at 2:20 AM
Kindness comes in all sizes ❤️