Journalist and Producer. Previously Scripps Fellow @ CU Boulder, @FullFrontalSamB, JOC Fellow @IRE_NICAR, @Fulbright-@NatGeo, @sundanceorg/@bbc grantee
New York, USA
Joined September 2013
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Colorado is losing out on millions in FEMA funding, as the agency ties immigration enforcement to federal dollars cpr.org/2025/12/19/colorado-… via @ithakore #copolitics
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Trump administration cancels millions in agriculture funding for Western states, including Colorado ranchers and farmers cpr.org/2025/07/10/trump-can… via @ithakore #copolitics
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“They’ve been hinting at this for quite a while,” Di Liberto said. “You see what’s happened in other agencies to science and scientists, where they are basically just trying to get rid of everybody.” cpr.org/2025/02/27/federal-c… via @samuelbrasch & @ithakore #copolitics
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In Colorado, climate-related projects are feeling the freeze on federal funding npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-529… via @ithakore #copolitics
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Trump orders fuel new uncertainty around Colorado climate and infrastructure projects. Here’s what we know cpr.org/2025/01/28/trump-ord… via @ithakore, @samuelbrasch & @nbminor #copolitics
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Utilities have to disclose some itemized political spending in other states. Those same utilities are pushing regulators to keep that kind of info secret in Colorado. Legislators say that undermines a new transparency law they wrote, @ithakore reports 👇 cpr.org/2024/09/17/xcel-ener…
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“The agency’s investigative branch currently has only 14 staff attorneys, down from a high of 49 roughly six years ago”
NYC’s gutted human rights commission is prematurely closing cases without adequate investigations
@ithakore for @Gothamist gothamist.com/news/plagued-b…
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Before the PACT Act, Kerry Baker noticed that fact sheets weren’t being sent to examiners, and toxic exposure claims were still being consistently denied, @ithakore reports. “A lot of people were going without the help they needed,” Baker says. ow.ly/C4Fo50OpaO4
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A lot of people, especially on days like yesterday’s SCOTUS rulings, ask me about hope.
Now is the time to stick together. Some thoughts from last night’s Q&A:
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Landlords who illegally lock out tenants and cut off utilities in NYC basically just get away with it, with tenants pleading with the NYPD for help. Really eye-opening reporting from @ithakore thecity.nyc/housing/2022/2/1…
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"For housing advocates, the scant number of arrests confirms what they’ve long observed — that the police do not treat unlawful eviction as a crime, preferring to let tenants and landlords duke it out in Housing Court."
By @ithakore. Via @THECITYNY
thecity.nyc/housing/2022/2/1…
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“Even if they said it wasn’t criminal, I was still believing there was something that they could do. Because I was in the cold, and I was in the dark.”
NYC Landlords Almost Never Get Arrested for Illegal DIY Evictions thecity.nyc/housing/2022/2/1… via @THECITYNY
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In New York, thousands of tenants have filed cases claiming their landlords illegally locked them out to defy the eviction moratorium
Just a handful have been charged for the crime.
An incredible investigation from
@ithakore, @THECITYNY
“Even if they said it wasn’t criminal, I was still believing there was something that they could do. Because I was in the cold, and I was in the dark.”
NYC Landlords Almost Never Get Arrested for Illegal DIY Evictions thecity.nyc/housing/2022/2/1… via @THECITYNY
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Even when a wealth of evidence points to the crime of illegal eviction and tenants plead with the NYPD to act, landlords aren't getting arrested. Devastating digging here from @ithakore, via @IRE_NICAR Journalist of Color Fellowship. thecity.nyc/housing/2022/2/1…
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"For tenants, calls to the police for an unlawful eviction can lead nowhere — even when other government agencies confirm landlords acted illegally."
Important investigation by @ithakore thecity.nyc/housing/2022/2/1…
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The gas industry is paying Instagram influencers to promote gas stoves. Yes, you read that right! So @AllanaHarkin becomes an induction stove influencer to draw attention to the harmful effects of cooking with natural gas. Featuring @bradytoday and @heidiismighty!
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Big thanks to @FullFrontalSamB for highlighting our fight for prison phone justice in Connecticut and against prison profiteer Tom Gores!
@iamsambee, @ambermilan_, and @ithakore were so incredibly thoughtful in producing this piece. We're so grateful.
If you hate the Detroit Pistons or the insane cost incarcerated individuals must pay to make a phone call, have we got the piece for you! Sam sat down with @BiancaTylek of @WorthRises to learn how Tom Gores and the prison industry are making a fortune off of others’ misfortune.
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So, today was the first day that @AAJA's website crashed in 9 years (when we issued media guidance on the ESPN/Jeremy Lin headline). Really grateful for the journalists determined to get news coverage right, and for those who turned to AAJA for our expertise.
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🎉Congratulations to IRE’s four 2021 JOC Fellowship recipients! @Rowaida_Abdel, @ballesteros_312, @tjonesreporter and @ithakore will work on investigative projects in 2021. Read more about their projects here: ire.org/four-journalists-rec…
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There are folks running around on TV blaming progressivism for Dem underperformance.
I was curious, so I decided to open the hood on struggling campaigns of candidates who are blaming progressives for their problems.
Almost all had awful execution on digital. DURING A PANDEMIC.