Rebecca Baker
@msrebeccabaker.bsky.social
Editor at Large, Bloomberg Industry Group; SABEW board member; editor alumna of NY Daily News, NY Law Journal. Fueled by chocolate and coffee
With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets
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With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets
Press advocates are questioning whether journalists covering the Los Angeles immigration protests have become targets of law enforcement.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets
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Listing to Michael Abramowitz speak about the value of, and need for, Voice of America at the Society of Professional Journalists’ DC chapter’s Dateline Awards Dinner and Hall of Fame Ceremony
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Listing to Michael Abramowitz speak about the value of, and need for, Voice of America at the Society of Professional Journalists’ DC chapter’s Dateline Awards Dinner and Hall of Fame Ceremony
My chat with former DOJ official Caroline Ciraolo is ow live, in the latest episode of the Talking Tax podcast: news.bloomberglaw.com/tax-insights...
IRS Staff Downsizing Offers New Look at Private Sector Tax Work
In this episode of Talking Tax, Kostelanetz Partner Caroline Ciraolo discusses her efforts to connect laid-off or resigned federal tax professionals with private-sector employers, as well as the trans...
news.bloomberglaw.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My chat with former DOJ official Caroline Ciraolo is ow live, in the latest episode of the Talking Tax podcast: news.bloomberglaw.com/tax-insights...
@washingtonpost.com executive editor Matt Murray tells @sabew.bsky.social that the newsroom is going through change like other newsrooms but that “democracy dies in darkness”’will stay on the newspaper’s masthead.
April 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@washingtonpost.com executive editor Matt Murray tells @sabew.bsky.social that the newsroom is going through change like other newsrooms but that “democracy dies in darkness”’will stay on the newspaper’s masthead.
Jerome Powell tells a rapt room at #sabew25 that the Fed is “waiting for certainty” with the impact of Trump policy changes before making any decisions about economic policy. Important discussion at an important time.
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Jerome Powell tells a rapt room at #sabew25 that the Fed is “waiting for certainty” with the impact of Trump policy changes before making any decisions about economic policy. Important discussion at an important time.
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📣 Calling all DMV area journalists! SPJ-DC is accepting submissions for our Dateline Awards, including special recognition for the Robert D.G. Lewis Award and Correspondent Awards. Submit your work by Monday, March 10 and learn more at bit.ly/spjdc-awards25.
February 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 Calling all DMV area journalists! SPJ-DC is accepting submissions for our Dateline Awards, including special recognition for the Robert D.G. Lewis Award and Correspondent Awards. Submit your work by Monday, March 10 and learn more at bit.ly/spjdc-awards25.
Reading is for everyone! pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
pen.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reading is for everyone! pen.org/banned-books...
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"Elon Musk’s unprecedented access to the US Treasury’s payment system deserves the public outcry that it has received," say former Treasury Department officials Graham Steele and Emily DiVito, who "fear the situation is even more dire than it might appear."
Musk's Treasury Incursion Puts Entire Financial System at Risk
Former Treasury Department officials Graham Steele and Emily DiVito say Elon Musk’s role at Treasury poses an existential threat to the banking system, and that Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break t...
news.bloombergtax.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Elon Musk’s unprecedented access to the US Treasury’s payment system deserves the public outcry that it has received," say former Treasury Department officials Graham Steele and Emily DiVito, who "fear the situation is even more dire than it might appear."
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Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
December 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
I have never cried as much over one episode of TV as I have the Jen’ya episode of Queer Eye. This show is just magical.
a cartoon character from inside out is crying with tears falling from his eyes .
ALT: a cartoon character from inside out is crying with tears falling from his eyes .
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:04 AM
I have never cried as much over one episode of TV as I have the Jen’ya episode of Queer Eye. This show is just magical.
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Libraries matter now more than ever. They stand for the powerful idea that knowledge is free and belongs to everyone. In a time when books and free thought are under threat, we must defend and support our libraries and librarians—they are guardians of access, learning, and freedom.
December 10, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Libraries matter now more than ever. They stand for the powerful idea that knowledge is free and belongs to everyone. In a time when books and free thought are under threat, we must defend and support our libraries and librarians—they are guardians of access, learning, and freedom.
SPJ’s Legal Defense Fund provides journalists legal or direct financial assistance www.spj.org/ldf.asp
November 23, 2024 at 2:26 PM
SPJ’s Legal Defense Fund provides journalists legal or direct financial assistance www.spj.org/ldf.asp
Your morning moment of cuteness here
First grey seal pup of the season born on Suffolk coast
First grey seal pup of the season born on Suffolk coast
Fourth consecutive year that seals have bred at Orford Ness, where more than 130 pups were born last season
The first grey seal pup of the season has been born at a remote shingle spit that was once a cold war weapons-testing site.
The birth at Orford…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Your morning moment of cuteness here
Bloomberg Industry Group is hiring editors and reporters in NYC the D.C. area. Please share these terrific #journalismjobs! bloomberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Bloombergind...
Bloomberg Industry Group, an affiliate of Bloomberg L.P., is a leading source of legal, tax, regulatory, government, and business information for professionals.
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November 15, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Bloomberg Industry Group is hiring editors and reporters in NYC the D.C. area. Please share these terrific #journalismjobs! bloomberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Bloombergind...
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"Press Forward will invest $20 million in solutions that make it easier to start and sustain local news outlets." Deadline is Jan. 15, 2025.
Open Call on Infrastructure | Press Forward
Press Forward is investing $20 million in solutions to the common challenges newsrooms face in creating and disseminating the news.
www.pressforward.news
November 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
"Press Forward will invest $20 million in solutions that make it easier to start and sustain local news outlets." Deadline is Jan. 15, 2025.
Greetings and salutations. Giving this site a test drive.
November 13, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Greetings and salutations. Giving this site a test drive.