Jessica Contrera
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kid from Akron, collector of mugs & reporter of stories @washingtonpost
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03-03-2011 16:52:04
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Powerful front page wrap of the @wsj today. #IStandWithEvan who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for one year.
10 years ago today, I was working a weekend shift The Seattle Times when word came in of a landslide near a small town named Oso.
It turned out to be the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.
It also became an exhibit for why local journalism matters in a time of crisis.
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An infuriating story, the first in a series examining the staggering number of child sex crimes perpetrated by members of a profession that many kids are taught to revere: law enforcement.
Groundbreaking work from Jessica Contrera, Jenn Abelson & John D. Harden:
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/inter…
'Could I have done something different?'
Thank you, Ellie Silverman for remembering Relisha and all the ways she was failed.
wapo.st/3wLU2f3
People in Myanmar are writing furiously about what’s happening in the country — and with good reason.
The war is changing dramatically. Those at the forefront: Ethnic rebels who’ve spent generations waiting for this moment.
On the front page of The Washington Post today: