Erin Siegal McIntyre
@esmcintyre.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, professor, reluctant transplant to the American South. Tijuana/Carolina del Norte. Building an army of baby watchdogs.
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Congratulations to these winners.
#UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black.
Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
#UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black.
Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
7 selected for 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards | UNC-Chapel Hill
This year’s honorees include a Navy admiral, a comedian, business leaders and philanthropists.
www.unc.edu
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congratulations to these winners.
#UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black.
Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
#UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black.
Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
Join me in encouraging Congress to stop the administration’s attacks on FOIA and our right to access government documents: freedom.press/the-classifi...
Strengthen the Freedom of Information Act
Defending press freedom for the next generation
freedom.press
October 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join me in encouraging Congress to stop the administration’s attacks on FOIA and our right to access government documents: freedom.press/the-classifi...
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
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Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...
Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America
But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.
www.theverge.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...
"Who was Awdah Hathaleen, Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler?"
“His love for Real Madrid ran in his veins,” Alaa added. “Maybe if they knew how much he loved them, Real Madrid would speak about Masafer Yatta.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
“His love for Real Madrid ran in his veins,” Alaa added. “Maybe if they knew how much he loved them, Real Madrid would speak about Masafer Yatta.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
Who was Awdah Hathaleen, Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler?
The family man, activist, and football fiend also helped make an Oscar-winning documentary.
www.aljazeera.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Who was Awdah Hathaleen, Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler?"
“His love for Real Madrid ran in his veins,” Alaa added. “Maybe if they knew how much he loved them, Real Madrid would speak about Masafer Yatta.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
“His love for Real Madrid ran in his veins,” Alaa added. “Maybe if they knew how much he loved them, Real Madrid would speak about Masafer Yatta.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
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I think they recognize it precisely BECAUSE 60 Minutes was not slop. Dan Rather and Edward R. Murrow did not make slop.
So, go ahead, Ellison. Go offer these people Temu News, gaslight them about it, and see if they stay.
PSA: support your local PBS Station for MOAR FRONTLINE! We need it!
So, go ahead, Ellison. Go offer these people Temu News, gaslight them about it, and see if they stay.
PSA: support your local PBS Station for MOAR FRONTLINE! We need it!
Home - PBS Foundation
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July 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I think they recognize it precisely BECAUSE 60 Minutes was not slop. Dan Rather and Edward R. Murrow did not make slop.
So, go ahead, Ellison. Go offer these people Temu News, gaslight them about it, and see if they stay.
PSA: support your local PBS Station for MOAR FRONTLINE! We need it!
So, go ahead, Ellison. Go offer these people Temu News, gaslight them about it, and see if they stay.
PSA: support your local PBS Station for MOAR FRONTLINE! We need it!
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"The humans who made these things and gave them meaning don't actually matter at all," says man who is about to lose money making said things shitty and worthless, all because he is too arrogant to appreciate the priceless value of humanity.
"The news lost its way — it became extreme, elitist, and performative," the Ellison confidant said. "People like Colbert and others act like they're the IP, the value, when it’s the brand and journalism that matter. We need to get back to fundamentals. That's what David and his team believe."
July 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"The humans who made these things and gave them meaning don't actually matter at all," says man who is about to lose money making said things shitty and worthless, all because he is too arrogant to appreciate the priceless value of humanity.
Today in North Carolina: A new law from Republicans now lets teachers and volunteers in private schools carry concealed guns on campus.
What could go wrong?!
Co-bylined by my former student Kyle Ingram: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
What could go wrong?!
Co-bylined by my former student Kyle Ingram: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC lawmakers enact law letting private schools arm teachers after defeating veto
Another bill, to remove the permit requirement for carrying concealed handguns, needs one more vote before it can be enacted as well.
www.newsobserver.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today in North Carolina: A new law from Republicans now lets teachers and volunteers in private schools carry concealed guns on campus.
What could go wrong?!
Co-bylined by my former student Kyle Ingram: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
What could go wrong?!
Co-bylined by my former student Kyle Ingram: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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SCOOP: A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...
Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm
A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.
tucson.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
SCOOP: A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador | "Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. www.404media.co/flight-manif...
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador
Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even the...
www.404media.co
July 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador | "Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. www.404media.co/flight-manif...
“This is a shameful decision by Paramount,” Reporters Without Borders USA said. “Shari Redstone & Paramount’s board should have stood by CBS journalists & the integrity of press freedom. Instead, they chose to reward Trump for his petty legal assault.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
'Spineless capitulation.' Paramount faces backlash over its $16-million Trump settlement
Journalists and others said the payment will embolden attacks by Trump and his allies on news outlets. Some called the settlement a stain on the proud legacy of CBS News.
www.latimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“This is a shameful decision by Paramount,” Reporters Without Borders USA said. “Shari Redstone & Paramount’s board should have stood by CBS journalists & the integrity of press freedom. Instead, they chose to reward Trump for his petty legal assault.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
"In what could be the 1st case in which activists have successfully intervened to stop immigrants in the custody of ICE from being flown out of Vermont, 3 women escorted by agency officials turned around, left the airport & were returned to jail..."
vtdigger.org/2025/07/16/a...
vtdigger.org/2025/07/16/a...
Advocates say they helped prevent 3 ICE detainees from being flown out of Vermont - VTDigger
A spokesperson at American Airlines denied it was the company’s decision to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from boarding a flight with three women in their custody.
vtdigger.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"In what could be the 1st case in which activists have successfully intervened to stop immigrants in the custody of ICE from being flown out of Vermont, 3 women escorted by agency officials turned around, left the airport & were returned to jail..."
vtdigger.org/2025/07/16/a...
vtdigger.org/2025/07/16/a...
Removal of agency sites: Documents obtained by the Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 agency websites, including the CDC's vaccine page and FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program pages.
federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...
federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...
Agencies plan to decommission hundreds of .gov websites following GSA review
Thomas Shedd, commissioner of GSA's Technology Transformation Services, directed agencies to eliminate the “low-hanging fruit” of unnecessary federal websites.
federalnewsnetwork.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Removal of agency sites: Documents obtained by the Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 agency websites, including the CDC's vaccine page and FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program pages.
federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...
federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...
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Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
www.thedissident.news
July 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
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And we wouldn’t have known, except for the work of hackers and journalists.
"flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flights from Texas to El Salvador contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for passengers than a previously published Department of Homeland Security (DHS) list of people deported from the United States on those flights, 404 Media has learned."
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador
Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know," one lawyer said.
www.404media.co
July 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And we wouldn’t have known, except for the work of hackers and journalists.
US aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, Lancet study finds
The Trump cuts to USAID, which provides 40% of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 mil deaths by 2030, potentially "halting – and even reversing – 2 decades of progress"
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
The Trump cuts to USAID, which provides 40% of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 mil deaths by 2030, potentially "halting – and even reversing – 2 decades of progress"
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
US foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, Lancet study finds
The Trump administration's cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides 40 percent of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030, a study in...
www.france24.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
US aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, Lancet study finds
The Trump cuts to USAID, which provides 40% of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 mil deaths by 2030, potentially "halting – and even reversing – 2 decades of progress"
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
The Trump cuts to USAID, which provides 40% of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 mil deaths by 2030, potentially "halting – and even reversing – 2 decades of progress"
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
"[Canadian] Mr. Noviello is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year and the fourth person to die in custody in Florida, according to the agency’s website."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"[Canadian] Mr. Noviello is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year and the fourth person to die in custody in Florida, according to the agency’s website."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Module from the EFF: Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border
Published June 23, 2025
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Published June 23, 2025
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Module: Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border
This module focuses on how to prepare and what to expect for those traversing the U.S. southern border, centering journalists serving border communities.Unlike most modules in the J-school digital sec...
freedom.press
June 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Module from the EFF: Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border
Published June 23, 2025
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Published June 23, 2025
freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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Chabria: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
Commentary: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
As tens of thousands of immigrants are detained and held inside federal detention centers, the power of federal lawmakers such as Judy Chu to provide oversight and answers is even more critical — and threatened.
www.latimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Chabria: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
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US economy faces reckoning as some immigrants avoid workplaces www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
June 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
US economy faces reckoning as some immigrants avoid workplaces www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
"After a nine-week trial in Manhattan, Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, became the only U.S. senator ever to be convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
A Senator’s Fall From Grace Ends in a Grim Federal Lockup
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"After a nine-week trial in Manhattan, Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, became the only U.S. senator ever to be convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
Toxic plume from Tijuana River can be seen from outer space, NASA report shows
An image from NASA shows the plume flowing off south of Imperial Beach and spreading into the Pacific Ocean.
www.cbs8.com/article/news...
An image from NASA shows the plume flowing off south of Imperial Beach and spreading into the Pacific Ocean.
www.cbs8.com/article/news...
Toxic plume from Tijuana River can be seen from outer space, NASA report shows
The latest report from NASA shows a satellite image of the toxic plume from the Tijuana River spreading into the Pacific Ocean.
www.cbs8.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Toxic plume from Tijuana River can be seen from outer space, NASA report shows
An image from NASA shows the plume flowing off south of Imperial Beach and spreading into the Pacific Ocean.
www.cbs8.com/article/news...
An image from NASA shows the plume flowing off south of Imperial Beach and spreading into the Pacific Ocean.
www.cbs8.com/article/news...
"In a Mexico Border Town Famed for Crossings, ‘There Are No Migrants’
Tijuana long served as a gateway for legal and illegal crossings between Mexico and Southern California. But its shelters have now thinned out and migrants have left its streets." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...
Tijuana long served as a gateway for legal and illegal crossings between Mexico and Southern California. But its shelters have now thinned out and migrants have left its streets." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...
June 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"In a Mexico Border Town Famed for Crossings, ‘There Are No Migrants’
Tijuana long served as a gateway for legal and illegal crossings between Mexico and Southern California. But its shelters have now thinned out and migrants have left its streets." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...
Tijuana long served as a gateway for legal and illegal crossings between Mexico and Southern California. But its shelters have now thinned out and migrants have left its streets." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...
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I often think of Mayor Lucano, ever since reading about him. Mayor of a dying southern Italian town of 500 people, who rescued it by giving migrants a home in the many empty homes and abandoned buildings, which the right wing Italian government treated as a crime. time.com/6104836/dome...
How an Italian Mayor Who Turned His Town into a Haven for Migrants Wound Up Facing 13 Years in Jail
'This is how the state pays me back'
time.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I often think of Mayor Lucano, ever since reading about him. Mayor of a dying southern Italian town of 500 people, who rescued it by giving migrants a home in the many empty homes and abandoned buildings, which the right wing Italian government treated as a crime. time.com/6104836/dome...
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Tune in TODAY 5/22 at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT to hear labor leaders and elected allies from around the country unveil HELU’s policy agenda for the future of higher education in Washington, D.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...
Labor Leaders & Policymakers Release Worker-Led Agenda for Systemic Policy Change
YouTube video by Higher Ed Labor United
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tune in TODAY 5/22 at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT to hear labor leaders and elected allies from around the country unveil HELU’s policy agenda for the future of higher education in Washington, D.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...