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Theo Scheer

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he/him/his. reporter. MS student @columbiajourn. @chronicle @thesnews @therapidian, capital news service, @HOMTV. [email protected]

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Joined January 2023
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This New School professor puts tensions that are typically suppressed or sidestepped in the classroom on full display for art's sake. He says his college isn’t happy. Read my my last story for the @chronicle here: chronicle.com/article/confli…
In This Experimental Classroom, a Professor Demands Brutal Honesty

In This Experimental Classroom, a Professor Demands Brutal Honesty

Caveh Zahedi asks students to film their most uncomfortable moments. Is it art, pedagogy, or something else?

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Wow! Yesterday, our midterms team @columbiajourn had reporters in all corners of the city writing dispatches on Substack, filming content for social media and interviewing voters live during our late-night broadcast.
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We published 43 stories on Substack. Isn't that incredible? And speaking of this "blue wave"... all I know is that I sure was "blue" when I had to "wave" these incredible journalists goodbye after our coverage ended last night. What a fun experience!
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Cait Conley, shortly before midnight, declared victory. She gave a 10-minute speech in front of her Pleasantville supporters, to rowdy chants of “Cait! Cait! Cait!” “I hope your hearts are filled with pride, and what we built here has started a movement,” she said.
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BREAKING: New York Rep. Mike Lawler has conceded to Cait Conley in this heated NY-17 race, as he spoke to supporters at his watch party. Conley is expected to speak shortly, and her supporters are ready for it. What a night for Democrats. @columbiajourn
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Alright, one more. And it's a doozy. "New York Polls Are Closed. Prediction Markets Are Open." cjspolitics.substack.com/p/n…
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More coverage from our team at @columbiajourn: "Russian-Speakers in Brighton Beach Ask Why Their Language Isn’t on the Ballot" cjspolitics.substack.com/p/r…
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More coverage from our team at @columbiajourn: "Russian-Speakers in Brighton Beach Ask Why Their Language Isn’t on the Ballot" cjspolitics.substack.com/p/r…
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And another one about how no one knows what the Comptroller does, from MSU's own @SatvikStateNews cjspolitics.substack.com/p/a…
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And another one about how no one knows what the Comptroller does, from MSU's own @SatvikStateNews cjspolitics.substack.com/p/a…
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Wow, another one from our team. We're even in Westchester County asking about the ballot issues. cjspolitics.substack.com/p/i…
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Wow, another one from our team. We're even in Westchester County asking about the ballot issues. cjspolitics.substack.com/p/i…
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First story is out and it's incredible. Meet the first voters in line on Election Day: cjspolitics.substack.com/p/n…
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First story is out and it's incredible. Meet the first voters in line on Election Day: cjspolitics.substack.com/p/n…
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I'm helping edit @columbiajourn's coverage of the NY midterms tomorrow. It's going to be insane. We'll have reporters everywhere. You really won't want to miss it. Tune throughout the day here: cjspolitics.substack.com/
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I'm helping edit @columbiajourn's coverage of the NY midterms tomorrow. It's going to be insane. We'll have reporters everywhere. You really won't want to miss it. Tune throughout the day here: cjspolitics.substack.com/
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Earlier today, City Hall voted to ban horse carriages in Central Park by 2028. What will happen to all the drivers? @heatherweixi and I spoke to them in the days leading up to the vote. Read about it in Labor New York.
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A great read from @etkeld about an accreditor hopeful I wrote about as an intern, which has now reconsidered its "anti-woke" approach and dropped its former for-profit accreditor exec co-founder. My story from July 2025: chronicle.com/article/he-hel…
He Helped Lead a Disgraced College Accreditor. Under Trump, He Might Have Another Shot.

He Helped Lead a Disgraced College Accreditor. Under Trump, He Might Have Another Shot.

A new accreditation venture seeks to measure the “formation of the human person.” The involvement of Anthony Bieda, a longtime executive at ACICS, is raising eyebrows.

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New Accreditor Changes Its Tune as It Seeks to Be a Niche for Private Colleges

New Accreditor Changes Its Tune as It Seeks to Be a Niche for Private Colleges

A former leader of the National Association for Academic Excellence described it as an “anti-woke” group. Now, with five initial members, it’s focused on streamlining bureaucracy.

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For months, top advisers to @GregAbbott_TX and @KenPaxtonTX have coordinated a secretive government campaign against a Plano mosque. It has amounted to a multiagency siege, orchestrated at the highest levels of Texas government, targeting a North Texas Muslim community. 1/3
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 12,1944
P1- NANCY IS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW NANCY: IT'S COLD TODAY- - I THINK ILL WEAR MY NEW SKI-SUIT P2-NANCY IS HAPPILY WALKING DOWNTOWN IN HER NEW SKI- SUIT P3-NANCY IS APPROACHED BY A LADY ON THE STREET LADY: IS THIS THE WAY TO THE POST OFFICE, LITTLE BOY? P4- UPSET THAT THE LADY THOUGHT SHE WAS A BOY , NANCY PUTS A BOW ON HER HEAD, ADDS A SKIRT OVER HER SKI-SUIT AND IS CARRYING ONE OF HER DOLLS AS SHE GOES BACK OUTSIDE FOR A WALK

ALT P1- NANCY IS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW NANCY: IT'S COLD TODAY- - I THINK ILL WEAR MY NEW SKI-SUIT P2-NANCY IS HAPPILY WALKING DOWNTOWN IN HER NEW SKI- SUIT P3-NANCY IS APPROACHED BY A LADY ON THE STREET LADY: IS THIS THE WAY TO THE POST OFFICE, LITTLE BOY? P4- UPSET THAT THE LADY THOUGHT SHE WAS A BOY , NANCY PUTS A BOW ON HER HEAD, ADDS A SKIRT OVER HER SKI-SUIT AND IS CARRYING ONE OF HER DOLLS AS SHE GOES BACK OUTSIDE FOR A WALK

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Live comedy might seem like the final frontier in the feared robot takeover. Is it? For Labor New York, I wrote about a Human vs Robot comedy battle. Link below.
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Okay so Rambutan still hasn’t learned to blink
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I’ll be the hit of the party
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