Danny Dougherty
@dannydougherty.bsky.social
Graphics reporter in DC (currently WSJ). Lots of data and coding work but often distracted by comics, St. Louis sports and interesting things I've read in the news of the day. I feed on groan responses to my puns.
I've been incredibly lucky to work in smart newsrooms full of dedicated people, but I was especially lucky to get scooped up by McClatchy's DC bureau after being laid off and getting a chance to work with papers so directly plugged into covering their communities.
So, a gut punch—if not a surprise.
So, a gut punch—if not a surprise.
McClatchy kills its breaking news desk and Washington Bureau. Gannett tries to hide behind the laughable USA Today brand. The hedge funds are killing old, mass media. Bye.
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I've been incredibly lucky to work in smart newsrooms full of dedicated people, but I was especially lucky to get scooped up by McClatchy's DC bureau after being laid off and getting a chance to work with papers so directly plugged into covering their communities.
So, a gut punch—if not a surprise.
So, a gut punch—if not a surprise.
A look at the almost-half-a-trillion-dollar defense contractor's meteoric rise in value while notching little in sales growth www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Palantir’s Market Value Skyrocketed. See How Its Revenue Is Still Catching Up.
No other company currently in the S&P 500 has hit a $490 billion valuation as quickly and with as little in sales.
www.wsj.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A look at the almost-half-a-trillion-dollar defense contractor's meteoric rise in value while notching little in sales growth www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
There is a lot of irony in one of the best journalism schools in the country scheduling the first big sports event in DC in over a decade the day before Election Tuesday
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There is a lot of irony in one of the best journalism schools in the country scheduling the first big sports event in DC in over a decade the day before Election Tuesday
Baseball is great (horrible)
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Baseball is great (horrible)
Neighborhoods are good, man (porchfest edition)
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Neighborhoods are good, man (porchfest edition)
Prey, I trust you know me, Ozy
But look on my works and despair?
I know there's, around, much decay
But look on my works and despair?
Prey, I trust you know, me Ozy
But look on my works and despair?
And all the other trunks, vast, fade,
But look on my works and despair?
🎶
But look on my works and despair?
I know there's, around, much decay
But look on my works and despair?
Prey, I trust you know, me Ozy
But look on my works and despair?
And all the other trunks, vast, fade,
But look on my works and despair?
🎶
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Prey, I trust you know me, Ozy
But look on my works and despair?
I know there's, around, much decay
But look on my works and despair?
Prey, I trust you know, me Ozy
But look on my works and despair?
And all the other trunks, vast, fade,
But look on my works and despair?
🎶
But look on my works and despair?
I know there's, around, much decay
But look on my works and despair?
Prey, I trust you know, me Ozy
But look on my works and despair?
And all the other trunks, vast, fade,
But look on my works and despair?
🎶
We have successfully created an inverse Haruki Murakami www.wsj.com/sports/nyc-m...
I Decided to Run a Marathon. Then I Did Something Crazier. I Let ChatGPT Be My Coach.
When she started training for the New York City Marathon, Journal reporter Isabelle Bousquette entrusted her entire preparation to AI. The results have been decidedly mixed.
www.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We have successfully created an inverse Haruki Murakami www.wsj.com/sports/nyc-m...
Excited for our future followup to this "CEOs are furious employees don't respond more promptly" www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
CEOs Are Furious About Employees Texting in Meetings
Jamie Dimon says it’s gone too far. Others are devising new measures, from hiding Wi-Fi passwords to installing the corporate equivalent of the swear jar.
www.wsj.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Excited for our future followup to this "CEOs are furious employees don't respond more promptly" www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Buses!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(this is a great data breakdown on some of the underlying ridership and funding issues plus has a cute lil streetway and fun lil buses scattered throughout the story)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(this is a great data breakdown on some of the underlying ridership and funding issues plus has a cute lil streetway and fun lil buses scattered throughout the story)
Can Faster Buses Really Be Free?
An analysis of the possible promise and fundamental tension in one of Zohran Mamdani’s big plans for New York.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Buses!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(this is a great data breakdown on some of the underlying ridership and funding issues plus has a cute lil streetway and fun lil buses scattered throughout the story)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(this is a great data breakdown on some of the underlying ridership and funding issues plus has a cute lil streetway and fun lil buses scattered throughout the story)
Reposted by Danny Dougherty
Really interesting work (and thoughts on experimental design)!
After a huge post-election flip in economic perceptions, I thought Democrats and Republicans might be lying to pollsters to send a partisan message — but I was wrong!
New in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (open access): doi.org/10.1017/XPS....
New in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (open access): doi.org/10.1017/XPS....
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Really interesting work (and thoughts on experimental design)!
Reposted by Danny Dougherty
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
Reading this is the oldest, most "kids these days" I think I have ever felt www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Tried an AI Web Browser, and I’m Never Going Back
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet and others have built-in chatbots and agents that can take over your tabs.
www.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reading this is the oldest, most "kids these days" I think I have ever felt www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
This thread is a good story in charts on the commonwealth's off year elections
Our new poll with GMU's Schar School asked Virginia voters about Jay Jones's texts musing about shooting Republican speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. After hearing one text 51% say Jones should drop out, including 26% of Democrats www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This thread is a good story in charts on the commonwealth's off year elections
The upside to being the AV guy among your group of music friends is you get to spend a bunch of time listening to just how much better everyone gets over time.
Also you get to level yourself in the mix.
Also you get to level yourself in the mix.
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The upside to being the AV guy among your group of music friends is you get to spend a bunch of time listening to just how much better everyone gets over time.
Also you get to level yourself in the mix.
Also you get to level yourself in the mix.
Reposted by Danny Dougherty
My story on the front page of @chicagotribune.com today looks at the darkening rhetoric from Trump and the administration, as well as why experts on democracy say that’s a troubling sign (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/t...
‘Devil’s ideology’: President Donald Trump’s darkening rhetoric escalates attacks and often targets Illinois
President Donald Trump’s language to discredit opponents has included Illinois and the Chicago area where protesters have been compared to domestic terrorists and the president has called for…
www.chicagotribune.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My story on the front page of @chicagotribune.com today looks at the darkening rhetoric from Trump and the administration, as well as why experts on democracy say that’s a troubling sign (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/t...
Between The Last Dinner Party and Of Monsters and Men, this new music Friday is really rushing in cozy fall vibes
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Between The Last Dinner Party and Of Monsters and Men, this new music Friday is really rushing in cozy fall vibes
I am deeply fascinated at the idea that someone would rather talk to someone than just write on a blank page
on balance, I think it's been very beneficial that "talking" to an LLM immediately activates my strongest person -with-limited-conversational-energy* tendencies
*look I also cannot bear one more round of Internet Introvert discourse
*look I also cannot bear one more round of Internet Introvert discourse
October 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am deeply fascinated at the idea that someone would rather talk to someone than just write on a blank page
Hell. Yeah. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
A St. Louis Bird That Crosses Divides Gets His Own Show
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hell. Yeah. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
The top of this thread is getting a lot of reposts in my feed, but the entire thing is full of good polling and graphics
American Jews are split over whether they approve or disapprove of the military action in Gaza
October 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The top of this thread is getting a lot of reposts in my feed, but the entire thing is full of good polling and graphics
I think a lot about how the information economy around regional news was making money but not enough so it mostly went away
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
Spending on AI Is at Epic Levels. Will It Ever Pay Off?
Tech companies are pouring hundreds of billions into data centers, taking on heavy debt, but current revenue is relatively tiny. Critics warn of a new dot-com bubble.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I think a lot about how the information economy around regional news was making money but not enough so it mostly went away
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
Did Nintendo just backdoor launch VR hardware for the Switch 2...
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Did Nintendo just backdoor launch VR hardware for the Switch 2...
In addition to the images of the letter itself, some context from other historical documents
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | A Visual Breakdown of the Trump Birthday Letter to Epstein
An analysis of the text and drawing long hidden in a 2003 birthday book
www.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In addition to the images of the letter itself, some context from other historical documents
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
This header art simultaneously reinvigorates me with youth and makes me feel a million years old.
A+++
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The comments call, and we answer. Here's our beginner guide for Hollow Knight Silksong, complete with vintage ASCII cover art. Now go give Brad, or Anthony, or whatever his name is, a piece of your mind.
www.rogue.site/guides/hollo...
www.rogue.site/guides/hollo...
Silksong is hateful and mean and you need to accept that
It’s not you. Silksong is hard. But we're here to help.
www.rogue.site
September 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This header art simultaneously reinvigorates me with youth and makes me feel a million years old.
A+++
A+++
I would make one change to this program. Contact their insurance carriers, not the drivers themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. can predict who will get into car crashes but can’t stop them
The city successfully targeted owners of cars at risk of a crash by looking at their camera ticket records, but that couldn’t change their behavior.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I would make one change to this program. Contact their insurance carriers, not the drivers themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
I'm sorry.
Spotify—the _music_ platform—introduced a chat feature‽
Spotify—the _music_ platform—introduced a chat feature‽
September 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm sorry.
Spotify—the _music_ platform—introduced a chat feature‽
Spotify—the _music_ platform—introduced a chat feature‽