Disinforming Ourselves to Death
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How (Not) to Cover Political Violence Done to the Prophet of Political Violence
Some notes I left on Bluesky, slightly before and on the immediate aftermath of the shooting at the GOP rally, with minor elaborations. — In every sane timeline, this should lead to a bipartisan (read: the GOP finally rediscovering decency), society-wide reform on gun safety and strengthened ethics oversight on incitements of political violence. In…
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Short notes on the first 2024 US presidential debate
Memos I took on Bluesky during and shortly after the livecast debate, as organized by CNN. “So far, Trump speaks just like a modern AI. Straight bullshit crawled from questionable corners of the internet and simply circling back to a couple of keywords all the time, but with a super-confident delivery. Biden, on the other…
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Work Samples Annotated
The cases below are examples of how I aimed to utilize various media formats in journalism to communicate the key issues more effectively. In most cases, the main emphasis was on communicating the complex and nuanced factors in the story. Madison Commons [ https://madisoncommons.org/archive/ ]A community journalism project run by the School of Journalism at…