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Metro Government reporter @courierjournal • Master of Arts #MizzouMade • Prev: @usatoday , @ire_nicar , @CoMissourian & Side Hustle School • rt ≠ endorsement

Louisville, KY
Joined November 2015
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Eleanor McCrary
3 months
NEW: Residents of LMHA properties have been unknowingly living in buildings with lead paint for decades, despite federal disclosure requirements. Now, LMHA is pushing residents to retroactively sign them — and has even threatened eviction if they refuse.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
@baileymeyers Chasm. I learned it while reading a book on vacation. We were driving around the coast of Oregon and I decided to flex my new vocab word when I said, “Wow, look at that chaz-em!” Haven’t been able to live it down since.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
hey guess what!!! in about a week I will be moving to D.C. to work at @USATODAY ! I’ve been lucky enough to get a year-long fellowship with the fact-check team in the climate division. basically, I’ll be finding climate misinformation, investigating and writing about it! whoop!
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Eleanor McCrary
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🚨 Dream job alert!!! 🚨 So unbelievably excited to announce that I will be returning to the @courierjournal as the Metro Government reporter. While I’ve loved my time at @USATODAY , my heart has been pulling me back to Louisville and local news. See you June 19th.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 months
Well, that went well. ☺️
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Eleanor McCrary
2 months
So excited for my first SPJ dinner! ☺️
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
Eleanor McCrary: Master of Journalism
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Got a request from a reader to give him a call. I was expecting to be yelled at. Instead, he just wanted to know when my next story would be coming out. 🥹
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Goodbye, Witch’s Hat.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
If you know someone who needs a new phone, access to Wi-Fi or charging cables, T-Mobile is currently set up outside the #WolfeCounty high school shelter offering them for free. When asked if she wanted a phone, one older woman said, “Yes, I don’t have nothing left.”
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Eleanor McCrary
5 years
Best Mizzou dining workers, ranked 15. It’s 14. Impossible 13. To rank 12. Them 11. Because 10. They’re all 9. So 8. Friendly 7. And 6. Genuinely 5. Care about 4. Your 3. Dining 2. Experience 1. Adela
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Best UW-Superior dining workers, ranked 15. It’s 14. Impossible 13. To rank 12. Them 11. Because 10. They’re all 9. So 8. Friendly 7. And 6. Genuinely 5. Care about 4. Your 3. Dining 2. Experience 1. Kathy
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Eleanor McCrary
11 months
I ran 8 miles today. It was hard and I stopped for water a lot and my pace was slow. But then my running app reminded me that a year ago today, I had just hit 4 miles for the first time since high school. 8 miles would have sounded unfathomable - and I’m so proud of myself. ❤️
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
I DID IT!! My goal for my first half marathon was to never walk. I was pleasantly surprised to finish in 2:08!! 🥳🍂🏃‍♀️🥃
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
It's my first day as the Metro Government reporter for the @courierjournal ! I'm so excited to be back in this incredible city and newsroom. Any tips? Reach out at EMcCrary @gannett .com.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
the face of a woman who just found out her masters final project got approved by her committee
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Eleanor McCrary
1 month
Today is my one year anniversary at the @courierjournal ! It’s been a year full of council meetings, interviews, investigations, deadlines, breaking news, collaboration, joy, stress and adrenaline. Very lucky to be a part of this newsroom and to get to do this work.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
did it hurt? when you found out the j café was closing?
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
Consider this my formal announcement that I’ll be in Washington, D.C. next semester.
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Eleanor McCrary
4 years
she’s a grad student, folks! 🥺
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
@hankgreen Patiently waiting for a reply from the person who runs the “how many days since Hank Green started a new thing” website.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
at the beginning of summer i made a deal with myself - instead of getting an internship i would spend my time building my freelance business. today i got a job that quadruples my freelance income. after three years of working to earn more consistent work, i freaking did it.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
So excited to say that as of yesterday, I have officially accepted an internship at the @courierjournal in Louisville, KY for this summer. I am so thrilled to be working with a newspaper in the @USATODAY and @Gannett network! Let’s do this.
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Also, I got to fulfill a life long dream of meeting @ZooeyDeschanel .
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
🚨 Journalism internship news! 🚨 The Louisville, Ky. @USATODAY affiliate @courierjournal is looking for their next batch of summer interns and I can’t recommend it enough. The people there treated me like family, trusted me + helped me grow so much as a reporter. 🧵
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
“Want to read the article before retweeting it?” sir I wrote it
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Eleanor McCrary
6 years
GIRLS DONT HAVE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER GIRLS. IF YOU THINK ANOTHER GIRL LOOKS CUTE, COMPLIMENT THEM. IF YOU LIKE ANOTHER GIRL’S ART, TELL THEM. IF YOU ADMIRE ANOTHER GIRL’S SMILE OR HUMOR OR STRENGTH DONT TEAR THEM DOWN BC UR INSECURE. THERES ENOUGH HATE. SUPPORT YOUR SISTERS.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 months
Last night, @byconnorgiffin and I received 1st place in health reporting for our investigation into childhood lead exposure in Louisville. Incredibly grateful to have had the time and space to delve into this topic. Thank you @JFauGFX and @RobertJByers for bringing it to life.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
i will be requesting that in the re-hiring process @Mizzou continues to hire people who are representative of the centers they work for. i have seen that the firing is to get rid of “holistic identity-oriented” employees in favor of “task-oriented” ones. #Justice4MUsocialjustice
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
In case your timeline needed a cleanse… meet Ollie. He’s the newest, smallest and sleepiest member of the family.
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Do you really want to know where I was April 29th? I was meeting @POTUS and @FLOTUS .
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Eleanor McCrary
5 days
A tiger cub was born at the Louisville Zoo! 🥹🐅
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Eleanor McCrary
5 months
Well, four of us have to change. 🙄
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Eleanor McCrary
9 months
I’m so grateful I get to live in this beautiful state. 🤍🍂
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Me 30 seconds before this: I hope I don’t get stuck in the elevator again *proceeds to get stuck in the City Hall elevator with @byconnorgiffin * Shoutout to the City Hall security guards for getting us out fast. 🤣
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
Now THIS is data journalism. Shoutout to Kentucky for being in its Reputation era.
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lilly!
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oh this is so interesting
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Eleanor McCrary
5 months
Had a friend from college come visit me a few weeks ago. After the first couple of days here, she confessed to me that she was surprised and a little confused when I first told her I wanted to move back to Louisville. “I get it now,” she said. ❤️
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
Honored to have won the first place @MissouriPress award in the Best Health Story category for my coverage of LGBTQ+ healthcare in mid-Missouri.
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Eleanor McCrary
7 years
excited to announce that I’ve officially accepted the invitation to join the Walter Williams Scholars program in Mizzou’s School of Journalism ☺️ I can’t wait to be surrounded by other ambitious students who are passionate about journalism 💛
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@ellie_mccrary
Eleanor McCrary
1 year
It was an honor to attend this year’s White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner as a @whca scholar. Cheers to press freedom, the First Amendment and all of the incredible journalists covering the White House - you are doing such important work for our country.
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Eleanor McCrary
4 months
Parents, come to Louisville, I said. There will be baby goats, I said.
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Eleanor McCrary
7 months
My Missouri momma is embracing my love of Kentucky. 🥰
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Eleanor McCrary
9 months
I'll be on the @courierjournal Election Day livestream tomorrow with @phillipmbailey , @Joe_Gerth and @kirbylouisville . Tune in on the CJ's Facebook or YouTube at 7 p.m. EST.
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Eleanor McCrary
6 months
And 55 Bardstown Road lights. Jokes aside, I’ve been on the phone with Mayor’s Office communications director Scottie Ellis. She said there was an error and that all 55 lights were supposed to be listed individually.
@ByRobertoR
Roberto Roldan
6 months
It looks like all 55 lights are being auctioned off as a set. The price is already out of range for a normal person. Kind of lame, actually.
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
And don’t worry - when I found out I got the job, I celebrated the Kentucky way.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 months
Beginner’s luck. 🐎 Until next year, #KentuckyDerby . 🌹🏆
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
To my fellow LGBTQ+ students attending MU - I am investigating the experiences of queer students seeking healthcare at MU and around Missouri. If you or a friend have had any experiences you'd like to share with me, please DM me!
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
new badge added to the collection ✔️
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Eleanor McCrary
11 months
Y’all. I am sitting on my couch.
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
The couch saga continues. Got a message this morning that my delivery was 10 minutes away. 5 minutes after that, I got a call that it’s been delayed another week. When. Will. It. End. 😭
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Eleanor McCrary
6 years
psa: it’s okay if the thing you love feels scary at times!! putting your whole heart into something is an act of courage, and sometimes that is REALLY HARD. it doesn’t mean that you don’t actually love what you do. in fact, it probably means that you love it with your whole being
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Eleanor McCrary
7 years
@ everyone who has ever called my positivity fake. I had to work for that shit 👌
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jonny sun
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i think ppl who ridicule positivity think positivity is easy
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Eleanor McCrary
2 months
Regained cell signal after a week around mountains and glaciers. Lots to catch up on over the last week, but for now… Alaska. 🏔️❄️🦦🐋
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
A beautiful 11 mile run in the city I am so happy to call home. ❤️
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Let the apartment hunt begin.
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Eleanor McCrary
11 months
So glad this issue is getting national attention - but I also wanted to give a shoutout to my girlfriend, @marie_mac99 , a law student at the University of Mississippi who covered this story back in April for the @OxfordEagle . Support local journalism! ❤️
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Scott Hechinger
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There are only 32 full time public defenders in all of Mississippi. The result: Thousands of people who’d otherwise be free who are trapped incarcerated pretrial w/ no lawyer to argue for release.
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Eleanor McCrary
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Found out today that my blood helped save more than one life at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Ky. ☺️ Donate! It’s free and can help your neighbors. ❤️
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Eleanor McCrary
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retweet.
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
Me at the beginning of writing a story: Oh good! This one seems simple and like it shouldn’t take too long. Me two days later: *has conducted numerous interviews and written over a thousand words to show the nuance of said “simple” story*
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
UPDATE: Piagentini has been found in violation of 6/7 of the ethics charges brought against him. He has been recommended for removal from Metro Council by the commission. Piagentini plans to fight this, he told media following the verdict.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
Headed back to #BreathittCounty today. This is about 9 miles outside of Jackson, Ky. and from here the drive only got worse. Since yesterday evening, the main route into town has closed. Another area of highway has water covering one lane and is making its way onto the other.
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Eleanor McCrary
9 months
How it feels to condense over 40 interviews over the span of five months into an engaging, digestible and accurate article:
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
I've been debating for a couple of days on whether I would talk about my experiences during #OCDAwarenessWeek and what I would say if I did.
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
We have agreed to never do this again. But we aren’t quitters.
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Eleanor McCrary
10 months
Tonight @ladd_sarah has challenged me to split an entire gooey butter cake with her. Do you think we can finish it?
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
see you later, KY <3
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Both of the places I am considering living in are close to a cat cafe. The owner told me that they are receiving adoptable kittens on Tuesday. Uh oh.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
I’ve also just been informed that it is popping up as the #1 story on @AppleNews
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
What a great morning! It's my first day back at work after the last #WDSX conference and I see that my story was picked up by USA Today.
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Oh hey @PressSec !
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
update:
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Let the apartment hunt begin.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
what if we kissed by the giant blow up rat in speaker’s circle
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
to the woman who petitioned the whole security line at DCA to let me get in front when I accidentally went to the wrong terminal: I hope both sides of your pillow are cold every night and your skin is always clear and you make every flight you ever have.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
I am begging for someone to create some non-cringy journalism products.
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Eleanor McCrary
1 year
Wasn’t really feeling my hot, humid, hilly run – but then I turned the corner and came face-to-face with a doe and her fawns. 🦌
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Eleanor McCrary
5 months
BREAKING: @GovAndyBeshear says he will veto HB 18, the bill that would block local governments from adopting ordinances to ban source-of-income discrimination.
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6 months
I have never started an interview feeling like I was talking to an old friend. That changed in 2022 when I talked to Nick about an internship for the @courierjournal . I had to remind myself that I should probably get to my qualifications, but Nick was just so easy to talk to.
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Eleanor McCrary
8 months
Good night, Louisville. 🌙
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Eleanor McCrary
3 months
Cannot describe how excited I am for @bloosemore to be my editor. She’s been someone I’ve looked up to since I was an intern at the CJ. Now, I’ll get to learn even more from her as one of her reporters.
@bloosemore
Bailey Loosemore
3 months
Some news: Tomorrow is my last day as a reporter at the @courierjournal . Starting Monday, I'll be the CJ's Government and Accountability Editor. I've had so many opportunities here over the last 10 years, and I'm excited to get to keep growing in this newsroom. 1/
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
First day as a graduate research assistant for the @IRE_NICAR data library! Here’s to SQLite, data diaries and service requests.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 months
Technically it’s a #RubyThursday 🐈‍⬛ but I couldn’t resist.
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Eleanor McCrary
7 years
y'all... it happened. had an amazing time at @emiliewapnick 's academy today. love love love being with my tribe 💓 #WDS2017
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Eleanor McCrary
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for anyone who doesn’t know, my dog sits like a prairie dog. I hope u enjoy these as much as I do
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Eleanor McCrary
4 months
Honored to be invited to moderate the Metro Council District 8 Election Forum alongside fellow journalist and @mujschool alum @ShayMcAlisterTV . See you on Wednesday, @TaylorMUSellis and @benforlou8 !
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Eleanor McCrary
4 years
i just went on a 3.5 mile run around campus with a mask on i promise you can wear one walking to class!!!
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Eleanor McCrary
12 days
Ruby doesn’t know what a president is. #RubyTuesday 🐈‍⬛
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Eleanor McCrary
7 years
you ever get that urge to leave town and go somewhere completely new where no one knows who you are bc same me too
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Eleanor McCrary
4 years
When I decided to major in journalism my dad was proud of me, but teared up because he was afraid for my safety in the future. I couldn’t understand why at the time.
@AnthonyQuintano
Anthony Quintano
4 years
Rioters left this message inside The United States Capitol
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
pride month texts from your straight friends >>>
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Eleanor McCrary
3 months
#RubyTuesday 🐈‍⬛ Three pictures because she’s been extra cute this week.
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Eleanor McCrary
2 months
We are so lucky @byconnorgiffin has decided to stick around at the @courierjournal . Cheers to more excellent reporting, 3 p.m. coffees and long desk chats. 🕺🏻
@byconnorgiffin
Connor Giffin
2 months
A little personal update: After two years, my time as a reporter with @Report4America + @AgWaterDesk is at an end. I'm staying at the @CourierJournal , where I'll continue to cover environment with the enterprise and investigations team.
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Eleanor McCrary
5 months
So cool to see @mattstonephotog ’s work for the @courierjournal on the House floor!
@RepMcGarvey
Rep. Morgan McGarvey
5 months
We've all seen the photo. On March 1, first responders acted quickly and bravely to rescue a semi truck driver dangling off Clark Memorial Bridge. That driver is alive today because of Bryce Carden’s heroic actions. Thank you Bryce and @loukyfire for your dedicated service.
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Eleanor McCrary
8 months
Thank you @IRE_NICAR and @LMattersNews for featuring the investigative lead project @byconnorgiffin and I published last week in your newsletter. “The best in local journalism” @courierjournal
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
an eerily familiar lede.
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@washingtonpost
The Washington Post
2 years
Isla McNabb became one of the youngest Mensa members after scoring in the 99th percentile on an IQ test.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
One of my favorite stories I’ve gotten to write for the Columbia Missourian, and about an issue that is so close to many of our hearts.
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Eleanor McCrary
7 years
just got the news that I've been accepted into Mizzou's Honors College and I couldn't be more excited 💛
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Eleanor McCrary
7 months
A running list of words corrects “Louisville” to: - Local - Livable - Removal - Mobile - Low-level And… - Lovable :)
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
Jefferson County Public Schools have been creating congratulations posts for their new principals all summer. Only the posts of Black principals were taken down by @Facebook .
@courierjournal
Courier Journal
2 years
"What does it say to kids when the (posts about) principals that look like them get taken down?"
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
happy bisexual awareness week. are you feeling cognizant of me yet?
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
apparently East Campus is a comrade
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Eleanor McCrary
2 years
well that’s neat.
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Eleanor McCrary
3 years
just heard someone on 9th street blasting all i want for christmas is you followed by no hands
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