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SOON: Baltimore Banner. Politico, Phila Inquirer, CalMatters, San Jose Mercury News, Newark Star-Ledger alum. Proud NJ native. Yoga teacher. Sacramento trained.

Baltimore, MD
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Joined June 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    24 Feb 2017

    Government without newspapers or newspapers without government? I should not hesitate a moment to choose the latter.

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    1 hour ago

    A whistleblower warning to FDA re: Abbott formula plant "should have prompted more aggressive action" - on . The warning was sent **in October** to 7 officials, incl. acting commish Janet Woodcock. I broke the story here:

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    6 hours ago

    “She was unapologetic about making sure our community was not ignored.”

    This 72-year-old civil rights activist, gunned down while grocery shopping yesterday, wrote a letter to the editor last year demanding stronger gun regulation. Linked herein. RIP, Kat Massey
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    7 hours ago

    Being from a city where national reporters tend to parachute in and don’t always get it right, I try hard to treat people and places with the care and respect I often saw missing. Now on the other side, I’ve learned the job is much harder than it looks. But it can be done.

    I appreciate 's reporting across swing districts. It goes beyond just your classic "voters in a diner" story and gives you a feel for the place without being condescending about the voters. Her latest on Cawthorn's district is excellent
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    May 14

    . is saying Barnette surge is due in part to lack of investigative journalists / local news on decline etc just gonna drop this here

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    May 8

    This Mother's Day, there are many moms who are understandably panicked about how they will feed their children with unique medical needs. The ones I spoke to feel abandoned by the few corporations who make these products, the government & the media.

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  7. May 2

    Baltimore: I'm new and have so much to learn. What stories need telling?

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  8. May 2

    Leaving POLITICO is bittersweet bc I loved working with . The quality of this team's education policy reporting is unmatched. Consider their work essential reading as the midterms approach.

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  9. May 2

    Personal news to share. Today is my last at POLITICO. Later this month, I'll join as an education enterprise reporter with a special focus on Johns Hopkins University. Can't wait to get started and help build this vital news organization from the ground up!

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    Apr 29

    Too pumped for this!

    Drumroll, please! A special guest will be joining us for the 75th annual National Seminar: Ms. Joyce Abbott, the namesake for the hit sitcom . She will be joined by moderator for a Q&A session on Sunday, July 24.
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    Apr 26

    🚨🚨🚨I’m hiring an education reporter . Could it be you? More info at the link below or email dsmith-barrow@politico.com:

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    Apr 26

    An important message about a free press and the dangers of criminalizing news reporting from LAT executive editor in the case of

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    Apr 26

    We are hiring! We're looking for a DC-based reporter for our federal education team. You'll be our lead Morning Education writer and reporter and do some K-12 coverage. And you'll get to work for the great Posting here:

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    Apr 26

    This finding alone should be a bajillion-alarm fire for the city.

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    Apr 26

    "Because San Francisco leaders have for years neglected the hotels and failed to meaningfully regulate the nonprofits that operate them, many of the buildings — which house roughly 6,000 people — have descended into a pattern of chaos, crime and death."

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    Apr 26

    NEW: A broad coalition of 30 strange bedfellows -- incl. food industry, enviro & consumer groups -- sent a letter to Mon. urging a reorganization of the agency’s food program in response to my deep dive on dysfunction at FDA. A THREAD>>

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    Apr 26

    Truly great news for the future of local investigative journalism

    We're proud to announce a new fellowship for investigative journalism focused on the state and local level, to be led by outgoing executive editor Dean Baquet.
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    Apr 25

    BuzzFeed News is dismantling our award-winning investigations team. So this is my last investigative project for the newsroom. I hope you'll give it a read and share it. I think our findings are pretty damning and worthy of your time.

    🧵NEW: A yearlong investigation by & me into private equity giant KKR & its takeover of BrightSpring Health Services, a company that serves ppl w/intellectual & development disabilities turned up some damning findings
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    Apr 25

    “You can have access to this for a prop if you would like it as well,” Psaki offered to reporters. “We’ll make copies for you.” But when STAT took the White House up on the offer, officials refused to make copies of the binder. via

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    Apr 23

    “They know it’s against the law, but their chicken burgers are more important to them.” My first A-hed features Santa Barbara residents angry at "scofflaws" in the Chick-fil-A drive-through. One of them made this masterpiece.

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    Apr 21

    The journalists I have been privileged to work with on CNN Plus are world class I am so incredibly proud to be able to call them colleagues If your organization would like a chance to benefit from their talents, my DMs are open This is *my* job for the foreseeable future

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