@IndustryDive data + visuals director. @DiverseSources web dev. McClatchy, WaPo alum. Fan of art, science, dogs, cats, karaoke. @greglinch.bsky.social
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My background is in news + web dev + data journalism. I'm happy to talk about those areas, career changes, professional development, learning to code, starting grassroots D&I initiatives, organizing meetups and events, project mgmt, etc
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Sadly I am one of the many who found out their position was eliminated today. It has been an absolute honor to work with such a hardworking group of people.
I have a lot to figure out. But if anyone is hiring, especially in the NYC area, please reach out.
NEW: Axios is laying off 50 people across the company. CEO @JimVandeHei just sent out this note — which says the layoffs are because of “changes in the media business”
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guess it's my last week @axios , still a bit shocked and sad that half our team was laid off, but grateful to have learned so much from my kind, brilliant @AxiosVisuals coworkers // one last chart roundup of some faves from the past two years✨
ALT Collage of eight data visualizations produced with adobe illustrator, svelte, rawgraphs, and datawrapper. The visuals include a streamgraph, a cartogram, a small multiple beeswarm, a word cloud, a circle packing, a proportional area chart shaped like a room layout, a choropleth map and a dumbbell chart with a trendline.
NEW: Axios is laying off 50 people across the company. CEO @JimVandeHei just sent out this note — which says the layoffs are because of “changes in the media business”
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As journalists it often feels like we’re not allowed to have feelings and we have to put our work before ourselves. We forget we’re human beings and ourselves first. This needs to change. Let’s talk how at 11:30 am in Habor B. #NICAR24
Good morning, #NICAR24! @kboorath, @JasmineHanYe and I will be leading a commons session at 11:30 a.m. in Harborside B: “Taking care: Navigating our mental health as journalists.” This will be an off-the-record, roundtable-style discussion. Details here schedules.ire.org/nicar-2024…
Good morning, #NICAR24! @kboorath, @JasmineHanYe and I will be leading a commons session at 11:30 a.m. in Harborside B: “Taking care: Navigating our mental health as journalists.” This will be an off-the-record, roundtable-style discussion. Details here schedules.ire.org/nicar-2024…
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As investigative journalists, we often deal with some dark data and research. How can we cope?
At #NICAR24, we’ll host “Taking care: Navigating our mental health as journalists” with @JasmineHanYe, @greglinch & @kboorath.
Join us in Baltimore ⬇️ ire.org/training/conferences…
This obit captures @howardweaver so well. He was always thoughtful and encouraging — whether chatting on Twitter back in the early days of the platform, as a Publish2 board member, at journalism conferences or as part of the @snarkmarket seminar 💔 adn.com/alaska-news/2023/12/…
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This transition — in a reporter's obituary for his longtime editor — brought tears to my eyes
![Screenshot of text: "But Weaver was also an agile writer able to provide his reporters with sage story-editing advice, including how to write about difficult emotions by keeping your prose cool, or what to do when a narrative starts to wobble and lose momentum. Cut to the chronology, he would say. [section break] Howard Cecil Weaver was born Oct. 15, 1950, in the old Providence hospital in Anchorage. His parents, Howard and" [text cuts off]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBbIzFuaoAEUgDI.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Screenshot of text: "But Weaver was also an agile writer able to provide his reporters with sage story-editing advice, including how to write about difficult emotions by keeping your prose cool, or what to do when a narrative starts to wobble and lose momentum. Cut to the chronology, he would say. [section break] Howard Cecil Weaver was born Oct. 15, 1950, in the old Providence hospital in Anchorage. His parents, Howard and" [text cuts off]
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At the film’s premiere, Osage language consultant Christopher Cote shares his complicated feelings about #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon
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RIP Phil Meyer ❤️🙏🏾
IRE @ire_nicar legend Meyer dies at 93 ire.org/ire-legend-meyer-die…
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Attention newsrooms; Words matter. “Racially motivated” can mean a lot of things — or nothing. The Jacksonville shooting was a *racist* attack.
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IRE's Board of Directors elected new officers today:
▪️ @brianmrosenthal, President
▪️ @hinklej, Vice President
▪️ @greenblattmark, Treasurer
▪️ @darlacameron, Secretary
▪️ @lamthuyvo, At-large Officer
▪️ @bymarkwalker, Chairman of the Board
ire.org/ire-board-elects-off…
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“When you feel like you can’t actually provide the care that you want to provide — it’s hard to practice in a state like that.” 19thnews.org/2023/06/obgyns-…
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As we celebrate #Juneteenth, let us keep in mind that African Americans during the Civil War distinguished between *abolishing slavery* and *freeing people.* Many formerly enslaved people did not feel *free* in 1865 and thereafter, and they clearly articulated why. A thread 1/
"Development: Arrested" would be my newspaper headline.
(@matthewsbunch said I needed to share this with the world.)
NEW: Jay Johnston — of Mr. Show, Arrested Development, The Sarah Silverman Show, Bob's Burger's, and Anchorman fame — has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. nbcnews.com/politics/justice…
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Congrats @MonaChalabi for Pulitzer-winning visual exploration of Jeff Bezos's extreme wealth!
pulitzer.org/winners/mona-ch…
nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
A fantastic photo and even more fantastic news! Congrats, @newsbysamuels @ToluseO!! 👏👏👏
That moment when you look up in the newsroom and see your name and your book won the Pulitzer ❤️ bravo @ToluseO & @newsbysamuels ❤️⭐️🗞️
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@SusanBenesch has been studying speech that sparks genocide - and found that the key feature is that it persuades “people to perceive other members of a group as a terrible threat. That makes violence seem acceptable, necessary or even virtuous.” /3
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Hi. Hello. It me.
Please welcome P. Kim Bui, the senior director of product and audience innovation at The Arizona Republic. Welcome to the fellowship, @kimbui! #jsk24 @azcentral @degarciaknight @pamaples @AlbertoBMendoza
