So...they wanted the site, and the mission, and the audience, but not the union.
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So Mic fired everyone, sold it, and now “Bustle plans to reinvest in rebuilding Mic’s editorial staff in 2019.” twitter.com/BenMullin/stat…
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Kaitlyn Jakola
@KaitlynJakola
Baby, I'm tied to a tree in a jungle of mystery. She/her. Wife guy. 
Editorial director, strategy & ops 
Editorial director, strategy & ops Chicago, IllinoisJoined November 2010
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This list of AI-generated recipe titles is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life: lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/140508739
Me: I would like an education please
Northwestern: Great! First find $200,000
Me: K
NU: Then spend 4 years drowning in a sea of other overachievers
Me: No prob
NU: Then after graduation we're gonna make an underpaid undergrad call you every 3 weeks to ask for more $$
Me: Love it
Announcement time! Next week is my last at Insider. Later next month, I'll be starting as the managing editor at . I'll miss the team here at Insider, but I'm excited to work with , and the whole Gizmodo team!
Whatever your politics (white man with light hair or white man with dark hair) we've got a seat for you
MEDIA JOBS THREAD INCOMING: I hire full-time journalists and interns at and . In light of the terrible news about layoffs at several companies, I want to share several FT opportunities open with us. If you want to chat about any of these, reach out!
Yeahhhhh so maybe in hindsight I should have written down what I wanted to say! 😅
FRIDAY MEDIA JOBS THREAD: You know the drill. I recruit for , and I want to hire you! Gonna tweet out some of our top open jobs/fellowships. Please share widely, and DM me if you're applying!
I'm looking for freelance writers for ! Remote work, rates start at $75 for a short news post and go up from there based on sourcing and complexity. Apply here if you're interested: careers.jobscore.com/careers/busine
It's 2020 and the NYT is still deadnaming trans people for absolutely no reason
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The executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality called Aimee Stephens “a hero in the fight for equal rights for all people” nyti.ms/3crwVrb
MEDIA JOBS THREAD: and are still looking for a few fellows for January. Fellowships are six months in (mostly) NYC at $18/hr. See thread below for everything that's still open, and reach out if you're applying!
MEDIA FELLOWSHIPS MEGATHREAD INCOMING: There’s *one week* left to apply for editorial fellowships at and for March and June. The fellowships are full time, run for six months, pay $18/hr, and are located in NYC unless otherwise specified.
Saw a gender-inclusive construction sign and it really is this easy, y'all
Thread incoming: and have a *ton* of great jobs and PAID internships open right now. Mostly based in NYC. I'll be tweeting some highlights below, but you can find the full list here: careers.jobscore.com/careers/busine
It's a weird week for personal news, but, well, I have some! Starting Monday, I'll be the managing editor at . I'm so excited to get started and learn from this amazing team about one of the most important topics facing our country, gun violence.
I guess I'm pretty lucky in that I'm getting gay married next month and I'm getting a tattoo today and my mom is only mad about the tattoo
In the surgery recovery room:
Me: Where's my wife?
Nurse: I just called your husband
Me: My wife
Nurse: I just called him, he didn't pick up
Me: She. My wife.
Nurse: Who's picking you up, a relative? Your sister?
Me: My wife.
Nurse: Oh. This isn't your chart.
FRIDAY JOBS THREAD: We’re hiring fellows + full-time at . Unless otherwise specified, jobs are based in New York. Cc
Do I have to put personal announcements on every form of social media? If so, letting Twitter know that Friday is my last day at , and I start at and in June as assistant managing editor. Huzzah!
JUST OPENED: Fall/winter fellowships at and . Fellowships run for 6 months, and fellows work 40 hours a week in NYC. Paid $18/hr. Applications close July 31, but we'll be hiring before then as well. See tweets below for individual postings:
Mic did have this reputation. It's one I was really proud to help build, through years of careful editing and educating ourselves on issues like race, gender, sexuality and more. Which is why I was disappointed that one of the first things Bustle did was delete the style guide.
Happy marriage equality day! 4 years ago, fake-proposed to me with a Ring Pop in front of my whole office to celebrate the fact that we could get married anywhere in the country. A year later, I proposed with a real ring, and 2 years after that, we made it official.
Culture editor, politics editor, "editor at large" who's never actually in the office, copy chief
If you're a journalist and you don't fight for the copy editors in your newsroom, you have a very, very poor understanding of how journalism works.
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At the end of tonight, the copy desk at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will be no more. I have many thoughts on this. Here are a few of them. #copyediting
I'm still a little in shock, but so grateful and happy that I get to be a part of this! So excited to get to learn from the best in the business.
Your fave is problematic:
1. Thinks coffee is soup
2. He thinks coffee is soup! What more proof do you need?
Personal news time! This Friday is my last day at Gizmodo. It's still so freaking cool to me that I got to be a part of this amazing team, and I'll miss it a lot. But I'm excited for what comes next.
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My favorite prompt I learned from a dear prof/mentor: "Say more about that." Deliver it calmly, directly, and then sit back and listen.
This week has been hard. My grandmother died suddenly, and I couldn't be there. The next time I'm with my family, I'll cherish it so much more. But it's Friday night, and I made my wife dinner, and our favorite show is on, and I'm trying to hold on to the little bright things.
NOW OPEN: Summer fellowship applications at ! Fellowships will start in July and run for six months, paying $18/hr. Most are based in NYC. See all our listings here:
There's *just over a week* left to apply for winter/spring fellowships at ! Fellowships start in January and run for six months, paid $18/hr. Below is a thread of every fellowship we're looking to fill. Please RT, and reach out if you apply!
The panic I feel right now as a queer woman in a same-sex marriage and who wants to have children one day can absolutely not be overstated. We have wanted to believe that rolling back our rights is unthinkable, but it just isn't. twitter.com/post911world/s
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Jeopardy, welcome to the resistance
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Check the mic.com footer for my newest gift to the world: a fully published version of the Official Style Guide! Also available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1qa
I left Gizmodo after 10 months because it was clear that management didn't care about the people that made GMG great. Those who are still there deserve your support as they strike for better treatment. Don't read these sites for now, and donate below:
Hey, Pride organizers: Queer youth spaces are vital even if you don't have a corporate sponsor for them. This is just low.
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Today I learned @NYCPride will host its 1st-ever youth event, sponsored by Target, at *the exact same date/time* as the free, grassroots 1/
Happy International Lesbian Day, aka a great excuse to revisit my wedding photos. I love being a lesbian and I love being a wife and truly, I'm so lucky this is how my life turned out!
I'm very proud of this shirt I knit so please allow me to post it on every form of social media
I gotta say, the best part of getting married is seeing all the family members I thought would disown or at least ignore me if I ever came out coming out of the woodwork with the sweetest wedding gifts and messages of love 🌈😍😭
Lol remember when the NYT wrote about M*c with the headline "What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?" and we were all so upset about the injustice of being treated like children run amok? Simpler times, really.
I've been in Chicago for a week and I've already achieved my dream hair; I'm only going to get more powerful from here 💪🏼
Today is not a good day. To all my friends at Mic: I love you, you're amazing and you're going to be okay. To everyone else: Hire all the beautiful people who I'm about to RT. They're incredible, each and every one.
I'm really confused as to why this is going viral now when 1) AP made this change several years ago and 2) the ACES conference was in April (and 3) for good measure: ACES doesn't stand for American Copy Editors Society anymore)
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News from the American Copy Editors Society conference that will rock copy editors to their very cores: AP Stylebook editors said at a session Thursday that "Over" is fine when referring to a quantity; you don't have to change it to "more than." The news elicited a gasp. #over
My hobbies include buying limes, forgetting I bought limes, and throwing out a bag of moldy limes that I found in the back of my fridge
Here's a primer on how to respectfully talk about people with and affected by HIV: mic.com/articles/12871
In college our gender studies professor made us read Dan Savage and me and the other lesbian in class were so vocally mad about it we got banned from speaking in the discussion section
Me in New York after four years: New York's not so bad, I feel like I've really found my groove and it's nice to feel like I know how to deal with whatever the city throws at me
Me in Chicago for four hours: Oh my god I hate New York
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One more thing: The style guide was published, publicly, in the footer of our site for anyone to read. Copy editors across the internet used it to help push their own publications forward. I got messages of thanks all the time. And now that resource is gone.
The dress doesn't fit perfectly anymore, but the wife certainly does 😍
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Today I've been married to @KaitlynJakola for one year. I am grateful every day for this rush of joy and love I feel when she walks into a room — even if she's not wearing a wedding dress.
A1: The impulse is to see editing as "neutral" — you’re enforcing rules, right? But those rules were made by people with bias, and copy editors are uniquely positioned to confront that bias by making informed language decisions. #ACESchat
Tonight a 70-year-old man at a gay bar in Minneapolis told and I we seemed more comfortable with each other than his parents ever did, so excuse me while I weep about the beauty of gay love
Another announcement: is partnering with to bring more underrepresented voices into our fellowship program! Read the announcement here: newhouse.syr.edu/news-events/ne
Gay icon the Sun strikes again
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I made a shawl!
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We respected people's pronouns, used person-first language, removed gender-essentialist language, and more. We called racism racist, instead of "racially charged." Without these guiding language principles, attempts to reach these audiences will ring a lot more hollow.
Just posted: A fellowship with our video team at , pitching and writing scripts for videos on art and design topics. Starts in June in New York and runs for six months (40 hrs/week, $18/hr). If you're applying, DM me! hire.jobscore.com/careers/busine
The annoying thing about is their tech support is so great and responsive that they've spoiled me & I'm disappointed in all others'
We're hiring an associate data editor at ! Position can be remote or in an office with other Trace staffers, and salary range is ~$70k-$90k. Apply at the link below, or reach out with any questions!
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Some news: We're hiring!
Our nonprofit journalism on gun violence, safety, and justice is making a difference. Help us expand our impact as our associate data editor. thetr.ac/vg9l7
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Oh also I am going to be teaching fact-checking and copy editing at NYU's School of Professional Studies starting this summer! Getting all the major life changes in at once.
Help, the president just said "hollow ground" instead of "hallowed" and everything is bad
AITA I (M53) slapped my friend (M57) at a party after he made a joke about my wife's (F50) medical condition in front of all our friends and coworkers
We just opened our winter/spring fellowships, but we also have two fellow slots open at to begin immediately! Both are paid $18/hr, 40 hrs/wk in our New York office.
Once at a party in college I introduced myself and the person responded, "YOU'RE Kaitlyn Jakola?!" and I've spent every day since wondering why
Just read a passage in a book, found it funny, and tried to double-tap to like it like I was on Instagram. The internet has in fact broken me.
It's honestly surreal to be in the next cohort for the WLA, which I've admired from afar for years. I'm so excited to meet and learn from the other members!
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Let's celebrate: Congratulations to the 26 women selected for the 2022 Women’s Leadership Accelerator!
This inspiring group represents six countries and a range of expertise from local news to production innovation to audio. Meet the #ONAWLA cohort.
journalists.org/2022/03/16/int
I've decided that the first big thing I'm going to do while Temporarily Unemployed is go see a movie by myself during the day, and get a milkshake to drink during it.
This is...a lot. Can we all just agree to stop talking about Kanye and let him get the help he needs?
1) "Hello, how are you?" does not require using a pronoun at all, and you're not entitled to know the gender of every person you meet!
2) If you establish a relationship with someone that would require their pronouns, share yours and ask theirs! It's truly that easy.
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Reminder that it is so, so easy to say "pregnant people" instead of "pregnant women," and is in fact the more accurate choice of the two!
Just realized I probably won't have to come up with a Halloween costume and I feel so relieved
There are a lot of things to dislike about New York, but every time I go somewhere else and a Lyft driver tries to learn my life story, I'm so glad I live in a city where most people would rather die than make small talk with strangers
Shot: My first full-time job was a copy editor role at Mic that paid $42k. I had been working "part-time" for them for six months, 10-hour shifts with 30 minutes for lunch because we were told an hour was too long, 3-5 days a week. I was so grateful for a job, I didn't negotiate.
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My first full time job was $30k per year at International Business Times. They offered a monthly bonus based on pageviews, encouraging lowest common denominator clickbait we published under anonymous bylines twitter.com/emilygmonster/…
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The style guide and our language choices allowed us to write with care in a way that made people feel seen and respected. Queer and POC writers came to work for us because they felt like they wouldn't have to use weaponized language against marginalized communities.
Remember when BuzzFeed made the watermelon video and then every media startup lost their minds trying to recreate it with dumb stunts on Facebook Watch? That was fun
I applied to a long-term birth control study and was rejected because I'm a lesbian, which like, I get, but also, people take bc for many reasons that are not controlling birth, and should we not also be studied to see how these contraceptives affect us?
This is absolutely a subtweet but if you're a reporter and your first step in *every story* is to ask your Facebook friends to find your sources for you, maybe you should reconsider that strategy
Celebrating pride this year by staying home, making ice cream and cookies and watching a superhero movie with my wife 🌈✨ happy pride to everybody, but especially my fellow lazy gays
Should add that ideally we're looking for local Chicago writers! This project involves local artists and creative communities, and we're hoping to do as much in-person reporting as possible.
My former-copy-editor superpower is the ability to instantly identify accidental double-spaces in copy
Modern media is watching on social media as people congratulate someone you know they hated working with on a new gig because they might need that person to help them get a job later
Just remembered how at my old job, when people left/were fired, there was no one responsible for removing them from the CMS, so several months after a round of layoffs I found out that most of those laid off still had access to edit and post stories
Yesterday I mentioned to my dad that I was having trouble loosening a bolt on our exercise bike, and today a 47-piece socket wrench set showed up in the mail
Just little copyeditor things: Creating your own personal style rules that you abide by at all times even though literally no one else would ever in a million years notice that you're doing it
One of the best parts of being at #ACES2018 was that I had an excuse to just totally ignore the news for a few days
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INSIDER Entertainment Reporter: Come join 's entertainment team and write about all things entertainment — from new Netflix shows to celebrities.
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My wife just casually revealed that she's kept a box of fossilized shark teeth in our bedroom for years without my knowledge
Why don't we spend more time talking about how "Tell your boyfriend/if he says he's got beef/that I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him" is an amazing accomplishment in songwriting?
I am getting vaccinated...tomorrow?! Checked the city site on a whim and there was a location near me with a ton of appointments. Previously I hadn't been able to get an appointment until mid-April.