Kate Gannon
@kategannon.bsky.social
Digital journalism profe at UT El Paso proud to tell you about the next generation of multimedia & data journalists from the Borderland. Director http://Borderzine.com Past: Coloradoan, EPTimes
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1/ In my part of media studies (nexus of news, social, influence) there has been so much to be gloomy about the past 10 years. But nothing snaps me out of it quite like big moments where it’s clear information still is capable of penetrating the propaganda/AI slop force field. Last night was such.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
1/ In my part of media studies (nexus of news, social, influence) there has been so much to be gloomy about the past 10 years. But nothing snaps me out of it quite like big moments where it’s clear information still is capable of penetrating the propaganda/AI slop force field. Last night was such.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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Love the ability to hide replies on this platform. Quite a few end up in the Not O.K. Corral.
October 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Love the ability to hide replies on this platform. Quite a few end up in the Not O.K. Corral.
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This is really great by Factchequeado - they co-created a course for Latino influencers on countering disinformation. betternews.org/countering-d...
Countering disinformation by training Latino content creators - Better News
Factchequeado developed a course to train U.S. Latino influencers to recognize and counter Spanish-language dis- and misinformation.
betternews.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is really great by Factchequeado - they co-created a course for Latino influencers on countering disinformation. betternews.org/countering-d...
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Hell yeah.
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hell yeah.
Yikes. Zero visibility dust wall leads to shelter in place notice for travelers near Deming, N.M., after accident closes I-10 East and West.
🚨 Dust Storm Warning issued March 3 at 9:33AM MST until March 3 at 10:00AM MST by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 🚨
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
March 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yikes. Zero visibility dust wall leads to shelter in place notice for travelers near Deming, N.M., after accident closes I-10 East and West.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Save this as an example of what happens when independent journalists are replaced by hand-picked "favorites."
Precious opportunities for information about war are replaced with vapid questions about wearing apparel.
Precious opportunities for information about war are replaced with vapid questions about wearing apparel.
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Save this as an example of what happens when independent journalists are replaced by hand-picked "favorites."
Precious opportunities for information about war are replaced with vapid questions about wearing apparel.
Precious opportunities for information about war are replaced with vapid questions about wearing apparel.
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The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser
The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
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I just got a report that a terminated employee from another agency got their job back after replying to the termination email with their good perf appraisal.
If you are still connected, might as well try. It makes for good documentation if nothing else.
Let me know. So far only this one anecdote.
If you are still connected, might as well try. It makes for good documentation if nothing else.
Let me know. So far only this one anecdote.
February 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I just got a report that a terminated employee from another agency got their job back after replying to the termination email with their good perf appraisal.
If you are still connected, might as well try. It makes for good documentation if nothing else.
Let me know. So far only this one anecdote.
If you are still connected, might as well try. It makes for good documentation if nothing else.
Let me know. So far only this one anecdote.
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In Las Cruces. The two have pending asylum applications. They are authorized to be in the country while they await their hearing, and have the legal right to work here. Neither has a criminal record. ICE agents have not produced a warrant or stated why the family was pulled over.
Teen migrant siblings living, working with authorization in New Mexico held for 2 weeks by ICE
The apprehension by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of a brother and sister with pending asylum applications raises questions about the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, human right...
elpasomatters.org
February 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In Las Cruces. The two have pending asylum applications. They are authorized to be in the country while they await their hearing, and have the legal right to work here. Neither has a criminal record. ICE agents have not produced a warrant or stated why the family was pulled over.
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Americans who rely on social media as their main news source are more likely to encounter conspiracy theories, according to a technology professor. Here are some tips for information literacy on #TikTok (and here):
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
‘For You’: What to know about news on TikTok
A social media researcher explains how to analyze your news feed in terms of content, circulation and consumption.
buff.ly
February 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Americans who rely on social media as their main news source are more likely to encounter conspiracy theories, according to a technology professor. Here are some tips for information literacy on #TikTok (and here):
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
A university study to better understand the evolution of birds (biodiversity) is among 3,000 NSF grants Ted Cruz says push a far-left ideology of diversity, equity and inclusion.
UTEP leaders silent as Ted Cruz accuses researchers of using ‘woke DEI grants’
Sen. Ted Cruz characterized 17 National Science Foundation grants to UTEP as being ‘woke DEI,’ including one focused on the biodiversity of birds in South and Central America – without a peep from UTE...
elpasomatters.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A university study to better understand the evolution of birds (biodiversity) is among 3,000 NSF grants Ted Cruz says push a far-left ideology of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Today, Data.gov shows 306,503 open data sets.
Harvard Library now has ~311,000 datasets, which they say is a “complete archive of federal public datasets linked”:
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
A reminder that #OpenGov & data is about all of the USA & for all of us, not any administration.
Harvard Library now has ~311,000 datasets, which they say is a “complete archive of federal public datasets linked”:
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
A reminder that #OpenGov & data is about all of the USA & for all of us, not any administration.
February 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today, Data.gov shows 306,503 open data sets.
Harvard Library now has ~311,000 datasets, which they say is a “complete archive of federal public datasets linked”:
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
A reminder that #OpenGov & data is about all of the USA & for all of us, not any administration.
Harvard Library now has ~311,000 datasets, which they say is a “complete archive of federal public datasets linked”:
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
A reminder that #OpenGov & data is about all of the USA & for all of us, not any administration.
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All journalists should work through this very good security checklist from Freedom of the Press Foundation. freedom.press/digisec/b…
February 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
All journalists should work through this very good security checklist from Freedom of the Press Foundation. freedom.press/digisec/b…
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Tump’s use of military planes to carry out deportations is unprecedented and comes with a hefty price tag. The ICE chartered deportation cost far less and carry more people.
My latest for the El Paso Times.
My latest for the El Paso Times.
Trump's military deportation flights cost more, carry fewer migrants
The Trump administration has carried out 10 deportations on military planes. The flights cost more and move fewer, an El Paso Times analysis found.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Tump’s use of military planes to carry out deportations is unprecedented and comes with a hefty price tag. The ICE chartered deportation cost far less and carry more people.
My latest for the El Paso Times.
My latest for the El Paso Times.
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Bit of an experiment for those of you not deep in the weeds of immigration. I’ve got a question for you.
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
January 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Bit of an experiment for those of you not deep in the weeds of immigration. I’ve got a question for you.
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
Imagine a woman from India with an MA degree. She has a job lined up willing to sponsor her for an immigrant visa. How long do you think it will take to get the visa?
Reply below. No googling!
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
In 1901, Wong Kim Ark crossed from Mexico into Texas as one of the only people in the world who was declared by name to be a citizen of the United States by the U.S. Supreme Court.
That didn’t prevent an immigration official from arresting him and beginning deportation proceedings.
That didn’t prevent an immigration official from arresting him and beginning deportation proceedings.
Wong Kim Ark won a landmark birthright citizenship case, then almost got deported in El Paso
After Wong Kim Ark won his Supreme Court fight for birthright citizenship in 1898, he came to El Paso – where the U.S. government tried to deport him. This is the story of his case, what happened next...
elpasomatters.org
January 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In 1901, Wong Kim Ark crossed from Mexico into Texas as one of the only people in the world who was declared by name to be a citizen of the United States by the U.S. Supreme Court.
That didn’t prevent an immigration official from arresting him and beginning deportation proceedings.
That didn’t prevent an immigration official from arresting him and beginning deportation proceedings.
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My latest for @chron.com
How Trump's mass deportation plans directly impact Houston churches
Note: Immigrant rights group says Latino pastors —especially Republicans—didn't think Trump would actually authorize the arrest of migrants at churches.
www.chron.com/culture/reli...
How Trump's mass deportation plans directly impact Houston churches
Note: Immigrant rights group says Latino pastors —especially Republicans—didn't think Trump would actually authorize the arrest of migrants at churches.
www.chron.com/culture/reli...
How Trump's mass deportation plans directly impact Houston churches
Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz in West Texas says the Trump administration's mass-deportation plan "strikes fear into the heart of our community."
www.chron.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My latest for @chron.com
How Trump's mass deportation plans directly impact Houston churches
Note: Immigrant rights group says Latino pastors —especially Republicans—didn't think Trump would actually authorize the arrest of migrants at churches.
www.chron.com/culture/reli...
How Trump's mass deportation plans directly impact Houston churches
Note: Immigrant rights group says Latino pastors —especially Republicans—didn't think Trump would actually authorize the arrest of migrants at churches.
www.chron.com/culture/reli...
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Most U.S. adults say they support mass deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally — but that enthusiasm quickly erodes when presented with options over how to carry them out, according to a new @axios.com
@ipsosgroup.bsky.social poll www.axios.com/2025/01/19/p...
@ipsosgroup.bsky.social poll www.axios.com/2025/01/19/p...
Americans favor deporting undocumented immigrants, until they're asked how
Few like Trump's idea of using military for deportations
www.axios.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Most U.S. adults say they support mass deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally — but that enthusiasm quickly erodes when presented with options over how to carry them out, according to a new @axios.com
@ipsosgroup.bsky.social poll www.axios.com/2025/01/19/p...
@ipsosgroup.bsky.social poll www.axios.com/2025/01/19/p...
We should leave two journalists to keep an eye on things and get everyone else on the lifeboats
September 20, 2023 at 4:14 PM
We should leave two journalists to keep an eye on things and get everyone else on the lifeboats
Oh, we’re showing pets, are we? Meet Mickey. He’s 17, spends the day patrolling, napping and scouting for snacks. He’s a good, little guy
August 27, 2023 at 5:52 PM
Oh, we’re showing pets, are we? Meet Mickey. He’s 17, spends the day patrolling, napping and scouting for snacks. He’s a good, little guy
Such a sweet take on the atmosphere here: “friendly voices in the ether”
Apropos of nothing, I enjoy talking to all the folks on here and don't think of any of you as more than friendly voices in the ether. If you disappeared out of my life tomorrow I'd hope it was on your way to happy trails, but I fully understand we have no deeper relationship than our next chat.
August 25, 2023 at 2:24 AM
Such a sweet take on the atmosphere here: “friendly voices in the ether”
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I keep explaining to people that there is a particularly large incoherence to the idea that we could both A) bomb Mexico over its objection, and also B) get Mexico to cooperate even more on migration that it does today.
August 24, 2023 at 2:44 AM
I keep explaining to people that there is a particularly large incoherence to the idea that we could both A) bomb Mexico over its objection, and also B) get Mexico to cooperate even more on migration that it does today.