This year-long collaboration of The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times is a must-read investigation of the opioid epidemic that has claimed 6000 lives in Baltimore in last 6 yrs. Amazing work by Alissa Zhu Nick Thieme and Jessica Gallagher. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…

Thank you to The Atlantic for publishing my op-ed on why these AI licensing deals represent a fatal error for publishers. Once a week someone in publishing tells me “this time will be different.” I don’t see it and here is why: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

NEW: The Texas GOP is in bad, bad shape, with vicious infighting, decimated staffing, depleted funds – while more reliant than ever on far-right megadonor Tim Dunn. Those concerns are central to the race to replace Chair Matt Rinaldi this week. #txlege
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Building trust with audiences, especially those historically underserved, requires more than just publication — it demands a commitment to community. Nieman Lab wrote about the in-person story distribution Wendy Selene Pérez & I did for a recent investigation: niemanlab.org/2024/05/postca…

The Los Angeles Times is looking for an editor of investigations to lead our award-winning I-team, a prized position that doesn't come around often. The pay: $150k-$180k. This position is based in L.A.

Apply here: nantmedia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATimesC…

Texas' GOP old guard — Karl Rove, Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Joe Straus and others — rally to save Speaker Dade Phelan.

Phelan is in many ways the last resistance to far-right influences taking hold of the #txlege .

Jasper Scherer Zach Despart
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Among the exhibitors at this year’s Texas GOP convention:

-The Epoch Times
-The John Birch Society
-David Barton’s WallBuilders
-The Texas secessionist movement

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s primary has become a last stand for the state’s biz-minded GOP old guard — TLR, ART, Harlan Crow, Karl Rove — who want to avoid becoming outcasts in the party they helped build decades ago.

Story w/Zach Despart: texastribune.org/2024/05/21/dad… #txlege

I've never met a reporter who believed so deeply that investigative journalism could--and should--change the world. Reporters, he wrote, 'are the moral conscience of the wider culture.'

His death is a tremendous loss. Please consider helping his family. gofundme.com/f/support-for-…

Q: “Are you saying that all the millions of people who are registered to vote right this minute in the state of Texas are gonna have to re-register to vote in order to get registered?”

A: “You have to re-register every year.” #txlege

This morning, the Texas Medical Board is hearing from stakeholders about the agency’s proposed guidance to interpret the state’s abortion laws.

Some doctors and lawyers say the guidance doesn’t clarify the law - and in fact adds more burdens texastribune.org/2024/04/25/tex…

The Texas Tribune and ProPublica want to hear about how heated elections affect the people learning, teaching and living in districts across Texas. bit.ly/3UEg245

A thread: Our Houston Chronicle journalists are working nonstop to bring you the country's best coverage of the #Houstonstorm and recovery. We're back at it today as 486k people in #houston still have no power and temps start to climb:

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What does a fire at a detention center in Mexico tell us about the U.S. immigration system?

Join us and Texas Tribune to discuss how landmark policy shifts under Biden and Trump precipitated the fire and how immigration is shaping the election.

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Given the amount of people still without power and how difficult it can be to get the help in Spanish the Houston Landing has translate some our storm coverage. Here is a page of where to find help in Spanish. Please share with those that may need it. houstonlanding.org/como-encontrar…

Millennials could afford homes if they just stopped having friends.

NEW in Chron

Why Austin's upstart Christian politician angers Texas' right-wing

Rep James Talarico, a 35-year-old Presbyterian Democrat in #Texas , believes “you can’t call yourself a #Christian ” if you deny healthcare, food stamps and reject migrants.
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Three years ago today, I posted that I was writing a narrative history of Chinese exclusion in America. I turned in the manuscript 2 weeks ago. It's scheduled for publication in the spring of 2025. Many early mornings, late nights, weekends, and vacations later...

coming next spring

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that Jacksonville — a city still reeling from the loss of all three of its Red Lobster locations – has usurped Austin's 10th-place fiefdom on the list of most populated cities.
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