Edith Honan

@edithhonan

Journalist. Covered NYC courts, mass shootings and hurricanes for Reuters. Bylined in the FT, Buzzfeed etc. Founding editor of Nairobi magazine

New York / Nairobi
NairobiSideHustle.com
Joined February 2011
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    8 Apr 2017

    On Zanzibar, I talked to men who were arrested for being gay & forced to undergo anal exams. Govt says: Expect More

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    Apr 2

    Yes, all of this: mock that shitty essay, sure, but save some ire for the personal essay economy that thrives on inexperienced female writers being encouraged to share bad takes and then being publicly excoriated for them

    I wrote about the heartbroken WASP’s Washington Post essay for
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    Mar 25

    We used to say: Trust, but verify The new mantra in our Internet age should be: Verify, then trust. Sen. Mark Warner talked about phenomena like this on this morning:

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    Mar 23

    Today, 17-year-old Draylen Mason would have learned that he had been offered one of 130 spots at the renowned Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He died March 12 after a package bomb exploded in his kitchen in Austin, Texas.

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    Mar 22

    Get it ya’ll. Go Get it!

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    : We're looking for applicants for the third Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship, which funds a project up to $100K with help from the Spotlight Team to carry out their investigation. Deadline is 3/31. Help us spread the word!
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    Mar 22

    ICE contractor CoreCivic says it doesn’t use solitary confinement. Photos of its isolation cells reveal otherwise. by

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    Mar 20

    Imagining the discussion among the FB comms team ‘Omg - how do we stop this story ?? It spread so quickly! and some of it isn’t even right! people are just sharing it regardless- saying it’s a breach and it’s not!..clicking those angry face emojis ..what can we do? ‘

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    Mar 19

    Kids are the face of the new anti-gun movement. But the big bucks being raised in their name are being controlled by grownups.

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    Mar 19

    That’s right. I once was so frustrated by this industry that I contemplated leaving. I hope my story can be an inspiration to others who are facing road blocks and obstacles not to give up on yourselves even when others can’t see your worth.

    Imagine if had left journalism, as she once considered?
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    Mar 15

    New: Cooper Union, just a few years removed from serious financial woes, plans to offer free tuition again

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    Mar 14

    At the National Magazine Awards, more than half of the stories in the Reporting category were the result of partnerships.

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    Mar 13

    If you're wondering whether schools can punish students for tomorrow's walkout: short answer is yes — but it can get complicated.

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    Mar 12

    "The writer of the story, Maggie Haberman, a Hillary flunky, knows nothing about me and is not given access."

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  14. Mar 12

    Reveal/The Center for Investigative Reporting launches new diversity fellowship. Deadline: Sept. 12 via

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  15. Mar 8

    Ida B Wells finally gets a New York Times obit

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    Mar 7

    Incredible work.

    We've spent the past year putting together Trump Town, the first exhaustive look at who runs the federal gov't & . We found 2,475 political appointees, big pipelines from & Koch groups & 187 ex-lobbyists. w/ , :
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    Mar 7

    This is extremely unusual. HIV medical conferences like rarely dip into politics, much less dive, but docs who've signed this letter include many of the top names in the HIV clinical and research fields (some members of CROI's Scientific Program Committee among them).

    📢 BREAKING NEWS: More than 200 scientists, clinicians & researchers—including the winner who co-discovered —denounce Administration policies that undermine the global response ➔
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    Mar 1

    We also commissioned a new poll. Among the findings: a majority of Americans think more integrated newsrooms would help produce better quality news coverage. See:

    So, over the coming days, weeks, and months, we'll be asking -- who represents you and your community well in the media? Are you unable to see yourself in the news at all? Or is it a funhouse mirror?
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  19. Mar 1

    To be clear I don’t remember what time I went to the gym today

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  20. Mar 1

    Grand collision of NYC politics at the Y this morning: de Blasio doing stretches behind me, Christine Quinn on my TV monitor and seeing on my phone I got an email from

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  21. Feb 26

    “As long as Ivanka Trump holds an official position in the White House and offers her views on public policy, it’s hard to imagine a Page 1 question she shouldn’t be asked.”

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