flew back to San Francisco this morning after a summer in New York... felt like this photo I took right before landing is a pretty concise summary of 2020 so far
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my contribution to the oral history is that on my first day as an intern in 2013 told me he wanted to outsource copyediting overseas; 8 months later he pushed us to make public😎
don’t doubt the copy editors!
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Today is the last day of BuzzFeed News. I wanted the last word on it to be from the people who worked there. Here's the final post, the Oral History of BuzzFeed News: buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfe
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BuzzFeed News was a special place to work as a copy editor. Not enough newsrooms champion a copy team that pushes writers to reexamine their language for the biases we did. It was nice to feel trusted by the editors and reporters we worked with!!!
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Just so proud of every single person on this ferocious little team, we punched so far above our weight and became a really invaluable resource for so many writers and editors. I am so lucky that I got to start my career here, and with . FOREVER and EVER.
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When we compiled this issue, we did not know it would be our last.
Our style guide went live on Feb. 4, 2014, launched by BuzzFeed’s first copy chief, @em_dash3. Her then–deputy copy chief, @meganpaolone, created Quibbles & Bits and sent the first issue in 2016.
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Style guides hold and wield so much power & the folks on this team )in the past & currently) have pushed the entire journalism industry forward in ways they deserve big recognition for. 🫡style guide 5ever
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When we compiled this issue, we did not know it would be our last.
Our style guide went live on Feb. 4, 2014, launched by BuzzFeed’s first copy chief, @em_dash3. Her then–deputy copy chief, @meganpaolone, created Quibbles & Bits and sent the first issue in 2016.
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It was a pleasure to talk to at the daily news podcast about #obesity and the new suite of #GLP1 drugs such as #ozempic and #wegovy
Grateful for their care with complicated issues
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/app
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JOB ALERT: @MotherJones is hiring an assistant copy editor! You get to work with one of the best in the biz, @danielkingtime, and our fun team of deep-diving muckrakers.
Salary range: $55k-$65k, depending on experience.
More here: bit.ly/3XETJea
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hmm what level brain rot is wanting to talk to my old therapist about tough conversations with my new therapist
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Such a momentous loss for the editing and language community; Henry taught so many so much about being better editors, and better humans.
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No hyphen for Asian American, African American and other dual-heritage terms. When possible, refer to a person’s country of origin or follow the person’s preference. Such as: Filipino American or Indian American. RIP and thank you, Henry Fuhrmann @latimes. apne.ws/NBSGoYP
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THE USE OF SINGULAR “THEY” ACTUALLY DATES BACK TO THE 1300S SO YOU CAN’T MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT IT “BOTHERS YOU” BECAUSE IT’S “GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT” EVEN SHAKESPEARE AND EMILY DICKINSON USED “THEY” WITH A SINGULAR ANTECEDENT AND NO ONE SAID A THING
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FAT AND OR PLUS SIZE PEOPLE OF USA;
The FAA is opening for comments about seat sizes in planes wednesday; faa.gov/seat-size-comm
Please emphasize safety rather than comfort, but let's override them with messages so they can't say "well no one spoke up so it cant be important!"
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Lost for words? A new, free resource offers journalists guidance on thorny topics. nie.mn/3IxxO2t
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my Warriors commentary is that Jordan Poole’s shorts are really tight and Draymond Green seems like a good team player
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"The body is bad at pretending"
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I wrote about my hair falling out, refusing to connect the dots to pandemic stress, and the hundreds of other ways our bodies are keeping the damn score
annehelen.substack.com/p/thats-a-stre
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my team at is hiring for a bunch of positions right now! including a COPY and STANDARDS EDITOR (and a bunch of other roles I'm going to thread) — come work with me!!! jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
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Three days left to apply! Don’t miss this paid opportunity with for and recent graduates.
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We've partnered w/ @AppleNews to give a recent #NABJ graduate or early-career journalist the opportunity to work at the forefront of news + tech. The paid, 9-month fellowship gives exposure to various Apple News editorial areas! Apply now: bit.ly/NABJAppleFellow
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and a few more:
local editor, Los Angeles: jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
sports contractor: linkedin.com/jobs/view/3043
showrunner, Today, our daily news podcast: jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
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and it's the last week to apply to the very excellent fellowship, for recent grads and early career journalists hoping to learn more about editing and curation — this is a nine-month PAID ($42/hour) opportunity... more on that here: bit.ly/NABJAppleFellow
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some other roles we're hiring for at editorial:
newsletter editor: jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
weather/climate editor: jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
podcast editor: jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
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my team at is hiring for a bunch of positions right now! including a COPY and STANDARDS EDITOR (and a bunch of other roles I'm going to thread) — come work with me!!! jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/
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We’re partnering with on an editorial fellowship designed to give early-career journalists the opportunity to work at the forefront of news and technology. Learn more and apply here by May 13: bit.ly/NABJAppleFellow
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I wrote for about what it feels like to have been part of something pretty great, and then to watch the jenga blocks get pulled out, one by one.
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journalism is a public good, etc. etc.!!!!!!
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The slashing of BuzzFeed News (again) is devastating, especially after years of assurances it wouldn't happen, that @peretti "values news," that news is "core" to BF's mission. Imagine if he cared as much abt real, tangible impact as he does $$$! A thread of some of that impact:
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BuzzFeed News was and is filled to the brim with dedicated reporters and editors who work tirelessly on journalism that has, no hyperbole, changed the world. Thinking of them all today.
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a Moonstruck remake except it’s Lady Gaga and Pete Davidson and the fiancé is Jared Leto from House of Gucci
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…oh no, I love this dumb game
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We've been bargaining our contract for almost 2 years, but BuzzFeed won't budge on critical issues like wages — all while preparing to go public and make executives even richer.
So TODAY, we're walking out to send a reminder that there's no BuzzFeed News without us. #BFNWalksOut
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I am BEGGING news editors to put the goddamn context in the headline. Not your dek, not your lede, the headline.
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woke myself up laughing this morning because I had a dream that I met a bunch of aliens who spoke to me in English on a whiteboard like in Arrival and they said...
"hey Meg, remember it's Meatless Monday"
that's all
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every so often it hits me that the weight loss industry is so manipulative and toxic you can survive a global pandemic that killed millions of people and *still* be low key convinced that getting fatter during that time was somehow a bad outcome
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Since 2019 reporters on the Buzzfeed News Tech desk have won:
The Mirror Award
The Livingston
The Polk Award
The Pulitzer Prize
Also, we’re hiring. Come join us?
boards.greenhouse.io/buzzfeed/jobs/
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NABJCareers.org Olympics Contractor: New York, New York Apple News Apple News is looking to hire a short-term contractor to join our Sports team as we cover the Olympics. The assignment would include: * Writing and researching… dlvr.it/S11zzV #NABJJobAlerts
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this is indeed what it feels like literally every time I see my friends now
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time is weird! I was a starry-eyed lil j-school grad a whole eight years ago
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