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Alex Spearman
@AlexJSpearman
Fairness focused, award-winning newsroom leader at Spectrum News 1 OH | Imported from Detroit. | Lizard & puppy dad. | He/They. 🌈
JournalistColumbus, OHalexanderspearman.comJoined November 2011

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I'm getting emails every day from other writing faculty worried about students using ChatGPT but this is actually a more grim scenario because media CEOs and VCs will do anything to avoid paying writers.
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BREAKING: Buzzfeed announces it will increase the use of ChatGPT to create content after cutting 12% of its workforce last month. Its stock has jumped up a staggering 146%.
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My mom (talking about my sister’s birthday plans): “they went to place you have to figure out how to get out of.” Me: 🤨 My mom: “you know, a place you have to figure out how to get out of.“ Me: “don’t you technically do that every time you go to a place???”
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Absolutely amazing to watch. So happy for Callum and his family—it took such courage from all of them for this to happen. Grateful for those willing to step out on the edge to give themselves & others hope—patients and doctors. Thank you for being there!!🥹
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Recently, I met Callum, 17, from Pennsylvania. He’s had one of the most debilitating/severe cases of Tourette syndrome UNTIL NOW. I found out he was going to undergo an experimental surgery to implant a device into his brain. We followed him through it & were there for the reveal
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OPINION: It isn't enough that cops can kill Black people with little to no consequences, but now Republicans are using our trauma to luxuriate in their pro-cop narrative. ✍🏿 gives his opinion on footage of Breonna Taylor's death aired at a diner.
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Gannett displays its commitment to local journalism.
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In the last six months, Gannett has laid off or bought out almost every journalist at the St. Cloud Times, a newspaper covering a metro area of 200,000. In May, there were 9 employees — by January, only one reporter was left. Now, there are 0. My story: axios.com/local/twin-cit
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And this is the part of him that I will remember, and happy that I got a chance to know him. I didn't always say the right things, but I'm glad we met. RIP bro, #ripkorie
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Part of finding peace is being the bigger person… because tonight I could have ignored someone but I didn’t in fact I engaged with an brief conversation! We have to start choosing peace over petty because petty is cute but peace is growth! #PeaceOverPetty being nice is FREE!
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I’m posting this to continue to raise awareness of how women in sports are harassed on a daily basis. I worked all 4 years of college to afford an education, graduated with a degree in my field and have over 6 years of experience..yet still reduced to this. Men, be better.
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NEW: 2 Memphis, TN fire department employees have been "relieved of duty" while an internal investigation is conducted in connection with the death of #TyreNichols. Here’s my latest for @NPR w/ @byJoeHernandez: npr.org/2023/01/24/115
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There are many disgraceful stories of the media and trans issues right now, but quoting a brand new account w few followers that was easily identified as parody, plus not even trying to contact them first — and then other outlets just running with it — absolutely unforgivable.
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This tweet is unnecessarily misleading. The censorship happening can be concerning enough for people without making it seem line schools won’t have books.
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1. Florida teachers are being told to remove all books from their classroom libraries OR FACE FELONY PROSECUTION The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies. 🧵 popular.info/p/florida-teac
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A Kentucky Republican women's club held an event honoring one of the cops in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor, and blared video footage with gunshot noises People unaffiliated with the event heard and saw the footage: "Our mouths just dropped"
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Replying to @oliverdarcy and @ReliableSources
“Many of the questions she has fielded have not been about the subject matter, but have centered on her very credibility and how she has performed in the job” This whole article is one big microaggression and this statement is an example of the covert racism of liberal circles