We ran into Annenberg professor Afua Hirsch before boarding our flight to Munich, Germany! Next up: Berlin ✈️🇩🇪

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Super proud of our team at the "Morning, Trojan" newsletter for posting our best week of all time. Subs grew by 20% thanks to several buzzy scoops (we're now at ~2,900). Open rates continue to sit at 70% and clicks at 14%. Subscribe at: morningtrojan.com

NEW for @the74.bsky.social: LA’s New Principal Union President Says Her Members Are Overworked www.laschoolreport.com/qa-las-new-p...

I'm just two months away from graduating from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with my master's degree in journalism. That means I am officially entering the job search! 🧵(1/4)

NEW for @ncronline.bsky.social: As US activist grandma ends German prison time, Europe sees shift to favor nuclear deterrence. www.ncronline.org/news/us-acti...

In the wake of the local wildfires, a disturbing realization is emerging: Incidents of #arson are rising, with over 600 last year--and that's just in areas patrolled by the @lasdhq.bsky.social. @crosstownla.bsky.social by @thematthewroyer.bsky.social has details and data. xtown.la/2025/02/06/a...

NEW for @crosstownla.bsky.social : As wildfires burn, arson reports are rising in Los Angeles xtown.la/2025/02/06/a...

NEW for @latimes.com: “I was like, ‘Oh, Jesus. What's gonna happen?’” Jordan Chiles happened. Perfection — for 2nd time in 2025, the 10th time in her career — to write her name into more UCLA lore. Somehow, someway, No. 6 UCLA won: www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/...

Over the next few months, I will report some religious stories, focusing mainly on German communities in Los Angeles. If you have any leads or tips, I would greatly appreciate them via DM or you can DM for my email/phone.

On @crosstownla.bsky.social there are a few different ways to look at the impact of the #wildfires. Story by @thematthewroyer.bsky.social. xtown.la/2025/01/15/d...

How can you measure the impact of the Eaton and Palisades fires? We put together a few charts to help.

New for @crosstownla.bsky.social: How do you measure the damage from the Palisades and Eaton fires? There is no single way, but we have a few ways to understand them better: xtown.la/2025/01/15/d...

As the LAFD faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of engines in advance of the Palisades fire, records show.

i’m an amazing friend

All I want for Hanukkah is a Chiefs loss… is that too much to ask for?

i'm sick (watching the niners fail to clinch the bolts a playoff spot... it's the least they could do since Super Bowl XXIX)

apparently post-surgery me exposed my McDonalds "wrapped" email to my family, but I am proud to say I am NOT ashamed ... I am and will FOREVER be a McChicken fiend.

the recovery of tonsillectomy mixed with a chargers thursday night football game means tonight i will say and do things i will not remember so if anyone has anything they want to tell me tonight would most definitely be that night as tomorrow there will be zero recollection

John and Garvey are both on the Classic Baseball Era ballot and will learn of their HOF fates when the 16-person committee votes at the Winter Meetings. The results will be revealed at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. HOF experts see John’s case for election as likelier than Garvey’s.

NEW for @latimes.com: Tommy John and Steve Garvey will have their Baseball Hall of Fame cases evaluated again Sunday. I interviewed John and examined the likelihood of the southpaw, the first to undergo Tommy John Surgery in 1974, receiving the call. www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Ma, they got me. They made me write about the Golden At-Bat and I ended up praising Rob Manfred blogs.fangraphs.com/a-terrible-i...

making our way through the @lataco.bsky.social pastor list… today’s stop.

today is a neutral day, because the raiders lost in humiliation (yay!) but the chiefs won by no fault of their own (boo!)

anxiously waiting my public record requests to come back 🫣

Reintroduction for those new to me on this site. My name is Matthew Royer, I‘m a reporter born, raised and based in Los Angeles. My reporting interests include local politics, public safety, transportation policy, housing reform and labor. So basically whatever makes this city function, or not!

You can also read my work in @lataco.bsky.social!

“The fact that South L.A. communities see the most hit-and-run deaths is not a surprise,” said Damian Kevitt, executive director of the advocacy group Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE) Full report: lataco.com/nearly-10-ye... This article was co-published with @crosstownla.bsky.social

Los Angeles is failing to make its streets safer. The stats on hit-and-runs tell the story. xtown.la/2024/11/25/l...

New for @crosstownla.bsky.social: The year 2023 was disturbingly deadly on the roads of Los Angeles, with 345 vehicular fatalities surpassing the number of homicides. However, the situation remains nearly as troubling this year. xtown.la/2024/11/25/l...

This week people are taking the lyrics of Hail to the Hills of Westwood and really holding space with that.

The biggest game in L.A. today. I’m here at the Galen Center to cover No. 3 USC women’s basketball’s non-conference clash against No. 6 Notre Dame for @latimes.com A game full of future WNBA stars with a supposed sold-out crowd. I will have updates to come throughout the contest on Twitter:

I did not feel the earthquake.

let it be known where my loyalties lie

I’m here at UAW Local 872’s “Keep The Promise” rally and meeting of graduate student workers. Story to come.

yeah i read (listen) books for pleasure

my chargers are chargering!

need bluesky to know how down bad i am for the chargers

Saw this on the other app and thought to bring it over here. Would you have won the Presidency if you won every state you've personally visited? (discounting airport layovers where you never leave the airport). I still need work to build my coalition…

Since the bluesky algorithm is much better than the other site… hey everyone! i’m looking for a reporting job (preferably in LA) for when I finish J-School in May.

New for Annenberg Media: www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/11/13/7...

I changed my homescreen’s app display to replace Twitter with this app. I keep disappointing myself by opening it.

I’m here again.