An interactive map of Census data from start-to-finish in 10 minutes.

For #30DayMapChallenge Day 13: 10 minute map, I recorded an impromptu, unedited tutorial on how to find and map Census tract-level data using R and Positron.

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“The U.S. government owes the public — and Shireen Abu Akleh’s family — more than words of regret,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg.
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From the pope today:

"Every day, there are reporters who put their lives at risk to inform people about what is really happening."

"If today we know what is happening in Gaza, Ukraine, and every other land bloodied by bombs, we largely owe it to them."

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Israel is responsible for 85 of 124 journalist killings across the globe in 2024 — nearly 70% — the highest number by a single country in one year since CPJ began documenting this data more than three decades ago.

Read CPJ’s #2024KilledReport: cpj.org?p=451429
More coverage: cpj.org/issue/israel...

the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...

amNY warned about the extreme hostility to journalists from ICE agents at immigration courts in NY months ago.

Now their reporter Dean Moses is one of several senselessly assaulted by ICE for doing their jobs. www.amny.com/immigration/...

Proposed restrictions on visas for reporters show the U.S. “becoming less open and welcoming to foreign journalists…It is antithetical to the core values of American society as embodied in the First Amendment.”

Proud to join @rsf.org and others in this statement.
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“Human rights groups deem this to be a genocide,” Ginsberg said of the Israeli campaign in Gaza. “We have now had more than 63,000 Gazans killed, and journalists are civilians.”

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A “double tap” is a controversial military tactic designed to maximize casualties by firing on first responders, such as medical personnel, rescue workers, and journalists.

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And crucially, what matters in determining if a war crime has been committed in Gaza is not Israel’s public comment, but whether or not the commander or commanders who ordered a strike held a reasonable belief that they were acting lawfully.

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“He is not a danger or a flight risk,” said Scarlet Kim, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney representing Guevara. “The real reason for detaining Mr. Guevara is to silence and punish his speech.”

www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/27/n...

A journalist has received an apology from Northamptonshire Police after being issued with a harassment warning after approaching a councillor for comment.

Councillor admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old when in his twenties.

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Journalists in Lebanon are demanding an apology after US envoy Tom Barrack told them to “act civilised” and not be “animalistic” during a press conference in Beirut, following the US delegation’s meeting with the Lebanese president.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Their letter, which was led by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and signed by 16 other Democratic senators, cited the recent deaths of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif, who Israel claims is connected to Hamas, and five other reporters by an Israeli drone strike.

www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-i...

Junk data from the Bureau of Labor Stat

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I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

On Sunday, Israel openly and brazenly killed six journalists as they were sheltering in a tent that housed reporters and media workers.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

✈️ Went to Columbia, Missouri, this week for an @ire.org data bootcamp!

📊 I'm super excited to use these skills to offer enhanced analysis and visualizations of CPJ's data that we can hopefully make accessible to journalists around the globe.

GPT-5 is so amazing it can make 52.8 higher than 69.1 on a bar chart

It can even make 69.1 and 30.8 THE SAME SIZE

The number and size of lawsuits being issued against the media by the President is unprecedented and a clear attempt to undermine free speech protections ingrained in the Constitution. Press freedom is crucial for the public's right to know - and it's being strangled.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...

What happens to AP style when the president curses on live TV? I found this round up of how different outlets handled to be quite interesting from @angelanfu.bsky.social

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