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Michael Balter, happily independent journalist
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Journalist and journalism teacher. See "Words for the Wise" (https://michaelbalter.substack.com/ ) and https://michael-balter.blogspot.com/  for my latest work.

By the beautiful Hudson River.
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    Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

    As this very eventful day comes to an end, I'd like to do a brief summing up. @SAAorg officials showed themselves miserably inept and indifferent concerning the presence of a sexual predator at the #SAA2019 meeting. They did nothing to protect the victims...

    11:28 PM - 12 Apr 2019
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      2. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        ...of former @uaanchorage archaeologist David Yesner, convicted of numerous Title IX sexual misconduct offenses and banned forever from the U of Alaska system, when he showed up at the meeting. To cover their incompetence and apathy, they banned a journalist...

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      3. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        ...who was doing his best to coordinate with the victims and remove Yesner from the meeting. The ban included my participation on Saturday in a long-planned #MeToo panel for which I traveled to ABQ from the East Coast at my own expense (hotel included.)...

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      4. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        ...Meanwhile the victims, UAA students, were unable to attend many of the sessions they wanted to because they had to spend all their time using a buddy system to avoid running into Yesner, who was constantly on the move throughout the meeting. Their experience...

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      5. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        ...at the meeting, to which they had also traveled from afar, was essentially ruined and a waste of time for them (this is based on their statements to me.) I have rarely seen such pathetic a lack of adherence to written anti-#harassment rules of an organization...

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      6. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        ...and such a blatant attempt by the clueless bureaucrats who "lead" the organization to deflect attention from their own failings. Fortunately there is one last chance for SAA members to salvage the sullied reputation of this organization, which is to turn out...

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      7. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        ...in large numbers for the #MeToo in Archaeology session I was invited to participate in, but from which I am banned. Sat, 1-3 pm, Galisteo Room 110. #MeTooSTEM #Archaeology #Anthropology. Thank you.

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      8. Michael Balter, happily independent journalist‏ @mbalter 12 Apr 2019

        PS--Thanks also to the folks who racked up 4000 page views today on my blog, where several posts outlining the history of the Yesner matter can be found: http://michael-balter.blogspot.com/ 

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      2. Jodi Koberinski‏ @JodiKoberinski 13 Apr 2019
        Replying to @mbalter @SAAorg

        I liked you already. Now you are a hero to me Michael.

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      3. Jodi Koberinski‏ @JodiKoberinski 13 Apr 2019
        Replying to @JodiKoberinski @mbalter @SAAorg

        Please post email and links to this society so fellow academics scan wxpress need for a new board and anti-Oppression training for everyone. #DismantlingRapeCulture has prepared 15 Qs for Community for after sexual assaults brought to light. DM me, toolkit by donation.

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