Rachel Layne
@layniac.bsky.social
Freelance journalist. Economy, climate, etc. Seen in
@CBSNews @FortuneMagazine, @STAT, @JournalistsResource, more. Ex-Bloomberg. Adjunct @EmersonCollege
Website: rachellaynejournalist.com
@CBSNews @FortuneMagazine, @STAT, @JournalistsResource, more. Ex-Bloomberg. Adjunct @EmersonCollege
Website: rachellaynejournalist.com
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This has been a week full of warnings for the American food supply, at least involving cheese, coffee, and now potentially radioactive shrimp. I'll provide the FDA alerts in this thread.
August 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This has been a week full of warnings for the American food supply, at least involving cheese, coffee, and now potentially radioactive shrimp. I'll provide the FDA alerts in this thread.
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A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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This is an amazing and important graphic and close monitoring of the damage being done to #pressfreedoms and to independent media.
Analysis and deeper dive here at @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...
Thanks to the brilliant @bechamilton.bsky.social
Analysis and deeper dive here at @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...
Thanks to the brilliant @bechamilton.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is an amazing and important graphic and close monitoring of the damage being done to #pressfreedoms and to independent media.
Analysis and deeper dive here at @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...
Thanks to the brilliant @bechamilton.bsky.social
Analysis and deeper dive here at @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...
Thanks to the brilliant @bechamilton.bsky.social
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What does $2 billion funding freeze mean for the country’s wealthiest college?
An explainer on how the Harvard budget works and the benefits of having an endowment bigger than the economy of Iceland for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/b...
An explainer on how the Harvard budget works and the benefits of having an endowment bigger than the economy of Iceland for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/b...
What is $2.2 billion worth to the world’s richest university? - The Boston Globe
Even Harvard, with its $53.2 billion endowment, is not immune to such a rapid and unprecedented cutoff of the kind of federal funds that comprise at least a tenth of its annual revenue.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
What does $2 billion funding freeze mean for the country’s wealthiest college?
An explainer on how the Harvard budget works and the benefits of having an endowment bigger than the economy of Iceland for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/b...
An explainer on how the Harvard budget works and the benefits of having an endowment bigger than the economy of Iceland for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/b...
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This is the op-ed that the Tufts student, just arrested by ICE, co-wrote for her student paper last year. It's also the only evidence that Canary Mission, the doxxing site, cites as evidence for her "anti-Israel activism."
As op-eds go, it's no big deal. At all.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
As op-eds go, it's no big deal. At all.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily
The independent student newspaper of Tufts University
www.tuftsdaily.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is the op-ed that the Tufts student, just arrested by ICE, co-wrote for her student paper last year. It's also the only evidence that Canary Mission, the doxxing site, cites as evidence for her "anti-Israel activism."
As op-eds go, it's no big deal. At all.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
As op-eds go, it's no big deal. At all.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
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In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
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Adjunct professors, I want to hear from you 📚🚨
Tell @bostonglobe.com about your experience as part-time faculty for a story about what the job is like, and how universities rely on your labor: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/b...
Tell @bostonglobe.com about your experience as part-time faculty for a story about what the job is like, and how universities rely on your labor: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/b...
What is it like being an adjunct professor? We want to hear from you. - The Boston Globe
The Globe is looking to talk to adjunct faculty about their experiences teaching at one or multiple schools, and their concerns about hiring and retention.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Adjunct professors, I want to hear from you 📚🚨
Tell @bostonglobe.com about your experience as part-time faculty for a story about what the job is like, and how universities rely on your labor: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/b...
Tell @bostonglobe.com about your experience as part-time faculty for a story about what the job is like, and how universities rely on your labor: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/b...
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Eugene Daniels representing the White House Correspondents' Association: "In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps."
February 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Eugene Daniels representing the White House Correspondents' Association: "In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps."
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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.
apnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.
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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
I'm old enough to remember hearing my parents worry about Lake Erie being on fire.
It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017
This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up
A snapshot from America before the impact of the EPA and the effects of rules regulating clean water and air were felt.
www.popsci.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'm old enough to remember hearing my parents worry about Lake Erie being on fire.
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My piece for @cbsnews.com on the federal workforce, as the #Trump administration cuts 200,000 probationary workers (less than 1 year on the job.)
The federal workforce is about the same size as it was in 1980, even as the US population has increased by more than 40%.
The federal workforce is about the same size as it was in 1980, even as the US population has increased by more than 40%.
Trump says the federal workforce is too big. Here's what to know about its size.
Trump says the federal workforce is too big. Here's what to know about its size.
The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.
cbsn.ws
February 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My piece for @cbsnews.com on the federal workforce, as the #Trump administration cuts 200,000 probationary workers (less than 1 year on the job.)
The federal workforce is about the same size as it was in 1980, even as the US population has increased by more than 40%.
The federal workforce is about the same size as it was in 1980, even as the US population has increased by more than 40%.
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A FOIA Files SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets #FOIA Requests at Agency Under its Purview
DOGE also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
DOGE also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
February 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A FOIA Files SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets #FOIA Requests at Agency Under its Purview
DOGE also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
DOGE also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This tool from Grist is so useful.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go? Search our map by ZIP code.
From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.
grist.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This tool from Grist is so useful.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
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As Elon Musk shuts down USAID the Trump administration is looking at shifting billions in funding to a little-known agency about to be led by a Wall Street scion.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Advisers Look to Shift US Foreign Aid to Wall Street Ally
President Donald Trump’s advisers have discussed shifting billions in funding from USAID to a government-run agency due to be headed up by the dealmaker son of Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As Elon Musk shuts down USAID the Trump administration is looking at shifting billions in funding to a little-known agency about to be led by a Wall Street scion.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 Gift Link: ‘It’s a Circus’: Trump Unleashes Chaos at Key US Science Agency www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
‘It’s a Circus’: Trump Unleashes Chaos at Key US Science Agency
Muddled directives and early-morning emails at NOAA, one of the world’s top weather and climate forecasters, have put the agency on edge.
www.bloomberg.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🎁 Gift Link: ‘It’s a Circus’: Trump Unleashes Chaos at Key US Science Agency www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Your 24 seconds of soothing fish and children's voices from the New England Aquarium. You're welcome.
February 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Your 24 seconds of soothing fish and children's voices from the New England Aquarium. You're welcome.
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For those following along at home, moving in secret to kill a funded government agency is not how a democracy works.
It is not until paragraph 19 that rhr article notes that Trumps plan is illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say
A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
For those following along at home, moving in secret to kill a funded government agency is not how a democracy works.
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A reminder that the last time Trump imposed tariffs it caused a slowdown in the US economy…
In May 2019 when Trump threatened tariffs on Mexico, as he is now, policymakers at the Federal Reserve quickly started hearing from businesses. Their takeaway: The threat alone hurt US growth.
Our @bloomberg.com Big Take earlier this week.
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Our @bloomberg.com Big Take earlier this week.
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How Trump’s Tariffs Hit US Growth Before — and Threaten to Again
Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve show just how much policymakers were scrambling to keep growth intact in 2019.
www.bloomberg.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A reminder that the last time Trump imposed tariffs it caused a slowdown in the US economy…
Putting together a giant list of non profit news outlets for my journalism students to follow. @propublica.org @404media.co @19thnews.org @theemancipator.org @techreviewjp.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org @fullerproject.org Who else? Suggestions welcome. #journalism #news
February 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Putting together a giant list of non profit news outlets for my journalism students to follow. @propublica.org @404media.co @19thnews.org @theemancipator.org @techreviewjp.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org @fullerproject.org Who else? Suggestions welcome. #journalism #news
Terrific piece and guide to covering tariffs from The Journalist's Resource, especially for local reporters. journalistsresource.org/economics/tr... #journalism #tariffs
Covering Trump’s proposed tariffs? 4 things you need to know
The Journalist's Resource and Econofact recently hosted a webinar on covering tariffs. Watch the recording and read key takeaways.
journalistsresource.org
February 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Terrific piece and guide to covering tariffs from The Journalist's Resource, especially for local reporters. journalistsresource.org/economics/tr... #journalism #tariffs
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Our latest piece. We include several tips that journalists can use to help researchers preserve federal health data.
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.
journalistsresource.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Our latest piece. We include several tips that journalists can use to help researchers preserve federal health data.
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
Your tax dollars paid for this data. And it's not just the CDC. It's every agency right now.
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.
journalistsresource.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Your tax dollars paid for this data. And it's not just the CDC. It's every agency right now.
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...
journalistsresource.org/home/researc...