Lauren Gorla
@laurengorla.bsky.social
Audience Development Editor @ McClatchy. Currently knitting a scarf, socks and a sweater. 📍Lexington, Kentucky
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I am dodging Severance spoilers left and right today 😩 I'm not even safe in our own content management system!
March 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am dodging Severance spoilers left and right today 😩 I'm not even safe in our own content management system!
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Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports
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🚨COME WORK WITH ME!🚨
CivicLex is partnering with @nextcity.org to host a one-year journalism fellow to report on rural-urban dynamics & issues in Central KY. $53.5k salary + benefits, and hybrid work with only two days a month required in the CivicLex office.
jobs.nextcity.org/job/equitabl...
CivicLex is partnering with @nextcity.org to host a one-year journalism fellow to report on rural-urban dynamics & issues in Central KY. $53.5k salary + benefits, and hybrid work with only two days a month required in the CivicLex office.
jobs.nextcity.org/job/equitabl...
Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship for Rural-Urban Issues
Next City and CivicLex seek a talented journalist for a one-year reporting fellowship examining urban and rural issues in Central and Appalachian Kentucky. In this role, you will pitch and report news...
jobs.nextcity.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🚨COME WORK WITH ME!🚨
CivicLex is partnering with @nextcity.org to host a one-year journalism fellow to report on rural-urban dynamics & issues in Central KY. $53.5k salary + benefits, and hybrid work with only two days a month required in the CivicLex office.
jobs.nextcity.org/job/equitabl...
CivicLex is partnering with @nextcity.org to host a one-year journalism fellow to report on rural-urban dynamics & issues in Central KY. $53.5k salary + benefits, and hybrid work with only two days a month required in the CivicLex office.
jobs.nextcity.org/job/equitabl...
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"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...
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Interstate 40 will reopen through the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, restoring the main highway connection between North Carolina & Tennessee for the first time since #hurricanehelene.
More from our sister paper @thenewsobserver.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
More from our sister paper @thenewsobserver.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Interstate 40 will reopen through the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, restoring the main highway connection between North Carolina & Tennessee for the first time since #hurricanehelene.
More from our sister paper @thenewsobserver.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
More from our sister paper @thenewsobserver.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
Goodbye and good riddance to the longest (and coldest) January I've ever experienced. You won't be missed 👋
January 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Goodbye and good riddance to the longest (and coldest) January I've ever experienced. You won't be missed 👋
December 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Hey @ona-community.bsky.social! About 70 of us are sitting in a Zoom meeting for the Bluesky chat but it appears the link we got is for another meeting on audience data. Help!
December 18, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Hey @ona-community.bsky.social! About 70 of us are sitting in a Zoom meeting for the Bluesky chat but it appears the link we got is for another meeting on audience data. Help!
If I could tattoo this into people's brains, that would be awesome! Thank you, Lynn Walsh.
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/focu...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/focu...
December 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
If I could tattoo this into people's brains, that would be awesome! Thank you, Lynn Walsh.
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/focu...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/focu...
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1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
December 11, 2024 at 6:05 PM
1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
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This comes after a federal judge blocked the merger citing it would substantially lessen competition in the grocery market.
Angela Palermo delves into the consequences for both companies in her story: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
Angela Palermo delves into the consequences for both companies in her story: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
December 11, 2024 at 6:28 PM
This comes after a federal judge blocked the merger citing it would substantially lessen competition in the grocery market.
Angela Palermo delves into the consequences for both companies in her story: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
Angela Palermo delves into the consequences for both companies in her story: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
One of my very favorite office supplies (and you gotta have one in every color) is made not too far from Lexington! Reporter @kendallstaton.bsky.social and photographer @ryanhermens.bsky.social got a behind the scenes look at the Cynthiana factory: www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
December 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM
One of my very favorite office supplies (and you gotta have one in every color) is made not too far from Lexington! Reporter @kendallstaton.bsky.social and photographer @ryanhermens.bsky.social got a behind the scenes look at the Cynthiana factory: www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
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In the two days after the election, Planned Parenthood officials for the chapter serving Kentucky said 111 appointments were made in requested for IUD insertions and replacements. On those same two days last year, just 10 such appointments were made.
www.wkms.org/health/2024-...
www.wkms.org/health/2024-...
Planned Parenthood sees 'surge' in Kentucky's demand for long-term birth control options post-election
Officials with a Planned Parenthood chapter serving six states – including Kentucky – say they have experienced a “significant surge” in demand for permanent and long-acting reversible birth control o...
www.wkms.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:36 PM
In the two days after the election, Planned Parenthood officials for the chapter serving Kentucky said 111 appointments were made in requested for IUD insertions and replacements. On those same two days last year, just 10 such appointments were made.
www.wkms.org/health/2024-...
www.wkms.org/health/2024-...
EXCUSE ME?????
Kendrick Lamar released a surprise new album, “GNX,” on Friday.
Kendrick Lamar Surprise Releases a New Album, ‘GNX’
The rapper’s sixth studio album follows the success of a pair of tracks this year that were sparked by a war of words with Drake.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
EXCUSE ME?????
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November 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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There simply aren’t enough houses and apartments across Kentucky for everyone who wants to live and work here. So what's being done to fix the problem? Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2024 at 7:59 PM
There simply aren’t enough houses and apartments across Kentucky for everyone who wants to live and work here. So what's being done to fix the problem? Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
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Slowly but surely, @heraldleader.bsky.social journalists are moving to Bluesky!
I've got a starter park of everyone so far, but let me introduce y'all to who is in it...
I've got a starter park of everyone so far, but let me introduce y'all to who is in it...
November 20, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Slowly but surely, @heraldleader.bsky.social journalists are moving to Bluesky!
I've got a starter park of everyone so far, but let me introduce y'all to who is in it...
I've got a starter park of everyone so far, but let me introduce y'all to who is in it...
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Tidbit: Councilmember Brenda Monarrez - who was unseated by Emma Curtis, and is currently banned from physically being in City Hall but *is* allowed to attend meetings virtually - has not attended any Council meetings since her Election Day loss.
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Tidbit: Councilmember Brenda Monarrez - who was unseated by Emma Curtis, and is currently banned from physically being in City Hall but *is* allowed to attend meetings virtually - has not attended any Council meetings since her Election Day loss.
Current fave rotation is: audiobook + book on the Nook + novel + graphic novel
Do any of you also read four books simultaneously or do you have your life in order
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November 15, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Current fave rotation is: audiobook + book on the Nook + novel + graphic novel
Hey folks! I'm Lauren, a journalist living in Kentucky and currently working in the audience engagement world with 15 of the best newsrooms in McClatchy. I love cooking, bad scary movies (Saw is the greatest series of all time, happy to debate this), knitting, local journalism & slow running.
November 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Hey folks! I'm Lauren, a journalist living in Kentucky and currently working in the audience engagement world with 15 of the best newsrooms in McClatchy. I love cooking, bad scary movies (Saw is the greatest series of all time, happy to debate this), knitting, local journalism & slow running.