Neighbors described the man killed by an ICE agent in Maine as a hardworking father who was trying to build a stable life for his family as a food delivery driver.

1/n: The first newspaper that hired me was the Biddeford Journal-Tribune and, for the 11 months I worked there, that city was mine. It was late August 2001 when I moved in to a truly dodgy apartment a few blocks away the intersection where, this morning, ICE agents shot a man to death.

My @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social colleague Matt Garcia provided the tip that led the NYT to investigate Cesar Chavez www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...

A good bit of the conversation around AI in education assumes students who are self-regulated and self-determined. Lots of students need structure and good prompting.

Happy Arrest of the Andrew formerly known as Prince Randy to all who celebrate. And as always, thank you feminism.

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Excited moderate this conversation with two authors who know how to turn archival research into terrific books. Caleb Gayle and Carla Kaplan will share what it takes to bring historical stories to life. 📚 cssh.northeastern.edu/wgss/february-19-2026-barrs-commitee-conversation-series-works-in/

Because small acts of resistance matter, I'm joining some of my current and former colleagues in publicly condemning the arrest of two independent journalists. You can read more in the op-ed published today by the The Huntington News, Northeastern's campus newspaper. huntnewsnu.com/91095/editor...

This is good comedy and a good reminder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUsW...

This devastating video analysis of the execution of Alex Pretti makes it clear: a CPB coward shot an unarmed man in the back. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Powerful commentary from the National Catholic Reporter. www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Election day in Boston! @thescopenu.bsky.social has your city election guide for any last minute logistics: thescopeboston.org/boston-elect... And city council candidate Q&As: thescopeboston.org/10138/boston...

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The Zotero update supports in-app EPUB reading. I repeat, the Zotero update supports in-app EPUB reading!!! Has anyone tried this yet?

1.) WTH!?! 2.) What brand were the chips?

The mystery. The sophomoric humor. The shade thrown on Brookline at the end. This story has everything! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...

Huge thanks to @aejmc.bsky.social's leadership team and staff for guiding us all through rough times!

En route to #AEJMC25 with Big Feelings about the many threats to journalism, education, science and civil society. It's a gloom as thick as the wildfire smoke we punched through during takeoff from BOS.

Fascintaing reminder of how certain innovations - in this case lens technology used in lighthouses for more than a century - shapes industries and societies. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/s...

All of this. Zotero FTW!

Coffee and local news are two of my favorite things, so it was a pleasure to talk to The Christian Science Monitor about how a midcoast Maine local newspaper is building audience trust by opening a community cafe. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

Out. Of. Office.

As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.

He loves laundry day but refuses to learn how to fold.

It’s hot.

New at Media Nation: CJR was said to be working on a story about Wesley Lowery. It finally drops — and it is horrifying. dankennedy.net/2025/05/22/c...

Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

Souter and I grew up (at different times) in the same tiny New Hampshire town. When my eighth grade class visited Washington, D.C., he hosted us at the Supreme Court. I don't remember what he said, but he was incredibly kind. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/n...

The student journalists were filing reports from the scene, and it appears they were transparent about their press affiliations. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...

Thank you, President Aoun! huntnewsnu.com/86480/campus...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful." Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech. My NPR story: www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...

What was that about her emails? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

You know in 1948 Lazarsfeld, Berelson, and Gaudet argued that most voters learned about the candidates from opinion makers who were active news consumers and not directly from journalists. Their “two-step” model sounds a lot like “influencers.”

“The best lack all conviction,” etc., etc. 😞

You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.

Happy f*#*%ing Women’s History Month. wapo.st/4isEBv8

Just watched a passenger at MHT argue the nature of time with a gate agent. The guy was trying for an upgrade or maybe an extra bag(?) by insisting he had a 20 minute layover. The agent pulled his itinerary and showed him his layover is, in fact, an hour. Passenger refused to believe him. 🤦‍♀️

“The demise of independent journalism in the United States will be less spectacular than the notorious examples of other times and places—as much voluntary as coerced, less like a murder than a death of despair.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Wonderful to see one of our great @northeasternu.bsky.social journalism graduates, Sophia Paffenroth, doing such important work for @mississippitoday.org.

No new technology by itself undermines critical thinking or society generally. But an unthinking adoption of any technology can.

This is a strong statement, but I think if your health and circumstances permit you to tune in but you tune out now, you’re choosing a side.

My first byline of the year (and my first ever for The Saturday Evening Post) tells the nearly forgotten story of how midcentury women's magazines helped fight cancer by educating readers about a disease cloaked in stigma and shame. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/02/how-...

#DeepThoughts: The federal government is not like Santa, doling out toys to people on the nice list. We all paid taxes that provide the $ for those payments.

Have moved on from stress baking to closet cleaning. How do I own this many half-burned candles and sock singletons?

Who’s keeping a list of all the executive orders and their repercussions? I’m seeing decent coverage of a lot of this stuff (hang in there, responsible journalists!), but I want to see it all in one place.