I'm sick of opening this app to see another batch of journalists losing their jobs. You're not trimming fat. Your cutting into muscle & bone. We need more people in this industry.

Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens playing for her grandson.

🚨 30 CALLS TO PITCH 🚨 links, rates, and info in thread 🧵 pls retweet for all the freelance journos out there!

Ten publications looking for pitches from freelancers this week👇 💰All payment rates included! Why not RT and help a freelancer out?

Back with my little announcement about my little book that could with the most gorgeous cover in the world 🥹 I’ve been working on copy edits and I’m just so grateful for all the folks at Watkins Publishing and their attention to detail. helennde.com/projects/watki…

New interview on the blog! Valerie Bolling interviews Tonya Duncan Ellis about her debut picture book THEY BUILT FOR ME FREEDOM. ➡️ kidlitincolor.com/blog/tonya-dun…

#journorequest Expert quotes needed from a child psychologist or a licensed counselor for children or a school counselor about benefits of assigning chores. email me at: [email protected] (put chore charts in the subject line please)

We didn’t. Employers got scared they were losing control. Commercial real estate was buckling. The economy around commuting was crumbling and they were losing too much money.

Gun violence is a policy choice. Homelessness is a policy choice. Food insecurity is a policy choice. Pollution is a policy choice. Defunding education is a policy choice. Lack of access to healthcare is a policy choice. It’s all policy. Meaning it can all change.

While Jenée has another super cute baby, I’ll be answering your questions as Dear Prudence over at Slate! You can read my first week of advice here: slate.com/advice/2024/09…

Friends: We've updated the pitching guidelines for @AtlasObscura and Gastro Obscura, and built out extensive notes on what's worked for us, what we're interested in, and more to set freelancers up for success. It's all here: docs.google.com/document/d/148….

.The Cut is always looking for essays & columns on current events or cultural issues, or in-depth feature reporting. $500 min for 1,000-1,500 word essays/columns, $600 min for 1,5000-2,000 word features. thecut.com/article/how-to…?

Just a reminder that our Congolese sibs have called for folks to not purchase the new iPhone. If you need a new phone, try refurbished. Great option & an easy move to make in efforts to stop the ongoing genocide and violent extraction occurring in Congo.

I have an investigation coming out tomorrow over a year in the making, related to the climate impacts of AI and a tech company's hypocrisy. Stay tuned 🙏

I love Sesi magazine, but I know, just like a lot of magazines, were/are struggling to stay afloat during these times. Magazines were my thang! I’d love to see a resurgence in print mags (we are tired of this blue light!!! Smh 😩)

I'm so grateful my great-grandmother #IdaBWells wrote her autobiography (edited & got published by my grandmother Alfreda Duster). She knew, and I'm seeing real time how individuals, organizations, and this country WILL erase Black women. We need to tell our own stories!

Today is #PrePitBlk! From 8am-5pm EST, you can submit up to three pitches in the form below and one of our volunteers will submit feedback to you within a couple days to get ready for #PitBlk on the 21st! #PrePitblk Practice Form: forms.gle/9jtXqW2PVF3kan…

Kristin Mejia founded Nashville-based Homeland Heart Birth & Wellness Collective to improve birth outcomes for people of color. Today we’re speaking with Kristin about her personal parenthood journey, doulas and her dedication to supporting her community. Tune in on 90.3 @wpln.

Happy Book Birthday Alliah L. BIG TUNE OUT NOW! Agostini and Olivia de Castro!! GREAT IDEA MALIAl is in stores today: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752560/g…

EIC ✨Exodus Oktavia Brownlow✨ has been nominated for MVSU’s cohort of 40 under 40! And is attempting to raise $1000+ for scholarships etc! Please consider donating to her cause! And sharing her cause! Every little bit helps! 😊💚✨ fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/24MVSYA/Exo…?