Lucy Block
lucyblock.bsky.social
Lucy Block
@lucyblock.bsky.social
Geography enthusiast in Queens, data communications @cplusc.bsky.social
Already on it! Efcharisto
September 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Lessons:
• Journos can get great access to exclusive data, experts, and impacted communities
• Orgs need to be flexible about timing their research for press cycles
• *Trusting working relationships* between journos and civic sector organizations are key to great collaborative data stories
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I'll also talk about work by @pmbigger.bsky.social and Lorah Steichen @cplusc.bsky.social to estimate GHG emissions from Trump increasing Pentagon funding from $860M to $1T, covered by the Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I'll talk about this story I worked on with @stefanoschen.bsky.social in 2021 while working at ANHD that showed the close relationship between covid deaths, eviction filings, and POC neighborhoods. www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/r... Super proud of that collab & grateful to Stefanos.
New York Renters in Covid Hot Spots Are Four Times More Likely to Face Eviction (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM