Wanted to share one of the most important, hardest stories I’ve ever written.

I appreciate the students who trusted me to convey their experiences of April 30-May 2. Please give it a read.

dailybruin.com/2024/05/07/i-t…

OPINION from LCRW: Our reporters alissa azar & acatwithnews were arrested while covering ongoing anti-genocide protests. I have some things to say about how little regard college admins, cops & most media has for the ongoing attack on the first amendment. leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/opini…

An LA County Sheriffs deputy assigned to a task force focused on keeping the jails drug free ... has been arrested for allegedly smuggling heroin into an L.A. County jail, sources say. Latest from me & Keri Blakinger latimes.com/california/sto…

“I think we are the kindest and gentlest and the most loving police department on the globe,” Mayor Eric Adams says

interestingly, today marks the first time in more than a decade that tech journalism has been awarded a pulitzer

'Thousands of Israelis...have joined rallies calling for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to the terms of a ceasefire deal that Hamas accepted on Monday,' but he wants to keep fighting to save his political skin (and avoid prison).
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A reporter I trust:
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'In her own email to campus officials, Susan E. Seager, who directs the Press Freedom Project at UC Irvine School of Law and represents independent journalists in court, called Beckner-Carmitchel’s detention illegal.' acatwithnews: latimes.com/california/sto…

For more information on the journalists arrested yesterday latimes.com/california/sto…

The Daily Bruin Stonewall has now been updated to reflect four instances over the past week in which the Daily Bruin's coverage was impeded by officials and law enforcement. Read about each instance in detail online: dailybruin.com/stonewall

05/03/2024: UCLA Media Relations did not provide interview availability with high-ranking administration regarding questions about the handling of counter-protester violence and the police sweep of the Palestine solidarity encampment.

05/02/2024: CHP officers threatened to arrest three Daily Bruin photographers.

UCPD Patrol Division Lieutenant Richard Davis said 43 individuals, including students, were arrested in Parking Structure 2 under charges of conspiracy to commit burglary.

Unsurprising and extremely deserved.

BREAKING: Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting buff.ly/3wov0Ty

Knock LA Ground Game LA Both acatwithnews and Film The Police LA have been arrested for conspiracy to commit burglary.

These are journalists who were reporting.

For some reason, Sean is being transported separately from the other 40+ people arrested. We currently do not know where he is being taken.

Knock LA Ground Game LA acatwithnews Film The Police LA LAPD, LASD and UCPD are refusing to tell Knock LA admin where they have taken our reporter acatwithnews.

Congratulations to Lookout Santa Cruz on this well-deserved honor -- and to my colleagues at the Los Angeles Times, honored as finalists for coverage of the mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park. latimes.com/projects/monte…