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Jo Ling Kent
@jolingkent
Award-winning journalist, mom, wife, 🍜 lover. Former NBC News Business & Tech Correspondent
Media PersonalityLos Angeles, CAunitedtalent.com/speaker/jo-lin…Joined November 2008
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Jo Ling Kent
@jolingkent
👋 This summer I took a big leap and decided to leave
@NBCNews
after 6 amazing years as business/tech correspondent. What a privilege + honor to be part of an *incredible* team of journalists but it was time for me + my family. Ready to shake things up, excited about the future!
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Steve Peoples
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No fewer than a half dozen Republicans eyeing the White House have begun actively courting political operatives in NH and Iowa. But DeSantis, famous for crafting his own political strategy, is stepping into the presidential primary much more deliberately.
apnews.com
DeSantis eyes 2024 from afar as GOP rivals move toward runs
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be months away from publicly declaring his presidential intentions, but his potential rivals aren't holding back.
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“The sports world craves neatly legible narratives. But Kim’s path offers a reminder of how frequently the industry’s most common tropes…fall short of capturing the complexities of the people who inhabit it.” Great story ⛳️⬇️ by
@andrewkeh
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Andrew Keh
@andrewkeh
Anthony Kim was tabbed the next Tiger Woods. Instead he became the sports world's J.D. Salinger. We pondered his brief, brilliant career, the legend growing from his prolonged silence and the supposed duties of immense talent: nytimes.com/2023/01/26/spo
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Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year. Instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence. Our hearts mourn as we learn more about the devastating acts of last night. We are monitoring the situation closely.
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Police say they’ll look at “every angle.” Per LAT: “Monterey Park, a city of 61,000 in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles, is 65% Asian American, 27% Latino and 6% white, according to census data”
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The shooting took place at 10:22 p.m. on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Investigators say they don’t know whether the victims were targeted and that it is too early to know whether the shooting was a hate crime. “We will look at every angle,” he said. latimes.com/california/sto
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A ballroom dance studio.
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Los Angeles Times
@latimes
Ten people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park on Saturday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. latimes.com/california/sto
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Devastating and terrifying. On Lunar New Year. 💔 The male suspect is still at large, according to police.
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Los Angeles Times
@latimes
10 people killed, 10 injured in mass shooting at Monterey Park dance studio latimes.com/california/sto
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@jolingkent
“Why is it not sunny all the time????” —our LA-born and raised 4 year old, staring at me aghast in the rain.
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Ezra, you’re the best in the business and I’m gutted for you my friend. But I’m also crazy confident in your blindingly bright future. Everyone else- hire @EzraNBC. In our four years on the road together, he was nothing short of excellent, enterprising, kind + brilliant 💛
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Ezra Kaplan
@EzraKaplan
After 5 years at NBC News, today I got laid off. It's been a helluva run. I am so grateful for the relationships I have built and the reporting we have produced. This definitely stings (it sucks), but I am confident that other doors will open, and excited for new opportunities.
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@jolingkent
The most wonderful time of the year in MN! Congrats
@ymcayouthvoice
and all the student delegates 🇺🇸 #democracy
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James Farnsworth
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Hey #mnleg friends: thank you for letting us use the Capitol this past weekend for the 69th MN Youth in Government session! We are lucky to have one of the most supportive legislatures in the country (out of 40 state programs) when it comes to space usage. @ymcayouthvoice
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Heather Long
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JUST IN: The US economy added 263,000 jobs in November – another month that blows bast expectations of 200,000. The job market is still pretty hot. Unemployment rate stayed at 3.7% (up slightly from 3.5% in in Sept.) Wage growth: 5.1% for past year --> better than expected
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👀
@SBF_FTX
to
@GStephanopoulos
: “They’re something maybe deeper wrong there. Which was I wasn’t even trying—like I wasn’t spending any time or effort trying to manage risk on FTX…I don’t even know what to say. What happened, happened.”
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"I expect I'm gonna have nothing at the end of this." Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried sits down with @GStephanopoulos for a one-on-one interview following both companies in his cryptocurrency empire filing for bankruptcy last month. gma.abc/3udQe1Z
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Huge shout out for my dear friend + fmr teammate
@CASottile
, the BEST in life and work: "It’s not easy to be different but your voice and your perspective matter so speak up! Our #Indigenous journalists see and tell stories through a unique lens, one all of America needs to see"
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NBCU Academy
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Today’s @IndigenousNBCU Media Spotlight: @CASottile, @NBCNews Producer! "I think we make our ancestors proud when we tell our own stories. As journalists, we can make a difference by reporting the authentic representation of our people and our culture." @najournalists (THREAD)
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Chiara Sottile, NBC News Producer
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LAT: "Rep. Karen Bass achieved victory despite Rick Caruso spending more than $100 million of his own fortune on his mayoral bid, shattering local spending records and pumping previously unprecedented sums into field outreach and TV advertising."
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Los Angeles Times
@latimes
Breaking: Rep. Karen Bass has defeated businessman Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, according to an Associated Press projection Wednesday, making her the first woman and second Black Angeleno elected to lead the city in its 241-year history. latimes.com/california/sto
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Ugh so many dedicated and hard-working Twitter employees finding out this way
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@MikeIsaac
well a lot of people inside aren’t having to wait for the emails tomorrow morning because their access to email and internal systems is being shut off folks are congregated in chats basically watching to see who raised their hand and says “well I’m out” morale is not great.
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"...that narrows the path to a soft landing."
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Heather Long
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Fed Chair Powell basically just said it's going to be hard to avoid a US recession. "The inflation picture has become more and more challenging over the course of this year. That means we have to have policy more restrictive, and that narrows the path to a soft landing."
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Jo Ling Kent
@jolingkent
“We build trust and relationships between anchor institutions, like public libraries and community-based organizations and the communities who can be hardest to reach.” Proud to serve on the board of
@LWB_USA
. Thank you
@OurTowns
!
ourtownsfoundation.org
Global Effort Takes Libraries to the People - Our Towns
Libraries Without Borders finds innovative ways to meet community residents where they are to provide equitable access to the range of services today’s libraries offer.
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