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Derek Montgomery
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Photojournalist from Duluth, Minn. Documenting life in northern Minnesota. RTs ≠ endorsements.
Duluth, MNderekmontgomery.comJoined May 2009
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Anna Hiatt @ahiatt@journa.host
@ahiatt
Heatwaves are dangerous, and to cover them accurately means to use images that convey their seriousness. 🧵 Note the emotional difference between the two images:
A child cooling off in a water fountain on July 5, 2022 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Lang/China News Service via Getty Images)
A cooling station in Portland, OR on June 28, 2021 (Photo by Kathryn Elsesser via AFP via Getty Images)
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Marshall Shepherd
@DrShepherd2013
Heatwaves should not be covered with kids eating ice cream or romping around in fountains. Cover extreme heat as a threat not a vacation. We don't cover the approach of a hurricane as great potential kite flying weather
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Dan Kraker
@dan_kraker
This is a fantastic, much less well-known story than the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which happened 45 years ago today. But this one -- spoiler alert -- has a happy ending.
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Bryan Newland
@RealBNewland
This occurred not far from Bay Mills Indian Community. Lots of people are familiar with the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Rightfully so. It was tragic. But, that same night, there was another story unfolding on @LakeSuperior just a few miles away involving tribal fishers. twitter.com/NWS/status/132…
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Nathaniel Minor
@nbminor
About six miles from this rally, and 100 years ago, a mob lynched three black men. Their names were Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie.
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
"Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp" -- Speaking in a state with one of the largest Somali populations in the country, Trump goads his fans into booing refugees, prompting "lock her up!" chants directed at Ilhan Omar
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Dan Kraker
@dan_kraker
Please, take 4 minutes and listen to this story from
@john_enger
. It is so heartbreaking, and so beautifully told. It's part of a series we're doing at
@mprnews
on people demonstrating in small towns around Minn. in the wake of George Floyd's killing.
mprnews.org
Roseau: Black Lives Matter in a small white city
In the month since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, protests large and small have cropped up across Minnesota, even in small, rural communities where demonstrations are rare — including Roseau.
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@drockphoto
This seems to be a theme from coast to coast.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
@reviewjournal
Body-worn camera footage released by the Metropolitan Police Department shows two photographers identify themselves as journalists multiple times as they were arrested during a protest on May 29 reviewjournal.com/local/local-ne
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Julianne Vasichek
@Vasichek49
Duluthians shared with
@drockphoto
why we wear masks. “Five years ago, I was very fortunate to receive the gift of life from a complete stranger...wearing a mask and mitigating my own exposure to viruses became really important.”
@MPRnews
@StScholastica
@MayoClinicGIHep
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MPR News
@MPRnews
"...I don’t know if I have it, I don’t think I have it and I don’t want to give it to anybody.” -- Sanussi Bangoura, on why he wears a mask mprnews.org/story/2020/06/
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The city of Duluth honored 2020 grads at local colleges and high schools by lighting the lift bridge in each school’s colors over the course of a few weeks. A nice gesture during a difficult year.
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