Ben King
@brknyc.bsky.social
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Art director, MS NOW. Previously: BuzzFeed News, etc
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Ben King
MS NOW
7 days ago
OPINION by
@hayesbrown.bsky.social
: “There’s a fine line between Trump’s aggrieved ramblings and the seeds of an authoritarian scheme.” READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump wouldn’t just undo the Voting Rights Act. He’d reverse it.
In hinting at “nationalizing” elections, Trump suggests a world in which minorities would have more difficulty voting than any time since 1965.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-election-takeover-voting-rights-act
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MS NOW
10 days ago
OPINION by
@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
: “We are in an acutely dangerous place when huge swaths of the media ecosystem are owned by untouchably rich people.” READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/wash...
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Opinion | The Washington Post bloodletting symbolizes our great media crisis
Billionaires are hastening the decline of institutional media — and independent writing won't fix it.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/washington-post-layoffs-bezos-media
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Rereading this banger from
@katherinemiller.bsky.social
on the news that the Jan 6 pipe bomber has been arrested:
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kath...
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The Eerie And Unsolved Case Of The Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs At The RNC And DNC
“It was shocking when it was an actual bomb.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/rnc-dnc-pipe-bombs
2 months ago
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I worked on some branding for this harrowing investigation from
@icij.org
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2 months ago
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I did some illustrations for this new investigation into the crypto industry by the dogged reporting team at
@icij.org
! (spoiler: the crypto industry...it's not great!)
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3 months ago
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This is a magnificent infographic:
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6 months ago
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Just thinking about this old graphic we made at BuzzFeed News for no particular reason
9 months ago
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Katie Notopoulos
10 months ago
Very observant art dept accidental dox by
@maxread.info
maxread.substack.com/p/global-eli...
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Status
10 months ago
Amid the buzz of WHCD weekend, Status brought the media world together for a powerful night of celebration—and a fierce defense of the First Amendment.
www.status.news/p/status-whi...
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Power, Press, and Purpose
Amid the buzz of WHCD weekend, Status brought the media world together for a powerful night of celebration—and a fierce defense of the First Amendment.
https://www.status.news/p/status-white-house-correspondents-party-photos
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Freedom of the Press Foundation
10 months ago
“Everyone predicted this would happen in a second Trump administration, yet politicians in a position to prevent it prioritized empty rhetoric over putting up a meaningful fight." Read our statement on the repeal of DOJ guidelines protecting journalists.
freedom.press/issues/trump...
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Trump DOJ repeals protections for journalist-source confidentiality
Democrats to blame for ignoring repeated warnings that this would happen if they didn't pass the PRESS Act
https://freedom.press/issues/trump-doj-repeals-protections-for-journalist-source-confidentiality/
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Last night
@status.news
hosted a freedom of the press-themed WHCD kickoff party in DC. Here's the invite I designed for them:
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I collaborated with the cool dudes at
@status.news
on this limited edition shirt to coincide with the WHCD. 50% of proceeds will be donated to the legal defense fund of
@rcfp.org
. You (yes, YOU) can buy the shirt here:
shop.status.news/products/pro...
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Lily Mason
11 months ago
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julia reinstein
12 months ago
ABC News layoffs got me! that means I’m back on the market for full-time role/freelance work doing journalism on all my fave topics: court cases, internet ephemera, national news, pop culture, crime, truly whatever gets the group chat popping. hit an unemployed gal up! DM/email in bio xoxo💋
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Dayn Perry
about 1 year ago
Here's an appreciation of Ichiro on the occasion of his election to the Hall of Fame. Includes a free poem and everything.
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Appreciating the singular Ichiro Suzuki, who fell a single vote shy of unanimous Hall of Fame induction
Ichiro was one vote shy of being the second-ever unanimous Hall of Famer
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/appreciating-the-singular-ichiro-suzuki-who-fell-a-single-vote-shy-of-unanimous-hall-of-fame-induction/
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Jason Coskrey
about 1 year ago
Ichiro is a Hall of Famer. Ichiro fell one vote short of going into the Hall of Fame unanimously.
www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/...
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Iconic Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro, who began his career in Japan, was a 10-time All-Star in MLB.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/01/22/baseball/ichiro-suzuki-hall-of-fame/
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Jesus fucking christ
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about 1 year ago
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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe
about 1 year ago
You used to call me on my self-own
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dan orkin
about 1 year ago
Chiago; The Steve Albini honorary way dedication is on Monday afternoon.
#thankyoustevealbini
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I've given it a lot of thought, and I plan to use this account the same way I used Twitter: sporadically, and to retweet anything about icihro Suzuki. That said....
about 1 year ago
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