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Freelance journalist in DC, previously Kenya. Covers inequality, gender, labor . Edits for . Organizes w/ .

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    22 Dec 2021

    End of year thread time! Do we hate these now? I'm doing it anyway because freelancing is really hard and this year was hard and I'm so proud of the work I did in 2021. More about rates and being a freelance journalist (for almost 10 years now!!) at the end.

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    Mar 19

    People who think "endemic" means "no big deal" do not live where malaria is endemic (600K deaths per year, mostly children), or where tuberculosis is endemic (1.5M deaths per year), or where measles remains endemic (200K deaths per year).

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    Mar 20

    we're often saying this

    "It's 1099 somewhere" is the essence of freelance solidarity
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    Mar 17

    I solved the DST debate

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    Mar 17

    “The first major evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s controversial efforts to expand capital-intensive, high-input agriculture in Africa found that the 15-year-effort has failed to achieve its goals of improving food security.”

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    Mar 17

    Fiona Apple is on fire right now. Asking you to join her in the fight for public virtual access to court in Maryland. Injustice happens in empty courtrooms. Explains how to call now & urge lawmakers to pass the law. Also this video is just the best. Watch:

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    Mar 17

    📢 We want to hear from you: Is the trucker convoy in/around D.C. disrupting your plans or travel around the city? Let us know in the replies below -- we may reach out to you to follow-up for our coverage today.

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  8. Mar 17

    The accountant we hired to do our taxes last year sent us a card in the mail with a New Yorker cartoon depicting someone in jail for fraud because they tried to save money by doing their own taxes.

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  9. Retweeted
    Mar 17

    Look at these (glowing, fabulous) media workers building power for freelancers across the industry! And look at their HATS! 😌✊

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    Mar 17

    In today's Lily lines: 〰 The Atlanta spa shootings one year later, by 〰 Why Equal Pay Day was earlier this year, by 〰 Miss. rejects a bill to expand postpartum care despite high mortality rates, by Read it below 👇

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    Mar 16

    Can y’all stop looking at a smiley baby & saying he’s flirting? Gives me the ick.

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    Mar 16

    “The idea that you send some well-educated young graduate from the Ivy League to Mumbai to tell us about what’s going on in Mumbai in 2022 is sort of insane,” Mr. Smith said.” This is (in part) why I moved back to New York from Nairobi.

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  13. Mar 16

    Does anyone know where to buy wedding dresses that aren't dumb, floofy, and reek of the patriarchy

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    Mar 16

    For , I wrote about how hotel workers are faring cuz the pandemic hit their industry hard. DC lawmakers tried to protect these laid-off-workers, requiring hotels to hire them back when jobs become avail. But what if they don't cuz service is cut?

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    Mar 16

    Tourists are returning to DC but hotel work isn't always. For example, the Hilton reduced housekeeping, impacting workers' wages/benefits. Amal no longer qualifies for family coverage cuz the hotel cut her hours. Now, her husband can't access his meds.

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  16. Mar 16

    This is a really excellent local story on a common theme: the pandemic took a sledgehammer to an industry (hotels) and the people bearing the worst effects are the lowest-paid, least protected workers in that industry (housekeepers).

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  17. Mar 16

    I’ve seen lots of people telling freelancers not to go to Ukraine without security, training, gear, etc. I’d rather see public commitments from media orgs that they’ll provide freelancers with this—& recognition that many freelancers aren’t “going to” Ukraine, they’re Ukrainian.

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    Mar 15

    The top-line result of this study of microlending is that it helps women start businesses and earn income. But unfortunately, the businesses they are starting are often multilevel marketing businesses, where you mostly make money by signing up other people. (1/7)

    "A three-year study of ['s] microlending program for low-income female entrepreneurs in New Jersey found that participants increased savings, earnings, and credit scores, according to [an MDRC] report Friday," writes .
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    Mar 16

    60% of international journalists say that they never / rarely give fixers credit 86% of fixers would like credit  50% say they have been corrected by a fixer, whereas fixers report correcting 80% RIP Oleksandra Kuvshynova Via Global Reporting Centre

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    Mar 16

    I have *such* strong feelings about this. A “fixer” is a derogatory term/concept. It protects a hierarchy that permits the unfair treatment of highly qualified people – often from minorities or with less power – and for “big” names to rise on the networks/talent of others.

    The whole concept of a "fixer" is outdated – in-country journalists should be given equal credit with staff teams, even if by necessity they are freelance. They should also get equal training and protections.
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    Mar 15

    This is the Ukrainian member of the crew. She was killed today alongside their cameraman. Fox News doesn’t even mention her in their report. (Photo published by Oksana Romaniuk of the Institute of Mass Information)

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