Let's get clickbait out of local news. We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas. THREAD

NEW: ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our workplace as well as the journalism community more broadly, while ensuring equal opportunities for all. Each year we publish a report on those efforts. This is the report for 2025.

Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org‬ leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.

I love working at ProPublica. I would love it more if it could guarantee us just cause protections. Go union.

We want a fair and equitable process with robust just cause. We deserve no less than our peers in other unionized newsrooms. I’m not in NY but still lunching out in support.

ProPubli-paws love Just Cause 🐾

Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.

While reporting this story about Hurricane Helene in NC, I was struck by how many people were asleep near creeks and rivers largely unaware of the coming danger. They were left to swim from homes. Or worse. 100+ died Texas is sounding so tragically similar. www.propublica.org/article/hurr...

“It’s a nasty loan.” New from @friedmanadam5.bsky.social:

The best teachers leave the biggest legacies. decaturish.com/2025/05/go-d...

NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social

NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise owner Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.

🧵NEW: In 2023, I wrote about Tamara Lanier’s quest to get daguerreotypes taken of nude enslaved people at the behest of a @harvard.edu scientist - and still housed at its Peabody Museum - moved. She wanted them sent to @iaamuseum.bsky.social It would mark a "homecoming," she told me then.

1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram. His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.

NEW: After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social @cgaribay.bsky.social

Appreciate @marksimon.bsky.social’s efforts to highlight the work of all types of journalists!

Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.

Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.

1/4 UPDATE: This week, @propublica.org management informed a third bargaining unit member that they will be placed on a performance improvement plan and denied steward representation at the meeting where it is discussed. Our full statement 👇

A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors. “It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor. www.propublica.org/article/home...

“‘I never imagined the No. 1 franchisee with a fast-growing franchise company, HomeVestors,’ would defraud investors, he said.”

1/ 🚨 Yesterday, @propublica.org management confirmed that it will again deny steward representation at disciplinary meetings. Our full statement 👇

This story is enraging + heartbreaking...& hopeful about what research has the potential to do. The art is also...smashing. Please give this a read. My favorite line: "I’ve never been more scared of a spouse of a patient than I was of her.” www.propublica.org/article/revl...

110,000+... Imagine filling the University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium...and then still needing more seats. That's how many lawsuits Advance Financial has filed against its borrowers. From @friedmanadam5.bsky.social for @tennesseelookout.com+ @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/flex...

Have you been sued by Advance Financial, Harpeth Financial or another flex loan lender in Tennessee? The Tennessee Lookout and @propublica.org are continuing to report on flex loans. To share your experience, call or text reporter @friedmanadam5.bsky.social at 615-249-8509.

I’m so proud to work with the incredibly talented journalists @propublica.org including the crew who put this important project together.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending business, even as other states did. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

Every day, I’m grateful for and proud of the amazing people I get to work with across ProPublica—and I’m eager for us to get to a contract that reflects the values that we all hold.

The fabulous @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social will be sharing her expertise tomorrow. You can sign up here:

📚"It was 'shocking how little oversight' the state was going to provide of her ESA-funded private school, Edwards said."

Hey friends: if you like @propublica.org you can also find and follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/reel/DEGDO1w...

A damning account of how insurers, like United, rely on the same doctors to deny mental health care, even as judges repeatedly question their calls: “puzzling,” “disingenuous”, “dishonest, “baseless” By the very best @deldeib.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ment...

First time I saw this photo, I thought it was two different photos stacked on top of one another. Nooooooope. www.propublica.org/article/segr...

Who wants to be @propublica.org’s Florida reporter? Come work with me and my fabulous team! grnh.se/a69b26356us

NEW: @ProPublica.org identified 20 Mississippi schools that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10M over the past 6 years from the state’s tax credit donation program. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social

North Carolina's Segregation Academies are benefiting from rapidly expanding and controversial voucher-style programs. @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social & @mrsimon22.bsky.social report, with photography by @gregkahn.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/segr...