I was working The New York Times on The Daily in May 2021 when Israel began another deadly bombing of Gaza While recording the show, I pushed back, called out the wishy washy pro-Israeli slant. In response, an editor outright said “you shouldn’t work on this bc you’re Palestinian” 🧵

"I learned one major lesson after having spent much of the last decade researching and working in refugee camps in Jordan: a camp is an easy response to mass displacement, but never a solution." Read this Op-Ed by Melissa Gatter southsideweekly.com/op-ed-a-camp-i…

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THREAD / i recently made the difficult decision to withdraw a poem from future publication in POETRY Magazine called ‘One Day I’ll Run for POTUS,’ says the Young Poet. it was difficult bc i’ve been navigating a layoff for several months & this one pub would have earned me ~$600.

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As part of their two-year investigation, City Bureau and Invisible Institute spoke with dozens of Black Chicagoans in an effort to understand what it means to have a friend, sister, or daughter go missing. Here are three of those stories. thetriibe.com/2023/11/famili…

Congratulations to ‘You Didn't See Nothin,’ winner for Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series at the 39th IDA Documentary Awards. #idaDocAwards @yohancelacour

SUCH an honor to have won an IDA award with the Invisible Institute audio team and USG!

We’re happy to share that the @idaorg selected You Didn’t See Nothin as the best multi-part audio or documentary series of the year! Stream all episodes of You Didn’t See Nothin at the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

BREAKING: The City Council has rejected a ruling to allow police officers facing firing or a suspension of more than a year to have their cases heard behind closed doors by an arbitrator, 33–17. | South Side Weekly southsideweekly.com/chicago-city-c…

Josie Long manifesting the baby sleeping through Short Cuts #12DocsofChristmas Liberated imagination, narrative nuance and ethical challenge - of subject and listener - this could only come from an independent source Invisible Institute & a great team Yohance Lacour Bill Healy Erisa Apantaku Sarah Geis Dana Brozost-Kelleher Alison Flowers invisible.institute/ydsnpodcast

It’s simple. Voting YES on March 19 will help thousands of homeless Chicagoans get out of the cold and into a home. Voting YES means: ✅ EXPANDING affordable housing. ✅ CUTTING taxes for 93% of homebuyers. ✅ The rich pay their FAIR share. Vote YES to #BringChicagoHome!

Crucial Read: "It’s not that these people don’t know that an industrial-scale killing machine whirs just beyond their garden wall. They have simply learned to lead contented lives with ambient genocide." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our podcast YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHIN from Invisible Institute is in 5th place (?!?!) in #Webbys People’s Voice! PLEASE RT + VOTE: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/… Yohance Lacour Sarah Geis Bill Healy Dana Brozost-Kelleher Josh Bloch

just bought! and psyched for this event at Women and Children First eventbrite.com/e/in-person-ev…

Do not miss this epic manifesto from Invisible Institute on making the smart, cinematic stunner, "You Didn't See Nothin." 🧠 +❤️ +💪 + 👂transom.org/2024/yohancifi… Universal Content Productions Yohance Lacour Sarah Geis Bill Healy Erisa Apantaku Dana Brozost-Kelleher

chicago again! some of the best damn audio storytelling i've ever listened to, what a well-deserved honor. congrats to the whole team Yohance Lacour Erisa Apantaku Bill Healy Sarah Geis

tru_trill Sarah Conway City Bureau You Didn't See Nothin revists the 1997 hate crime against Lenard Clark. YDSN team is: Yohance Lacour, Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis, Alison Flowers, Steven B Jackson, Phil Dmochowski, Taka Yasuzawa, Alex Sugiura, Jamie Kalven, & Josh Bloch for USG Audio.

Invisible Institute So proud of our team Yohance Lacour Bill Healy Erisa Apantaku danawhite Alison Flowers Steven B Jackson Phil Dmochowski, Alex J Sugiura, takstarbury Josh Bloch Universal Content Productions

Congrats 🎉 to Yohance Lacour (New Voices’ 22), Bill Healy, Erisa Apantaku + Sarah Geis + Invisible Institute for their The Pulitzer Prizes in Audio Reporting. Watch them talk about the making of the investigative memoir “You Didn’t See Nothin” on SoundPath. Watch now: ow.ly/gKCk50RzCz5