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Desiree Stennett

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Reporter @nolanews covering culture and communities statewide with a focus on race, identity and LGBTQ issues. Miami girl. FAMU grad. She/Her.

New Orleans, LA

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@Desi_Stennett

Desiree Stennett

4 years

100 years ago on Election Day a man was lynched in Orlando and mass of Black-owned land in Ocoee was burned. The violence sparked because a Black man wanted to vote. Florida has been suppressing the Black vote ever since. Read about that legacy here:

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@Desi_Stennett

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"Purr," God says. 😂

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omg i can’t believe this

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I tried to send this earlier but couldn’t in the chaos. A Memphis police officer is yelling “Somebody get her. Somebody get the girl in the gray hoodie.” Then they swarm.

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Heard a strong quote in NPR just now: “We know our police departments can do better because we’ve seen them do better. They do better in white communities.” Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League.

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Desiree Stennett

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LISTEN. For those wondering how we were going to emotionally make it through a socially distant fall and winter with like 5 mins of sunlight every day.

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Strong Black Lead

@strongblacklead

4 years

Time to pop bottles🍾🍾 The following classic shows are coming to @Netflix (US) Moesha - Aug 1 The Game S1-3 - Aug 15 Sister Sister - Sept 1 Girlfriends - Sept 11 The Parkers - Oct 1 Half & Half - Oct 15 One on One - Oct 15 To celebrate, here's a message from your faves:

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I’m now at the protest. Memphis police has on riot gear. I’d guess there are at least 75 protesters out here now.

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70 years ago, Harry and Harriette Moore were killed when a bomb hidden under their home exploded on Christmas. They had spent the previous two decades registering Black voters, getting fair pay for Black teachers and investigating lynchings in Florida.

70 years after Brevard bombing, legacy of civil rights movement’s 1st martyrs lives on

Gift boxes sit unopened at the foot of a tree adorned with ornaments and lights. Baskets of pine cones and ribbon top the piano and coffee table. Decorated for the holiday, the scene inside a repli…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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3 years

The Sentinel staff is five reporters smaller today than it was Friday. By the end of the week, we will have lost an editor too. Our new owners wasted no time.

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4 years

Hi, I officially work at the Orlando Sentinel now.

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2 years

Today would have been Trayvon Martin’s 27th birthday. I’m in Miami where several hundred people are gathered at a park near his high school for a peace walk in his honor. He was killed 10 years ago this month.

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The way people who are from Memphis trash this city when they find out that I am from somewhere else and chose to live here is crazy. Somebody explain it to me. They always seem super concerned for my safety and seem SHOCKED that I chose to be here and like it. Stop this.

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2 years

Emmett Till's family wants the warrant served.

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So many opportunities to say nothing are being missed today.

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Right now we can REALLY see what it means for a community when their journalists are forced to take furloughs. It means I can't go to keep watch at the 201 Poplar. I can't be there for my community. I hate it. Let @gannett know what it means to you to not have me there.

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

Someone has been stealing my newspaper and while it's annoying, shout out to you, thief, for reading local news.

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4 years

Ok Memphis, I won’t dance around it. I’m moving back to Florida in a few weeks. This city has been so good to me these past two years and I’d like to believe I have given back to it in some way in that time. I’m sad to go.

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4 years

"Donald Trump's political career started with a racist birther lie; it could end with a Black woman in the White House." -- Abby Phillips on CNN

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I mean, I knew Orlando was segregated but wow. Zoom in on Orlando and understand how bad it really is.

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Desiree Stennett

2 years

I went down to Lake Eola to watch the fireworks tonight and there was just a stampede. I don’t know what caused it or if anyone was hurt but it was terrifying. I’m home safely but there were thousands of people at the Lake.

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Desiree Stennett

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In a few weeks, I will be headed to The Orlando Sentinel to cover race across Central Florida. I’ll be looking to tell stories about criminal justice, economics, health and politics through a lens of racial justice and equity. This job is a dream.

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I got two separate calls from men in the Shelby County Jail this past week telling me that they have been reading my stories and that they appreciate my work. I've been trying to put into words how that felt all week. I still can't

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

Do people who spread misinformation about the vaccine realize that there are lives at stake? That someone could read their nonsense and die because of it? Do they even care?

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Raise your hand if you are also on deadline for something unrelated to the attempt to overthrow our democracy and having a hard time focusing.

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Desiree Stennett

3 months

It's finally here. Today is my first day working for @NOLAnews ! So excited to get started. Can't wait to get to know the city and see what I can bring to it.

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Desiree Stennett

5 years

Listening to @DrIbram at the National Civil Rights Museum. “When you do nothing in the face of racist injustice... the effect of that is for that racism to persist... Historically and currently when you do nothing, you are making a choice and that choice has impact.”

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4 years

Mood all 2020. A gift to you from baby Desiree on school picture day 199X.

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Banning books is such a weird concept in the age of the internet.

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4 years

From there, she said officers started counting down and saying the people who were there had 5 minutes to leave or "lethal force" would be used. So far it seems like no lethal force has been used but I'm not there.

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Desiree Stennett

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This is notably no obvious and palpable feeling of anger or frustration. They singing “we ready for change” while waving their cellphone flash lights. The best comparison I can make is singing a ballad at a rock concert.

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Desiree Stennett

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I'll be starting my new job in Orlando in a couple day but before that I want to talk about the story I finished on my last day of work in Memphis. The night I watched Victoria Jones disappear behind a sea of police in riot gear changed me.

'This night did break me': Victoria Jones speaks months after Beale Street protest arrest

Victoria Jones was arrested during a George Floyd protest on Beale Street in May. She shares her story about an experience she calls dehumanizing.

www.commercialappeal.com

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Im just going to say it. Memphis, your obsession with Whataburger is weird.

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She said since they weren't doing anything illegal, they didn't plan to leave without bailing out their friends. "They arrested people that we know, people that we love... They are leaders in our community, peaceful folks," Sawyer said.

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Desiree Stennett

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This 1951 Christmas Day bombing is evidence that although Florida is often disassociated with the worst portrayals of the Jim Crow South, the violence and brutality is as much a part of our local history as it is in Alabama, Tennessee or Georgia.

70 years after Brevard bombing, legacy of civil rights movement’s 1st martyrs lives on

Gift boxes sit unopened at the foot of a tree adorned with ornaments and lights. Baskets of pine cones and ribbon top the piano and coffee table. Decorated for the holiday, the scene inside a repli…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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4 years

Normalize seeing people as full and complex human beings with negative and positive traits instead of either villains or heroes and that's it. Good weekend, all.

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Desiree Stennett

2 years

Does anyone work for a company with a DEI person or team that has done anything significant in the past two years? I'm still unclear on what all these DEI people are doing.

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Desiree Stennett

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As they say, I have some ✨Personal News✨ After almost four years back in Orlando, I'll be leaving the Sentinel next week. It has been a great honor to get to write about so many issues from the viewpoint of Central Florida's Black, Hispanic and Asian communities.

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Desiree Stennett

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The 'interim' tag has officially been dropped from Beverly Robertson's title at the @MemphisChamber . She said there's no end date in mind for her role and no active search for a replacement. She's the first black woman CEO in chamber history.

'Interim' tag dropped from Beverly Robertson's chamber role; here's what it means

Beverly Robertson was named interim CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber after Phil Trenary's unexpected death. The "interim" has been dropped from her title.

www.commercialappeal.com

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This is how I know this app is in decline.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸

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idk why y'all hate on red delicious. THEY'RE GOOD APPLES!

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Orlando needs more indie bookstores.

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The first woman vice president in American history is Black.

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Here’s a thing that happened today.

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She said a group of people went to the jail tonight to bail out the people who were arrested. "We weren't here to protest. We were here for bail support," Sawyer said. Cops told them to leave and come back at 4 am.

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Desiree Stennett

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This week work has required me to be tougher than I’ve had to be in a while. Coworkers, friends, family and strangers have been so kind and loving that I don’t what to do with it all. At this point, I start to cry every time I get a thank you. I’m trying to pull myself together.

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@Desi_Stennett

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Almost 100 new twitter followers since yesterday and almost all from Louisiana. 👀 Hey, y'all

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4 years

Right now, truckloads of mail are piling up at the two Memphis USPS plants. In the worst cases, mail that arrived there a month ago is still sitting idle. Yesterday, we published a story for our subscribers about what's happening and why it matters.

Cuts at Memphis postal center causing major delivery delays as election nears, union leader says

New policies implemented by new postmaster general have caused major mail delays in Memphis ahead of the November election, union leader says.

www.commercialappeal.com

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Desiree Stennett

2 years

My greatest personal loss in this pandemic has been the loss of my belief that most people are inherently good. At this point, I feel silly for having ever believed that in the first place. I’ll be mourning that loss for a long time.

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4 years

The Commercial Appeal is still here for you. We have another reporter and a photographer minutes away.

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

The expectation in journalism is that it's necessary to work countless unpaid hours to get ahead. But every minute we work for no money, Tribune gets to go on pretending that our newsrooms are adequately staffed. Today, we're refusing to give up even one minute of unpaid labor.

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Today we & union siblings across Tribune units will work in a way we know the company cannot manage. We will work to rule! That means just 8 hrs, taking our breaks and NO unpaid overtime the company expects. When Tribune devalues our work, they devalue the communities we serve.

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Since it was so late, they decided to just wait. She said no one was in the street. They were all on a sidewalk or in the private parking lot. She said everyone paid for parking to avoid trouble.

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Desiree Stennett

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100 years ago today, Moses Norman attempted to vote in Ocoee. That act sparked the bloodiest Election Day massacre in U.S. History. The Black community saw July Perry lynched, countless more killed and dozens of homes burned. @Bearlando has the story here:

Story of Ocoee Massacre finally being told – 100 years after it happened | Special Report

Allen Franks was just 18 when he led five siblings hand-in-hand and carried a sixth, his disabled brother, on his back through swampy woods out of Ocoee, away from a mob of white men firing rifles …

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4 years

We have a reporter on the way.

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Desiree Stennett

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Reporters, we really need to be careful and thoughtful about how we report this story. Let’s remember that this is happening because a man died and men and women have been dying for years. Let’s not feed stereotypes and perpetuate the problem.

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Dear Memphis, In my short time here, I've already grown to appreciate your culture, history and your general swag. But I'm going to need a few things: 1. a convenient grocery shopping option downtown. 2. affordable travel so I can actually see my family. 3. less rain. Thanks.

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Desiree Stennett

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I’m out on South Main at the “Defund the police” block party. There are maybe 75 or so people here. An alter has been created to honor people killed by law enforcement in Memphis and around the country.

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4 years

After I got home, @tamisawyer and another person told me there was another group at 201 Poplar dealing with law enforcement. I just got off the phone with Tami.

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Desiree Stennett

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I have another video taken immediately before this one. It’s not easy to see what’s happening because I wasn’t focused on her the whole time but the break between this and the one below is the enough time to quickly hit stop and record again. This was immediately prior.

@Desi_Stennett

Desiree Stennett

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I tried to send this earlier but couldn’t in the chaos. A Memphis police officer is yelling “Somebody get her. Somebody get the girl in the gray hoodie.” Then they swarm.

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Protests are expected to continue in Memphis tonight. After a grueling few days, I’m taking a night off to rest but @memphisnews will again have a team there providing coverage. I’ll let you know who when I know. At this point there is not a part of my body that doesn’t hurt.

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@Desi_Stennett

Desiree Stennett

4 years

I’m reading Untamed by @GlennonDoyle and realizing that I’m already Untamed. Instead of instruction, I’m finding language and validation. Happy Sunday, friends.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

It’s real y’all. I really don’t work at the Commercial Appeal anymore. By the time you see my last story, I will have doing a final walk through in this apartment and getting on the road to Florida.

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Standing feet away from Victoria, all I could think was that no matter what happens, I can't stop recording. This needed to be on the record. Hearing my own voice say "We're just trying to cover the news" still make me cry.

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Desiree Stennett

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I tried to send this earlier but couldn’t in the chaos. A Memphis police officer is yelling “Somebody get her. Somebody get the girl in the gray hoodie.” Then they swarm.

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@storey966 I am a journalist. I took this video. I was there.

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Desiree Stennett

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One stat that will live in my mind forever re: homeownership and wealth. There are more white people making $0 a year who own their homes free and clear (paid off with no mortgage) than black people who own homes period in Florida. That is wild to me.

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Desiree Stennett

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I don't know if this is an indicator of overall sentiment in Louisiana but the emails and twitter responses I get to my stories here are decidedly more conservative and right-leaning here than Florida.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

Thank you to everyone who had something kind of say. I’m working on moving my furlough to another week. I will be out reporting the news for Memphis tonight. Stay safe everyone.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

If you’re a journalist and you have not stopped for a moment sometime in the past few weeks to consider if there might be something you need to change about how you do your job, something is wrong.

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

I mentioned to my new landlord that I had some friends really come through and helped with the move. Today, he stopped by for something unrelated and while he was chatting with me, he told me to take $100 off my October rent and buy everyone who helped me some beer. This man!

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When the Moores died, Medgar Evers had yet to join the NAACP. Malcom X was still in prison. MLK was a grad student. Harry Moore "was doing this before the country was paying attention and he’s the one that got forgotten," said Ben Green who wrote a book about the Moores in 1999

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

I think my future in journalism is writing about race through a lens of policy and economics. Not sure how I'm going to get there but I'm already considering what that would look like.

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A protest led by members of the Bar Association is about to begin at 201 Poplar.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

One black woman was arrested. Tackled by several cops. A white woman threw herself in between them for a moment to try to protect her. The white woman was not arrested. At least not at that moment

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

Journalism has ruined tv/movies for me. I'm watching Buffy to decompress and all I can think is "Wow, the education reporter in this town must be having a hell of a time covering this high school."

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Next, I'll be headed to New Orleans to do similar work for The Advocate/Times-Picayune. I'm so grateful that I get to continue writing stories that confront race, culture and LGBTQ issues and I know New Orleans will be a fascinating place to continue that work.

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Point 1: Journalism Twitter fights are always fun. Point 2: This man is *personally offended* because @nixonron said pay people for their work and respect days off. Point 3: And this one is important. 50 front page stories in 40 years is… not a lot. Lol take a weekend off, bro.

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Today I slept in, talked to my mom for a while, booked myself a tiny cabin on a lake in Arkansas for the weekend, cooked all my meals and sat in the sun. Today was a good mental health day.

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Hi, I retweeted Lil Nas X. He retweeted my retweet. My notifications are now in shambles.

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Desiree Stennett

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Y’all. There are fireflies out here. If we’re keeping score, this is even better than the badger. A week or two ago I saw a firefly for the first time in my life and was amazed. But that was only one. There are several here tonight and it’s wild.

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Rent in Orlando is not a game.

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2 years

My brother is finally out of the ICU. 🙌🏾

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As a journalist, threads/stories like this annoy me. It relieves us of any responsibility for our role in the broken relationship with the community we serve. Instead of getting mad that protesters don’t want us there, why don’t we look internally and honestly ask ourselves why.

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Moving to a new city as a reporter is always interesting. This was my first out-of-state move. Memphis is my first majority black city. It's also my first "southern" city. This year, I've had the chance to learn the city one story at a time. These are some of my favorites.

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

For those moments when I forget that I moved back to Florida, the lizards are Publix are here to remind me.

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Here is my semi-regular airing of grievances over the lack of a grocery store in Downtown Memphis: ugh. As you were.

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Until recently, the Orlando PD and the Orange County Sheriff's Office both had programs that informed participating landlord when their tenants were arrested. The program suggested eviction as a consequence to arrest, even when no conviction followed.

Orlando police, Orange sheriff end embattled eviction-based crime reduction program

When the Orlando Police Department launched its Crime Free Multi-Housing program in 2011, then-Chief Val Demings said it would “reduce the fear of crime” in apartment communities &mdash…

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Update: NOPD found my car last night. I’m not sure what condition it’s in but we’ll see what my insurance company says. Thankfully I have full coverage so I expect they will cover the damage.

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Two months into living in NOLA and I just walked outside and my car is gone.

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I’ve got video. Will upload as soon as I can. One cop pushed @ldtestino aggressively. She showed her badge and reminded them of her first amendment rights. He kept moving. Another pushed me slightly. Showed my badge. He moved on immediately.

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Desiree Stennett

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It has been a terrible year. Let’s all come together in a moment of joy and marvel at this beautiful thing I bought today after about 3 seconds of internal debate.

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Here's a kind of cool thing we did. We wanted to introduce folks to some of the most important places to Black history in the Central Florida region. Included are audio clips (narrated by me) with interviews from experts.

Central Florida’s civil rights history: Learn about 7 key sites with our audio guided tour

Black residents of Central Florida, like those throughout the south, fought for their civil rights for generations after the Civil War ended, with each victory over racism, segregation and violence…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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3 years

Double-vaccinated baddie.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

This has been a year of personal and public grieving. Take care of yourselves. Good night.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

Took today off. Slept a lot. Paid bills. Laughed. About to get some groceries so we can get back to eating like a human. Back at work tomorrow.

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Desiree Stennett

2 months

I published my first New Orleans story over the weekend. I officially work here y'all.

These leaders of a new local bank in New Orleans want to fight generational poverty

When Baldwin & Co. owner DJ Johnson decided to partner with Credit Human CEO Steve Hennigan to open a credit union branch near his bookstore in the Marigny, Johnson's vision

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

If you want to know what's happening in Minneapolis, read their local newspaper, @StarTribune . They live in the city. They know it. They are there right now and will remain in the aftermath years from now. If you want to know what's happening anywhere in context, read local news.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

Me: I’m moving to Florida. Memphis Twitter followers:

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

My entire body is shaking. I saw at least one person tackled by several officers. He was so covered with cops in riot gear all I could see were his sneakers. I have no idea where he is now

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

It is wild that since March, journalists have had to see layoffs, furloughs, hazard pay denials, cuts to benefits/pay, had to watch our colleagues be threatened, attacked and maimed by law enforcement, watch our colleagues die of COVID, and are still here doing to news.

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Desiree Stennett

4 years

I'm reviewing a recording of an interview I did yesterday. The man I spoke with asked me why reporters uses the police account as the factual baseline and what everyone else has to say as an additional take. A worthy question.

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Desiree Stennett

2 years

“When you see thousands upon thousands of people literally running for their lives, scared that they are about to be gunned down in the middle of downtown Orlando, it’s only natural that you also get scared.”

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Orlando police seek videos after panic at Lake Eola fireworks show

Orlando police are seeking videos from the public that could shed light on what caused hundreds of people to panic and flee Monday from the city’s fireworks show at Lake Eola. It’s stil…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Desiree Stennett

3 years

The front page never gets old. Grab a paper (or your phone) and read my latest.

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Desiree Stennett

5 years

I'm working on a story about who #BrandonWebber was before he was killed by U.S. Marshals in Memphis yesterday. Here's what I know so far:

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Who was Brandon Webber, the Memphis man shot and killed by U.S. Marshals?

Friends remember Brandon Webber, the Memphis man killed by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday.

www.commercialappeal.com

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Desiree Stennett

2 years

Listen. @MariaLElizondo needs more screen time. She is hilarious. She is a baddie. And she will knock somebody out if needed. A public school icon. Cast her. Pay her.

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