Military Veterans in Journalism is pleased to announce that
@WashingtonPost
has selected Army veteran
@eveksampson
to join its 2023 class of summer interns as an MVJ Fellow. Read more about it ⤵️
The transformation of Ukraine’s heartland into patches of wasteland riddled with danger is a long-term calamity on a scale that ordnance experts say has rarely been seen, and that could take hundreds of years and billions of dollars to undo.
My latest here:
My latest on the similarities between Russian tactics in Syria and Ukraine and the connections formed out of shared experiences with the
@SyriaUkraineSUN
A senior U.S. military official told reporters Russian forces are deliberately striking civilian infrastructure. But, the official stopped short of calling Russia’s actions war crimes.
Insight from
@avalaina
@YVindman
and
@SyriaUkraineSUN
“For 105 days, beginning in December 2021, Afghan-American Safi Rauf lived in an 8x8-foot cell in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan…”
Read my latest about
@saf_rauf
@HumanFirstAfg
Closing out an amazing summer covering allllllll the breaking news
@freep
As a southerner at heart, I have to say… Michigan summers aren’t all that bad 😉
And today in journalism I wrote that a crowd was “palatably excited” instead of “palpably excited.” In case you are like me and confuse the two, “palatable” means tasty 🙃 to be fair, I was quite hungry when I was writing.
Wowowow listening to
@RonanFarrow
at
#IRE20
has completely affirmed my decision to pursue journalism as I leave the Army. If you love the American people and want them to be free, you must realize that journalism is an essential part of that freedom. So glad to have that reminder
I travelled through Georgia interviewing police officers and families affected by police-involved deaths for
@HowardCenterUMD
and
@AP
last year. Here’s what we found:
Georgia requires less basic training for new police officers than any state but Hawaii
Mine blast injuries haunt doctors in Ukraine.
“It’s hard to feel good about yourself and the world when all you are doing is removing limbs from healthy young folk,” one said.
My latest for
@washingtonpost
A leader in Modi’s BJP party referenced Obama to target Indian Muslims just hours after Modi declared India free from discrimination.
Read it here from
@karishma__m__
and I:
Indian politician Himanta Biswa Sarma lashed out at former U.S. president Barack Obama in a tweet Friday, saying Indian police “should prioritize taking care of” the many “Hussain Obama” in India — a pointed reference to the country’s Muslim population.
STAKs, discrete Dutch legal structures favored by family-owned businesses, have become a popular tool for oligarchs and other bad actors to hide their wealth and evade taxes, a new investigation from
@FTM_eu
found.
1/12 🧵
#CyprusConfidential
, a new investigation from ICIJ,
@paper_trail_m
and nearly 70 media partners, exposes the sprawling financial networks that have powered the Putin regime as it dominates its neighbors — and undermines the West.
The Price of Truth follows Dmitry Muratov as he risks life and liberty to keep Russia’s last independent newspaper running after Russia invades Ukraine.
I interviewed the film’s director, Patrick Forbes for
@ICIJorg
in collaboration with
@DX_IFF
here:
A documentary follows Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov in his struggle to keep Russia’s last independent newspaper in operation. The film features at this year's Double Exposure Film Festival
@DX_IFF
#DXIFF23
This story from
@HowardCenterUMD
is the winner of the Student (Large) category and an IRE Medal. This collaborative project showed the complicity of newspapers in race-based violence by creating a permanent archive of the very hate-filled pages.
#IREAwards
Forgot announce this BUT so excited to be interning at
@freep
this summer. It’s only been a week and I already couldn’t ask for a better place to learn. Looking forward to exploring all of Detroit this summer 🔥
Billionaires worldwide have effective personal tax rates of between 0% and 0.5% — well below those of ordinary taxpayers. Taxing 2,700 billionaires 2% of their wealth annually could raise $250 billion per year.
I covered
@taxobservatory
’s latest report here:
The world’s richest people are using shell companies to whittle down their tax bills, according to a new report by the EU
@TaxObservatory
, which argues a global minimum tax rate for billionaires could raise $250 billion per year.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin currently speaking at a Pentagon press conference:
China is “our pacing challenge”
Russia is “acute threat”
@SecDef
@CNSmd
I wrote about
@Gever_Nedim
’s case and imprisonment earlier this year. He has just been released.
Turkey: Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent released after spending 6.5 years in prison
The Biden administration approved sending cluster munitions to Ukraine amid dwindling stocks of artillery rounds. Unlike cluster bombs dropped from the skies, these are ground fired. More about the munitions here:
With
@Victoria_Bisset
and
@juledurg
Many of the event’s organizers draped blue and yellow Ukrainian flags over their shoulders. Others pinned blue and yellow ribbons to their clothes or wore crocheted sunflowers. They spoke in front of white small white candles spelling out “stop war.”
“It’s essential that the government shows that its willing to hold law enforcement accountable. People were killed. People died. The government itself admits to six people dying in detention centers because of torture.” -
@MihraRittmann
@hrw
via
@CNSmd
Our
@HowardCenterUMD
's "Printing Hate" project has been named a finalist for the Punch Sulzberger Innovator of the Year Award. The winner will be announced April 5. Congratulations to all involved!
#merrillmade
#fearlessjournalism
“Speaking about the discriminatory policies or dictatorial approach by Erdogan will usually end up in imprisonment” said Sierwan Najmaldin Karim of the
@wdckurd
Kurdish journalist
@Gever_Nedim
has been imprisoned since 2016. Read about it here.
Isabel dos Santos was the subject of
@ICIJorg
’s Luanda Leaks, an investigation into how the billionaire made her fortune while her country suffered through civil war and poverty.
She just lost a legal battle in London’s High Court to stop her assets being frozen.
Billionaire Isabel dos Santos has lost a legal battle in London’s High Court to stop a freeze on up to $733 million of her assets. She is accused of procuring loans for her “own personal benefit” while on the board of an Angolan telecommunications company.
"If I were to get pregnant, it would be a very high-risk pregnancy with a high risk of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and I may need abortion services," she said. "Getting pregnant could literally kill me."
After a question from
@JenGriffinFNC
on “dirty bomb” threat,
@SecDef
says nothing has been seen to indicate Russia OR Ukraine is prepping for such actions
Criminal enterprises are evolving and using new technology faster than authorities can keep up, a new report by Europol revealed.
I wrote about it here:
“Infiltration into the legal system is what makes crime pervasive and destructive,” says a new report by Europol, which describes the challenges authorities face in cracking down on criminal networks that masquerade as legitimate businesses.
Listen to
@tatyanamonnay
talk about our work investigating the AP’s role in promoting racial terror.
@tatyanamonnay
you rock
Colorado Edition: Reflecting on the legacy of racist Colorado media coverage, and correcting it today | KUNC
“We tried everything we could,” Harila told me in an interview, recounting the morning Pakistani porter, Muhammad Hassan, died on K2.
Drone footage released later appears to show climbers stepping over Hassan, raising questions about mountaineering ethics.
Climber Kristin Harila said drone footage showing she continued a record-breaking ascent as porter Muhammad Hassan lay dying does not tell the full story.
Earlier today, some of our students had the opportunity to have lunch with
@chelsea_janes
, The Washington Post's national baseball reporter. Thanks to Chelsea for her time and insight!
Some bittersweet news: Abell Professor Sandy Banisky (
@sbanisky
) will be retiring at the end of the summer. She came to Merrill in 2008 after a remarkable career
@baltimoresun
and created our award-winning Baltimore urban affairs reporting course.
MORE:
In a Pentagon press conference, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the media that China “is the only competitor out there with both the intent to reshape the international order and increasingly the power to do so.”
@SecDef
@CNSmd
The mutiny in Niger may be the latest in a string of recent military coups in the region that have security ramifications for the US’s fight against Islamist militants.
Read more about it here:
Rebel soldiers in Niger announced the ouster of the country’s Western-allied president, Mohamed Bazoum, Wednesday night, after imprisoning him in his palace. The coup attempt comes amid a backdrop of political upheaval across the region.
The IRS is investigating cases of sanctioned Russian assets stashed South Dakota trusts, an agent told
@SDPBNews
@ICIJorg
’s 2021 Pandora Papers investigation revealed the midwestern stage had become a financial secrecy hub rivaling overseas tax havens ->
The IRS has dedicated a team to uncovering Russian oligarchs’ assets stashed in South Dakota’s secretive trusts, which ICIJ’s
#PandoraPapers
revealed are popular with bad actors seeking to anonymously hide wealth
This was such an amazing effort across the board. I was lucky to contribute - take a minute to read about the gun control activism happening through Michigan
“…actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a military offensive into northeast Syria, undermines the campaign to defeat… ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens to undermine the peace, security, and stability in the region”
@_markaylabrooks
I do CrossFit! It keeps me accountable, it’s always a different workout, coaches are there to check your form and prevent injury, you can modify to your ability AND you never have to think of a workout 🏋️♀️ but also it’s a cult and I’m a shameless member
Looking for stories about the impacts of overturning Roe in Michigan. If you or someone you know has a tip or experience you’d like to share, please reach out.
#Detroit
#freep
Amid months of violence and government-imposed internet outages in northeastern India, an alarming video showing the sexual assault of two women went viral Wednesday, sparking public outcry over two months after it was filmed.