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mgg.bsky.social
She/her. Faculty, journalism funding ethics @poynterinstitute.bsky.social. Previously Washington Post, Philly Inquirer, CBC News. I don’t argue with people on the internet. Mostly Canadian.
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Scenes from Canada

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A private hobby is to read all stories about AI as though the I is a lowercase L and there’s this real problem with this unhinged and wildly chaotic guy named AL.

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Old but ever useful www.poynter.org/newsletters/...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The Poynter leadership academy is a great way to not only level up your skills but to feel truly grounded, confident and present as a leader. 👏There couldn’t be a more important time for this in journalism.👏 www.poynter.org/shop/leaders...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Very cool thing: @404media.co offers free workshops to subscribers to teach them how to file effective FOIA requests.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Terrific and important (and free!) webinar coming up from @poynterinstitute.bsky.social April 7, 2025 1-2:15 p.m. Eastern time. Sign up here: 👇 www.poynter.org/shop/reporti...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Weird time to have an event near Washington, DC that sounds like you want to set the public sector on fire.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Astonishingly stark political shift in Canada in response to tariffs. newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/po...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

New subscription push from Canadian media: That it's Canadian media. I've never seen anything like the patriotic surge in Canada right now.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

My god, the actual panic and anxiety that an app experiences when you don't have notifications turned on.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Good evening, Bluesky, from this weird lil shrimp dude who lives in my office.

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

Spacing is a great little magazine. 10/10 recommend. Renewing my sub now.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Tremendous decision from Wired to make their work based on public records free. freedom.press/issues/wired...

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Scenes from Mexico City.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

👏 Student 👏 journalists 👏 are 👏 journalists 👏

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Ten years ago, BuzzFeed’s post about The Dress – and whether it was blue and black, or white and gold – took over the internet, and our lives for a few days. It could likely never happen in the same way today. Here’s why: www.poynter.org/commentary/a...

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, I wrote a thing. The Dress was a light little distraction a decade ago. But it couldn’t happen now, and that says something much darker about how media works today. (BTW: the dress was black and blue.)

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

This is interesting, and feels largely true www.theverge.com/press-room/6...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, I wrote a thing. The Dress was a light little distraction a decade ago. But it couldn’t happen now, and that says something much darker about how media works today. (BTW: the dress was black and blue.)

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Give this headline writer a raise www.404media.co/email/855bf8...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Fascinating thread. I learned so much from this.

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

Let’s do cool things this year! www.poynter.org/from-the-ins...

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

Los Angeles teachers, if you lost your classroom library in the fire, I am a HS English teacher and YA author and I will get you books whenever you're ready for them. The bookish community is here for you. There is no expiration date. tinyurl.com/LAFireBookDo...

submitted 98 days ago • 171 comments

This entire thread - with multiple contributions and interesting anecdotes - is why I enjoy lurking in this space:

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

“Incarcerated firefighters have some of the highest injury rates among all prison workers and are four times more likely to sustain injuries compared to other firefighters. Also, they work some of the longest hours and have some of the hardest tasks to execute.”

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

2025 Out: parasocial relationship with TikTokers In: parasocial relationships with water-dropping helicopters

submitted 99 days ago • 34 comments

What’s everyone reading and loving right now?

submitted 99 days ago • 5 comments