Kim Hjelmgaard
@khjelmgaard.bsky.social
International at USA TODAY. Underdogs, mostly.
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Yesterday, @usatoday.com launched the first episode of EXTREMELY NORMAL, focused on the Manosphere.
I’m extremely proud of this short documentary and hope you will give it 17 mins of your time.
(Especially if you’re a parent!)
I’m extremely proud of this short documentary and hope you will give it 17 mins of your time.
(Especially if you’re a parent!)
Watch EXTREMELY NORMAL here.
Young men who follow influencer Andrew Tate say his videos help them build confidence, discipline & motivation Experts warn the content mixes self-help with toxic masculinity and can expose vulnerable youth to extremist ideas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoC7...
Young men who follow influencer Andrew Tate say his videos help them build confidence, discipline & motivation Experts warn the content mixes self-help with toxic masculinity and can expose vulnerable youth to extremist ideas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoC7...
September 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yesterday, @usatoday.com launched the first episode of EXTREMELY NORMAL, focused on the Manosphere.
I’m extremely proud of this short documentary and hope you will give it 17 mins of your time.
(Especially if you’re a parent!)
I’m extremely proud of this short documentary and hope you will give it 17 mins of your time.
(Especially if you’re a parent!)
Reposted by Kim Hjelmgaard
‘It's like dopamine.’ Looking for role models, troubled young men find Andrew Tate.
My latest with @khjelmgaard.bsky.social looks at the world of the Manosphere and online toxic masculinity and how it is impacting a whole generation of boys and men:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
My latest with @khjelmgaard.bsky.social looks at the world of the Manosphere and online toxic masculinity and how it is impacting a whole generation of boys and men:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
‘It's like dopamine.’ Looking for role models, troubled young men find Andrew Tate.
Influencers in what is known as the “Manosphere” spread fitness and lifestyle advice alongside misogyny and anti-feminist rhetoric.
www.usatoday.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
‘It's like dopamine.’ Looking for role models, troubled young men find Andrew Tate.
My latest with @khjelmgaard.bsky.social looks at the world of the Manosphere and online toxic masculinity and how it is impacting a whole generation of boys and men:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
My latest with @khjelmgaard.bsky.social looks at the world of the Manosphere and online toxic masculinity and how it is impacting a whole generation of boys and men:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Is the U.S. running a secret operation in Greenland? I hopped on The Excerpt podcast to discuss some of the latest news this week. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
Vance says Trump doesn't want long-term occupation of American cities
Vice President JD Vance sat down with USA TODAY for an exclusive interview Wednesday.
Two children were killed in a Minneapolis church shooting.
USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard ...
art19.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Is the U.S. running a secret operation in Greenland? I hopped on The Excerpt podcast to discuss some of the latest news this week. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
Before talk of hush-money payments or election subversion, before his exec orders were subject to Supreme Court challenges, before he was president: on a wild and windswept stretch of beach in Scotland, Donald Trump the businessman was accused of being a bad neighbor
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www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
Trump's golf trip to Scotland reopens old wounds for some of his neighbors
Trump isn't widely liked among Scots despite his family ties and golf resort investments, surveys show. He's liked even less by some of his neighbors.
www.usatoday.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Before talk of hush-money payments or election subversion, before his exec orders were subject to Supreme Court challenges, before he was president: on a wild and windswept stretch of beach in Scotland, Donald Trump the businessman was accused of being a bad neighbor
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
Former bricklayer. Political influencer. Would-be mining consultant. Traitor, some say − especially the guy who slugged him in the face in a Nuuk dive bar. Meet Trump's No. 1 fan and MAGA representative in Greenland, which Trump has vowed to 'get' www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
'Che Guevara of Greenland': An evening with Trump's Arctic 'son'
A 51-year-old former bricklayer may be the most fervent supporter of Trump in the entire Arctic. But it's not always easy being Jorgen Boassen.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Former bricklayer. Political influencer. Would-be mining consultant. Traitor, some say − especially the guy who slugged him in the face in a Nuuk dive bar. Meet Trump's No. 1 fan and MAGA representative in Greenland, which Trump has vowed to 'get' www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
Greenland - its music, then and now - makes
@usatoday.com 's front page.
@usatoday.com 's front page.
July 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Greenland - its music, then and now - makes
@usatoday.com 's front page.
@usatoday.com 's front page.
My story, through a music frame, on how Greenland's isolated Inuit culture finds itself exposed to the world just as President Donald Trump pushes to take over the Arctic territory.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
(ps. includes a Greenland playlist)
open.spotify.com/playlist/391...)
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
(ps. includes a Greenland playlist)
open.spotify.com/playlist/391...)
'Crazy beautiful place with dark side': Greenland, but not as you know it
Greenland's relatively isolated indigenous culture finds itself increasingly exposed to the world just as Trump pushes to take over the territory.
www.usatoday.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
My story, through a music frame, on how Greenland's isolated Inuit culture finds itself exposed to the world just as President Donald Trump pushes to take over the Arctic territory.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
(ps. includes a Greenland playlist)
open.spotify.com/playlist/391...)
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
(ps. includes a Greenland playlist)
open.spotify.com/playlist/391...)
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3.67% + nearing 90%. Those are the key metrics to know about Iran's uranium enrichment. The first number was the level the UN's nuclear watchdog (IAEA) verified Iran was enriching at around the time Trump, in his first term, pulled the US out of the JCPOA (nuclear) deal.
3.67% + nearing 90%. Those are the key metrics to know about Iran's uranium enrichment. The first number was the level the UN's nuclear watchdog (IAEA) verified Iran was enriching at around the time Trump, in his first term, pulled the US out of the JCPOA (nuclear) deal.
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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3.67% + nearing 90%. Those are the key metrics to know about Iran's uranium enrichment. The first number was the level the UN's nuclear watchdog (IAEA) verified Iran was enriching at around the time Trump, in his first term, pulled the US out of the JCPOA (nuclear) deal.
3.67% + nearing 90%. Those are the key metrics to know about Iran's uranium enrichment. The first number was the level the UN's nuclear watchdog (IAEA) verified Iran was enriching at around the time Trump, in his first term, pulled the US out of the JCPOA (nuclear) deal.
Because Trump: Who'd be an American in Greenland these days?
My special report on how the White House's interest in Greenland is looming over its tourism industry as the first direct flights from the U.S. get underway.
Digital + print (also icebergs + dog sleds).
lnkd.in/gwATP8H7
My special report on how the White House's interest in Greenland is looming over its tourism industry as the first direct flights from the U.S. get underway.
Digital + print (also icebergs + dog sleds).
lnkd.in/gwATP8H7
June 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Because Trump: Who'd be an American in Greenland these days?
My special report on how the White House's interest in Greenland is looming over its tourism industry as the first direct flights from the U.S. get underway.
Digital + print (also icebergs + dog sleds).
lnkd.in/gwATP8H7
My special report on how the White House's interest in Greenland is looming over its tourism industry as the first direct flights from the U.S. get underway.
Digital + print (also icebergs + dog sleds).
lnkd.in/gwATP8H7
An American in Greenland. Who'd be one? The icebergs and sled dogs are OK with it. My story from Ilulissat and Nuuk on how the rest of the Greenlanders feel about it.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
Greenland isn't for sale. Despite Trump, it wants Americans to visit. Are they?
As Trump vows to "get Greenland," direct flights from the U.S. are starting − on his birthday. Who will visit? What kind of reception will they get?
www.usatoday.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
An American in Greenland. Who'd be one? The icebergs and sled dogs are OK with it. My story from Ilulissat and Nuuk on how the rest of the Greenlanders feel about it.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
I'm a reporter for USA TODAY. Thinking of traveling to Greenland? If you're an American tourist and are willing to speak with me about your plans, please email me on khjelmgaard@usatoday.com, or send a direct message via WhatsApp or Signal on +44 78 1578 5489. Thanks.
May 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm a reporter for USA TODAY. Thinking of traveling to Greenland? If you're an American tourist and are willing to speak with me about your plans, please email me on khjelmgaard@usatoday.com, or send a direct message via WhatsApp or Signal on +44 78 1578 5489. Thanks.
"Like a Christmas tree bedecked with shiny ornaments of every shape and size." This well done story by @ewong.bsky.social demonstrates that if you are secretary of everything you may also effectively be secretary of nothing. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Trump: Interim National Security Adviser
The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies. He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China’s leader, who has only three main titles.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"Like a Christmas tree bedecked with shiny ornaments of every shape and size." This well done story by @ewong.bsky.social demonstrates that if you are secretary of everything you may also effectively be secretary of nothing. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
The data, anecdotes and patterns are clear: Trump's America, his policies and talk, from immigration to tariffs, are causing foreign travelers, students, academics, business leaders and lawmakers to question whether the U.S. they knew and admired has lost its shine.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
'Dark undertone': For some overseas, new policies are changing how they view the U.S.
Trump says his policies will make the US safer and richer, and preserve American culture and values. How is that playing overseas?
www.usatoday.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The data, anecdotes and patterns are clear: Trump's America, his policies and talk, from immigration to tariffs, are causing foreign travelers, students, academics, business leaders and lawmakers to question whether the U.S. they knew and admired has lost its shine.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
The Vances are heading to Greenland. On today's episode of USA TODAY's The Excerpt, I explain why their itinerary shifted and what's next for the Trump administration's plans for the island. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
Trump withdraws Stefanik's nomination as UN ambassador
USA TODAY Congress Reporter Riley Beggin takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's withdrawal of Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination as UN ambassador, and what it tells us about growing concerns fr...
art19.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Vances are heading to Greenland. On today's episode of USA TODAY's The Excerpt, I explain why their itinerary shifted and what's next for the Trump administration's plans for the island. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
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“American social platforms were born as extensions of our TV or newspaper industries. Chinese tech platforms seem much more influenced by e-commerce. They’re playing different games.”
— @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
— @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment.
restofworld.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“American social platforms were born as extensions of our TV or newspaper industries. Chinese tech platforms seem much more influenced by e-commerce. They’re playing different games.”
— @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
— @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
Reposted by Kim Hjelmgaard
Reposted by Kim Hjelmgaard
Not that anything like this can surprise me any more but it is wild that the right has managed to spin government agencies subscribing to news outlets that cover the stuff they work on as some kind of left-wing conspiracy. www.axios.com/2025/02/06/t...
Scoop: Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts
Trump is targeting the federal government's media subscriptions.
www.axios.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Not that anything like this can surprise me any more but it is wild that the right has managed to spin government agencies subscribing to news outlets that cover the stuff they work on as some kind of left-wing conspiracy. www.axios.com/2025/02/06/t...
Agam Berger may be freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza tomorrow. Here's my in-depth story with her family from a few months back.
Their 20-year-old is a hostage in Gaza. Here's what they know about her condition.
Hamas launched the largest-ever attack on Israeli soil a year ago. It's been a year of intolerable fear and anxiety for Israel's Oct. 7 hostage families.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Agam Berger may be freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza tomorrow. Here's my in-depth story with her family from a few months back.