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Yvette Cabrera
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2025-2026 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT; Climate & environmental justice reporter; 2024 Ted Talks speaker; NAHJ immediate past president; Uproot Project founding member. https://publicintegrity.org/author/ycabrerapublicintegrity-org/
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usha.bsky.social
The bookshelf in our beautiful seminar room @ksjatmit.bsky.social is filled with books by former fellows. Want to be next? Applications to our fellowship are open and on our website. @annaleen.bsky.social @ferrisjabr.bsky.social @tomzellerjr.com @s-r-m.bsky.social and Melanie Kaplan. Please share.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
Local independent newsrooms do incredible work. Support our nonpartisan newsroom with a contribution today. No matter the size, your gift goes a long way to grow Mississippi’s most inclusive newsroom. Thanks to Newsmatch your donation is MATCHED: givebutter.com/mfpdonate
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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ksjatmit.bsky.social
How should journalists cover U.S. science in a time of crisis? Top reporters on that beat came together in Cambridge for an insightful, thought-provoking panel discussion, moderated by KSJ's @usha.bsky.social .
October 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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jackjenkins.me
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
religionnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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jazmineulloa.bsky.social
“My friend told me to be careful because they are squarely picking up everyone, simply for having a Hispanic face.” Immigrant workers in DC say they find themselves at the center of two crackdowns: one on crime, another on illegal immigration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
Immigration Enforcement Takes Key Role in Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
From clean water to air pollution, local journalism connects people to the issues that shape their lives.

@ycabreraoc.bsky.social and Fredrick Mugira reflect on the importance of local journalism and covering local issues like pollution and public health.

Watch here: youtu.be/Pgol5CuWIeg #scicomm
Local Journalism: Where Change Begins in Our Communities
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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August 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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samjscience.bsky.social
My friend and fellow journalist @alecluhn.bsky.social is missing. If you have any info/sway that could help this situation please send me a message 💛
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 5
Alec Luhn, an American journalist, has been missing for days in Folgefonna National Park in Norway. He was last heard from on Thursday at the start of a solo hike.
Search Underway for Alec Luhn, American Journalist Missing in Norway
A search was underway Tuesday for Alec Luhn, 38, who was last heard from five days ago at the start of a solo hike.
nyti.ms
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
ycabreraoc.bsky.social
👀 @abrahm.bsky.social warns of the dangers of missing bigger picture: The rapid onset of disruptive climate change — driven by burning of oil, gas & coal — is making disasters like TX floods more common/deadly/costly, even as the fed govt runs away from policies/research that might address it.
abrahm.bsky.social Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · Jul 9
Its been 60 years since our leaders knew climate change was approaching. My latest reflections on the tragedy in Texas... fighting off the numbness of these repetitive disasters now coming faster than I can tally them, and trying to keep the big picture in focus.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
www.propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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nationalpress.bsky.social
And congrats to @carlasamonros.bsky.social & @johannahansel.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org and @heyhelina.bsky.social & @jgasspoore.bsky.social for @nyamnews.bsky.social whose projects focus on lithium mining and extreme heat in NYC, respectively. We look forward to promoting your work!
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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nationalpress.bsky.social
Congratulations to @tristanbaurick.bsky.social & @halleparker.bsky.social of @veritenews.org; @bwd.bsky.social of @star-telegram.com; @maxfilby.dispatch.com of @dispatch.com who will tackle lead poisoning, emissions data and radon, respectively ...
July 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ycabreraoc.bsky.social
So thrilled for the Kozik grant winners! It was an honor to serve as a judge this year & to give back in a small way for a grant that meant so much to me because it allowed me to complete my own investigation in 2021. Congratulations to all! 👏🏼🎉🪅
July 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
🌱 Science belongs everywhere, and one of the best places to bring it to life is in your own neighborhood.

Xavier Cortada, Calvin Mackie, @ycabreraoc.bsky.social‬, and Eli Yetter-Bowman discuss how #scicomm engagement starts by listening and meeting communities where they are.

youtu.be/8BciEwKZd6E
🌱 Science belongs everywhere — starting in your own neighborhood
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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July 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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grist.org
What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.

Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.

grist.org/culture/murd...

#Killers #Crime #Murder #PNW #SerialKillers #SerialKiller #Climate
What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.
grist.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:

“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
June 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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anniewaldman.bsky.social
Such an important project tracking a toxic disaster at a sprawling petroleum refinery. Accidents like this often go unscrutinized but this series showed the importance of digging in.

👏👏👏 @oliverlaughland.bsky.social @sarasneath.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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adamrose.bsky.social
Flashpoints when police in LA violated press rights during crowd control:

2000 DNC
2007 May Day Melee
2010 Occupy Movement
2020 BLM
2021 Echo Park
2020 Abortion Rights

2024 they stood by and didn't protect press being horrifically assaulted by Israel-Palestine protesters

2025 ICE Protests
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
Again, this doesn't explain it all. But it's important. Press rights groups, whose members suffer at the hands of ill-trained officers in these situations, have asked LAPD command staff for more training since at least 2021.

As last LAPD chief said, "Culture eats policy for lunch." There's history.
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
In 2020, Los Angeles City Council commissioned the Chaleff Report about BLM protests. Appendix 13 (pg 97) has a history of crowd control training.

LAPD trainers have been calling to add more hours on crowd control for DECADES. Instead, it just gets cut back.

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2003: When the lesson plan was modified to five hours, the use of force section and the media section were removed from the lesson plan. Metropolitan Division instructors voiced concerns about the inadequate time now allotted for the two vastly different subject matters. However, the training proceeded. It was also incorporated into the Supervisory Development School in 2003. The lesson plan did not cover three critical areas: use of force, when the use of the baton is warranted during crowd control situations, and, policy related to the media at crowd management incidents. 2004: Amid rising concern over crime suppression and field deployment needs, much of the "non- required" training was scaled back at the request of Office of Operations. The chief of police supported the reduction of "non-required" training to allow for a strong focus on Consent Decree training compliance and crime suppression. Mobile field force training for in-service officers was not mandated by the Department or State and, therefore, was not a priority and was among the many training courses that were scaled back. 2005: The Office of Operations director halted the Basic Metro Course and scaled back Metropolitan Division’s regularly scheduled monthly training from two days per month to one due to a growing concern over crime suppression. The cut back of training allowed for Metropolitan Division to be deployed in crime suppression details and assist other commands throughout the City. The Chief of Police approved the recommendation to scale back training with the understanding that the subject should be revisited periodically. By 2005, the information regarding the media policy was added back into the lesson plan during the annual update. Few officers or supervisors attended training conducted with this lesson plan. 2006: As the Department continued to struggle with more officers retiring than new hires coming into the Academy, mobile field force training was sidelined altogether. The Metropolitan Division Basic course remained shut down. Miscellaneous Training Information MacArthur Park After Action Report 2007 • To date (July 2007) every sworn employee in the Department had received training on the use of force policy on more than one occasion and had been trained on the techniques and appropriate use of the baton as it pertains to use of force policy. • Traditionally, Metropolitan Division platoons were allowed two training days every four weeks - one firearms and one tactics. Since 2004, Metropolitan Division platoons were generally allowed to conduct one tactics training day and one firearms training day every four weeks, January through May, and only one training day, June through December. On several occasions the training day(s) were cancelled as a result of special assignments and/or pre-planned events. A review of the tactics training day topics generally focused on dignitary protection duties and other tactics not related to crowd control events. 2013-2014: Some crowd management training was conducted through e-learning for line personnel. Incident command system and crowd management training occurred in the command staff quarterly training each year. Additionally, a program was introduced to address concerns over succession planning for command staff called Conversations in 21st Century Policing. These were seminars offered to all command level personnel and lieutenants in which panels discussed topics such as crowd management/facilitations, building community relationships, etc. This program appears to have been discontinued in 2015 without any documentation as to why. 2015-2016: Training Bureau planned a Department-wide rollout of mobile field force/crowd management training. However, when this plan discussed with executive staff the training was tabled per the Office of Operations assistant chief and the Chief of Police to address deployment needs and the rising concern over issues surrounding use of force, de-escalation, and crime trends. 2017-2018: Training Bureau again raised the issue of conducting Department-wide mobile field force/crowd control training with executive staff. At that time, a decision was made to take the eight-hour and 10-hour courses approved by the State and the Department and condense it into a four- hour block to accommodate other training needs. Over 9,200 personnel were trained. 2019-2020: Training Bureau again raised the issue of conducting Department-wide mobile field force/crowd control training with executive staff with no decision to plan for a Department-wide rollout in 2019. In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic had engulfed the deployment needs of the Department and created restrictions on training. Therefore, most training was tabled.
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
The are multiple and nuanced reasons why police have been out of control during ICE protests in Los Angeles.

Here's a simple one.

In California, police are required to have less training than dental assistants, cosmetologists, barbers, acupuncturists.

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Minimum Hours of Basic Training or Field Experience Required For License (Or Equivalent) In California 6000 Private Investigator 4000 Repossession Manager 3300 General Appraiser 3000 Acupuncturist 3000 Marriage Therapist 2960 Court Reporter 2240 Addiction Counselor 1000 Cosmetologist or Barber* 800 Dental Assistant 664 Police Officer (LAPD Academy does 912 hours) * Until 2022, cosmetologist was 1,600 hrs, barber 1,500 hrs Data as of 06/10/25 compiled by Adam Rose for Los Angeles Press Club
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
Thanks for all responses. I've been in touch with CNN and we'll follow up more tomorrow. As many heard on air, reporter was let go but CNN security guards were arrested. Security is "duly authorized representative" of news media and exempt from arrest, so also addressing with LAPD + Mayor's office.
adamrose.bsky.social Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · Jun 10
Can a producer for @lauracoates.com @cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social get in touch with me ASAP? Your guests are factually wrong on the law in California and this is dangerous. Press exempt from arrest per CA Penal Code 409.7. I negotiated language of the law. You need to correct this ASAP.
June 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
28 press rights orgs joined a letter to DHS Secretary Noem, calling out acts against press during this weekend's protests in Los Angeles.

I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy.

More soon.
Coalition Condemns Harm to Journalists Covering Protests Against ICE Raids in Los Angeles
firstamendmentcoalition.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
"Everything points to an effort to effectively destroy U.S. science — not gradually as part of a long-term plan, but over the next year or two." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/nobody-exp...
Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition
But it’s here, and will destroy American science
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June 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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adamrose.bsky.social
This is important meta analysis. We’re experiencing a national news story with Constitutional crisis implications, but most of LA wouldn’t know it without press.

The population of Los Angeles County is larger than 42 states. This place is ginormous.
chadloder.bsky.social Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Jun 9
Another thing to mention for people who don't live in LA.

Most of LA is very chill and peaceful right now. There's a huge Pride fest going on, countless farmer's markets, tourists walking around, families at the parks, people walking their dogs.

It's a big place.
June 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime.

This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
June 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM