This post is wrong to say no media is covering this story. There is local and national on it. Locally, KYUK in Bethel is all over this story for their community: www.kyuk.org And they have just lost 70% of their budget to CPB cuts.

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Excited to share this news…and the @texastribune.org just *happens* to be in a pledge drive if you want to share your support :-) trib.it/friend

Our team has been carefully covering this story for days in Delta led by News Editor @ashtonpittman.bsky.social, investigative reporter @nickjudin.bsky.social, new Delta-based Asst Editor Kevin Edwards and Delta reporter Jaylin Smith Delta bureau page: www.mississippifreepress.org/bureaus/delta/

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By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.

And even if, like me, you have absolutely no connection with Mississippi apart from admiring these people - friends not yet met - and their journalism, support their work here. It's centred on Mississippi, but so much larger than just one state. www.mississippifreepress.org

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“Perhaps no one was more proud than the graduates themselves. Michael Broadway, who is also the author of the book ‘One Foot In,’ tearfully addressed his mother, flinging his arms wide and asking, ‘So I ask you, Mama, how did I do?’ He had not seen her in person in nearly two decades.”

EDITOR'S NOTE: "For those of us at the Mississippi Free Press, this is a significant blow. We left Twitter earlier this year for a lot of reasons, and have since made BlueSky our main social media platform (it’s also where we have the most followers)," Ashton Pittman writes.

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Holy shit. I remember Susan Stamberg walking around the office declaring that they would carry her out toes up, and she wouldn’t fall for any buyout scam (so I hope she’s ok - people can change :-). This is an end of an era. Iconic in so many ways.

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“Some signs bore pictures of councilmembers juxtaposed next to illustrations of bombs.”

I love this. It also called out that my favorite KTNA in Talkeetna, Alaska has just lost 73% of their budget to these cuts. Considered joining me in donating: ktna.org/donate/

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Spoke to a rural Texas NPR/PBS affiliate today. I'm working on a story but he said there's serious consideration to shutting down the station. Jobs lost, educational resources and essential news for a community just gone.

Hello just wanted to say: Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people. Just noting.

Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas

Generally bad practice to sign yourself up for a second job but some things are worth the effort. Grateful to Press Forward for seeing the vision, and very excited to work with Start.coop to get this program up and running

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Thank you to everyone who showed up for our monthly street cleaning today. Your time and effort mean a lot. Whether you picked up trash, helped carry supplies, or simply showed up with a smile—your presence made a difference.

Well, this is a new one @southwest.com - turning around when we are an hour from @bwiairport.bsky.social , return to AUS (instead of anywhere else) and then go back to BWI?

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Street cleaning today with 3 families on Silver Spring Ave. The kids bonded, neighbors thanked us, & we had great chats along the way. A kind family sheltered us from surprise rain, and one kid even found a one hundred dollar bill. A good reminder that service to others matters. See you next month.

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As a news editor in Mississippi, it's hard to make me choke up. But I shed tears editing this story by @nickjudin.bsky.social. It's a true example of reporting that puts human beings first, and that reports politics in the context of humanity. Please give it a read.

Right now, we are still figuring out the boundaries and norms. AI is part of our world (and our industry). It’s one of the reasons I like (disclosure-I’m working there) @texastribune.org ‘s AI experimentation, disclosures and policies.

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