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Audio Producer / Journalist / Asst. Professor @ucbsoj / Founding co-host + senior producer emerita @nprcodeswitch / @niemanfdn

I’d rather be in Puerto Rico

https://t.co/rfBE6PxfVd

Joined December 2008

Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

7 months

Unfortunately, this piece I reported years ago for @npr (longer version on @NPRCodeSwitch ) is “evergreen” as we say in journalism. It’s about the use of dehumanizing language:

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What Happens When Groups Of People Are Described As Animals

Describing groups of people as animals, using language like, "hunt them down" and "infestation" is an age old tactic to influence public opinion. And, it works. History shows when dehumanizing...

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

I am trying something new and I’m SCARED. (but excited!!!) All of this is happening while I’m packing to be with my father who is in the hospital, we’ve been told he doesn’t have long to live. Joy and Pain …trying to hold onto both things.

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3 years

Fam: Coming at you this morning with some truly bittersweet news. We are both thrilled and quite honestly, devastated, to announce that Shereen Marisol Meraji ( @RadioMirage ) will be leaving Code Switch in August for a couple of amazing new opportunities. (1/7)

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2 years

This is my last week in Cambridge/Boston. Damn, that was hella quick! I’m moving back to the bay and becoming a professor of journalism at UC Berkeley. What a dream come true! Excited/Nervous/excited/nervous…

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1 year

One of the things I loved most about @NPRCodeSwitch was that it was a multi-racial and multi-generational team of journalists. Whenever we thought something was new or surprising- Karen would remind us that it had been done before. Her voice and perspective made the show better

@karenbates

Not THAT Karen, thank you

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It was a good run—21years—but it’s just about done. Tough economic realities meant NPR had to let go of some 100 employees. I was among that number. I am sad that I won’t be working with some of the fabulous people who make NPR. But I am grateful to have work that meant so much.

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3 years

My last story as the co-host/senior producer is a 9-11 story that I'm pretty sure you'll only hear on @NPRCodeSwitch I'll leave it there. I'd be honored if you listened:

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‎Code Switch: The Lost Summer on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Code Switch, Ep The Lost Summer - Sep 7, 2021

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4 years

"NPR must build a reporter/correspondent corps that reflects the diversity of the nation we cover." -- just one of the demands in a long list that is long overdue.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

My beloved abuelo died last night so this is bittersweet. He played a huge role in making me who I am... a reminder to shout out the people past and present who made @NPRCodeSwitch what it is, too. You know who you are. Thank you for all you Do/Did to get us here. ❤️

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Apple Podcasts

3 years

We are excited to announce our first-ever Show of the Year - @NPRCodeSwitch . 🎉 In a year dominated by conversations about race, this show provided powerful insights, with personal perspectives from hosts @RadioMirage and @GeeDee215 , and their guests.

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4 years

Anybody else f-ing exhausted?

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3 years

I had my first day of a Spanish for Heritage Learners class. This is going to be a humbling experience. I'm 20 years older than everyone else and all the shame and embarrassment over my lack of proficiency has rendered me SPEECHLESS. (If you know me, you know that's rare.)

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2 years

My new year’s resolution is to stop being so mean to myself.

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4 years

I hope people use this as an opportunity to listen to our @nprcodeswitch back catalog. We have been telling stories from within various communities of color: the ways we are connected and the tensions that exist amongst us, too. A consistent conversation over the past four years!

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The LeBron James of Pig Feet.

4 years

(So the podcast is #1 on ITunes right now...which is dope but i wish it woulda happened under vastly less soul-crushing circumstances.)

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2 years

Reading for pleasure again. Writing for pleasure again. Im starting to heal from the pressure and intensity of the newsroom and feeling so much calmer and happier. I want to hold onto this…

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3 years

Speechless. And if you know me, you know that rarely happens.

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3 years

This is so impressive. Hey @NPRCodeSwitch @GeeDee215 @RadioMirage ~~ check out @alexisdenisew

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

Many people in my life have sent me a link to this piece and the one thing I want to point out from it is the SMALL percentage of LATINO/A/X employees who work at the org. What are we now? 18.5% of the US pop? But only 7% of NPR? NOT a good look.

NPR is losing some of its Black and Latino hosts. Colleagues see a larger crisis.

Audie Cornish’s departure from “All Things Considered” this week triggered an outpouring of pent-up grievances from within the public-radio giant.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

My Spanish language learning journey has been an emotional roller coaster. To cope, I made an episode that I wish I could have listened to before I started it. This is for all of you who want to get better at your heritage language(s). I hope it helps!

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‎Life Kit: How to learn your parents' language on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Life Kit, Ep How to learn your parents' language - May 30, 2022

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

I love that our podcast is still making best of lists, going on 5 years into its production!

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4 years

Best podcast created and/or hosted by a PoC, @NPRCodeSwitch . Runner up: @SnapJudgment

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“Speaking as a public health person, this is the most irresponsible act of an elected official that I've ever witnessed in my lifetime.”

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4 years

Vice President elect Kamala Harris MAKES HISTORY as the FIRST Black AND South Asian-American to do so.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

Going full circle (and coast to coast) from the Harvard of the West: @SFSU (Raza Studies, Class of a long-ass time ago) to ... @Harvard (Nieman fellow, Class of 2022)

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Nieman Foundation

3 years

We’re pleased to introduce the 2022 Nieman Fellows, accomplished journalists from around the world who'll join us at @Harvard this fall. The group includes investigative reporters, editors, podcasters, data specialists and visual storytellers. Welcome all!

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

I have a chronic disease: endometriosis. I've had to have surgeries, I've been on and off hormones to suppress my periods - it has caused me so much pain and infertility which I've been battling for years and YEARS.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

This was take 5,732. Props to everyone who does video for a living!

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Apple Podcasts

3 years

"These conversations are more important than ever." @NPRCodeSwitch co-host Shereen Marisol Meraji ( @radiomirage ) shares what the show means to her. Check out the podcast and see why it's our show of the year:

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@steveyeun in studio today talking walking dead & working at his parents beauty supply stores in Detroit http://t.co/0ReHw1773B

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

I’m back on @NPRCodeSwitch this week introducing two incredible stories from two recent graduates from @ucbsoj (my new home!) And they’re on my favorite topic: LANGUAGE. Please listen! The episode drops Wednesday, August 3!

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4 years

We've been making the @NPRCodeSwitch podcast for four years. This week marks our fourth birthday. And, we are here, once again, with an episode about the police killing black people. We have something to say about that:

🔊 Listen Now: A Decade Of Watching Black People Die

Code Switch on NPR One | 22:37

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2 years

Today is my first official day at @ucbsoj I’m working on my syllabus! Those of you who are veterans at this professoring thing, holler here with any syllabus tips you’d like to share! Thank you in advance- Professor Meraji (so weird!!!!)

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

5 years

We clean up nicely. @samsanders @hansilowang and me!

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3 years

2 mos ago I didn’t know how to make any accent marks in a Word document. I spent a lot of time googling “how do you make a tilde” and then messing up ALOT. Now when I’m doing my Spanish homework I can do them without looking down at the keyboard. Winning

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3 years

I got my Spanish test back today. 92.5% So, not AT ALL as bad as I thought. In fact, good. But - like everyone here said, tests aren't great predictors of what you know. And, I still have A LOT TO LEARN. But, I'm going to celebrate this little win.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

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With every single story, I reach a point where I’m like - wait - WHAT THE F WAS I THINKING?????????? I’M TOTALLY IN OVER MY HEAD!!!!!!! It almost always passes. But I’m in the thick of that anxiety at this very moment. And it sucks.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

9 years

Ahead of The Walking Dead's return my profile of @steveyeun is scheduled to be on @MorningEdition tomorrow (2/5) http://t.co/h4wG28VqIg

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I have been doing a lot of thinking about the world and who I was in it - 20 years ago. It will be my last piece as the co-host of the @NPRCodeSwitch podcast. The US bombing of Afghanistan in 2001 plays a role in the story. I started writing it long before the recent news.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

I stopped making pictures with my camera because it started to feel like work. I hope this trip changes that. Enjoy one of the incredible views from the El Yunque rainforest:

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Big thanks for your thoughts, good vibes, prayers. He’s rallying. This has been such an emotional roller coaster and the ride is not over but I’m so grateful for the support.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

EDITORS assigning your reporters...stop and think about this!!! I've been that reporter who has had to do day-after big protest stories and what got cut for time? Not the stuff about what was burned and broken but WHY it was burned and broken! I'm still mad 6 years later.

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I LOVED this thread! 40 plus years of over-the-top Puerto Rican Christmases and my Iranian Muslim dad is still an awkward and reluctant participant. He’s going to get a kick out of this!

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3 years

Growing up, my Muslim family never celebrated Christmas. This year I am not going home, because pandemic, so my roommates are teaching me how to have my first proper Christmas. I am approaching this with anthropological precision. Here are a few observations.

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4 years

4 years ago today we launched the @NPRCodeSwitch podcast with an episode called, Can We Talk About Whiteness. It’s still relevant.

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3 years

Does writing ever stop being HARD AF???????????? After all these years you'd think it would get easier!

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

I’m trying to stay present and not freak out about yet another huge move and life transition. DEEP BREATHS. This is what makes life interesting: trying new things, experimenting, learning. Breathe in. Breathe out.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

Back when I directed NPR news shows, I played a lot of breakbeats between stories and I just found this handwritten postcard from an irate NPR listener while I was packing up my house. Memories…

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3 years

So...my partner, mi amor, mi corazón...was not satisfied being an affiliate of my Nieman fellowship. No. He went and got his own damn fellowship. And, supposedly, it comes with an office. Always trying to ONE UP ME @NicoEspiritu9

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Nicholas Espiritu

3 years

I am excited to announce that I will be spending the next year as a fellow at Harvard's @Kennedy_School @CarrCenter ! I can't wait to start collaborating with all the other amazing fellows and faculty.

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The elitism in the intern selection process is REAL. I went to a Cal State school and based on the stats, I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten an internship at NPR. If @nextgenradio hadn't found me, I wouldn't have landed a temp production gig many moons ago.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

6 years

Yes, ABC cancelling #Roseanne after her racist tweet is big news. But, let's not forget about the #PuertoRico news that also came out today. A Harvard study is showing that the Puerto Rico death toll post Hurricane Maria is more than twice that of Katrina.

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Harvard study estimates thousands died in Puerto Rico because of Hurricane Maria

Official government estimates of the death toll sit at 64. A new study found at least 4,600 died as a result of the island territory’s faltering infrastructure, utilities and health care.

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3 years

Props to my classmate who told me that the hardest part of taking Spanish for heritage speakers is putting our egos aside and admitting we kinda suck at this but if we put in the work we *hopefully* won't suck forever.

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2 years

I got my booster (and flu shot) yesterday and was not expecting to feel this achy and exhausted. I should have taken the advice and cleared my schedule. Instead, It’s packed with deadlines. CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE WHEN YOU GET BOOSTED!

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5 years

I'm so PUMPED about the story I'm working for @NPRCodeSwitch about the 30+year movement in Hawai'i lead by Hawaiians to revitalize their language. Everyone trying to learn your ancestral language as a second language because you didn't grow up with it - is sure to be INSPIRED!

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3 years

I have gone from not interacting with very many people IRL, for a-year-and-change, to a lot of IRL human interaction and I need to build up my endurance. I think I tend towards being an introvert and need long stretches of time without socializing.

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It’s nice that a 31/2 year old podcast can still make a best-of list!!! Congratulations @NPRCodeSwitch team! We are excited about what’s on deck for 2020. Learning and growing! Learning and growing!

The 50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now

From Code Switch to Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

Nobody in my family was thrilled when I told them I was majoring in Raza Studies now called Latino/a Studies. But, look at me now, mom! Big thanks to the student activists and organizers who risked so much (and did jail time!) to make that possible.

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NPR's Code Switch

4 years

🌟NEW EP ALERT🌟 The largest public university system in the country just announced a new requirement: Students must take an ethnic studies or social justice course. But ethnic studies might not exist if not for students who took a stand 50 years ago.

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4 years

I was helping put the finishing touches on tomorrow's @NPRCodeSwitch episode while also trying to pay attention to that dumpster fire of a debate. I guarantee our episode is A MILLION TIMES BETTER than what we all just witnessed.

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7 years

Judge in Brooklyn still determining whether the executive order is legal. The government has asked for 2 weeks to file additional briefs.

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7 years

Thousands of lawyers across the country have organized over the last 48 hours to help non-citizens and refugees.

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6 years

So this happened.

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It’s Showtime! #CodeSwitchLive

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4 years

Damn. I’m feeling really sad about the state of the world. Really sad. And angry.

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3 years

. @GeeDee215 and I (and me?) just finished an epic tracking session and I'm going to miss how we are able to finish one another's sentences and raps and 90s r&b songs... it's a special thing we've got going.

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2 years

I’ve hit that point in my Spanish journey where I’ve improved enough to truly comprehend how much more I have to learn.

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4 years

I live in LA, my neighbor just walked out of the house crying. No matter how you feel about Kobe Bryant, so much of LA, California, the country and basketball fans around the world will be mourning his loss. Especially right here in Los Angeles.

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JUST IN: Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., according to a tweet from the City of Calabasas. Bryant, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years, was 41. Authorities say four other people died in the crash.

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3 years

LA represent!!! Amanda Gorman, youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration:

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3 years

DOPE listen this week with our special guest @THEKIDMERO — talking about raising his kids Dominican, making moves from the Bronx to NJ, and how language may be what makes Latines, Latine (oh yeah and we discuss that too!:LATINE) (The Brand is Strong)

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The Kid Mero Talks 'What It Means To Be Latino' : Code Switch

We've said it multiple times on the show: Latinos are the second largest demographic in the United States. But...what does that actually mean? Are Latinos a race? Ethnicity? Culture? We try (and...

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4 years

Shout out to the team that is 100% @NPRCodeSwitch @karenbates @AskLeezul @kukzandladders @jessskung @_NatalieEscobar @alyssajperry

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How NPR’s ‘Code Switch’ Podcast Became a Hit Telling Stories “The Way They Needed to Be Told”

'Code Switch,' led by Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby, has spent years interrogating the effects of race and identity on society and is now gaining many new listeners.

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5 years

How many times have I heard "we couldn't find any qualified producers of color..." (SO MANY TIMES) WELL, YOU CAN'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE ANYMORE!!! The @POCinAudio directory is live! With almost 500 audio makers worldwide and counting. Check it out:

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4 years

This piece I wrote in 2016 is about the sterilization of Latinas in Los Angeles in the 1970s. There’s a lot of history in it.

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Film Portrays A 'Perfect Storm' That Led To Unwanted Sterilizations For Many Latinas

About 40 years ago, Consuelo Hermosillo went to the hospital for an emergency cesarean section. Against her will, she left unable to have more children. No Más Bebés airs tonight on PBS.

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2 years

Our month in Puerto Rico is winding down and I’m already trying to figure out when we can return. Being here has been good for my soul. I’m so proud to be from this extraordinarily beautiful place full of open, generous people who are teaching me how to embrace LIFE!

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4 years

Asian Americans are being treated with disdain and disrespect. Businesses in Chinatowns across the country are reporting declines in sales. We talk about why certain people get labeled as diseased and what that has to do with an American tradition.

@NPRCodeSwitch

NPR's Code Switch

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🚨NEW EP ALERT🚨 The global response to coronavirus has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an unfortunate companion: xenophobia. And that link between xenophobia and disease has a long history in the U.S.

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3 years

Janelle was a featured expert on one of our most popular Ask Code Switch episodes where she discussed the racial wealth gap.

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My audio students won 'Best Documentary' for a radio show/podcast episode they made in their first semester of journalism school! It's called Ohlone Land and it examined Bay Area municipalities' and institutions' attempts to repair harm done to local indigenous communities.

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4 years

AFTER, 131 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JUST IN | After 131 years, PepsiCo is retiring the controversial brand name and mascot, Aunt Jemima, acknowledging that the brand is based on a racial stereotype.

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I’m supposed to be taking a furlough week. No work. No pay. But, I’m struggling to disconnect. Especially right now!

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My Iranian dad always said I should have been a lawyer because my favorite past-time is arguing with him! I can’t wait to show him this! Thanks again, for the honor, @IABA_NorCal

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THE CENSUS: It is NOT BORING. IT IS POWERFUL. It informs what we call ourselves, how we're represented, how 880 BILLION federal dollars get spent each year. PEOPLE IN POWER KNOW THIS. @NPRCodeSwitch wants you to know this too:

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🔊 Listen Now: Intrigue At The Census Bureau

Code Switch on NPR One | 29:55

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NPR's Code Switch

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Are you ready for a story of intrigue, scandal, secrets, and heartache? This week on the pod, we have it all! @hansilowang has been following all the ins and outs of the U.S. Census Bureau, and he has the receipts 🧾🤑💳 ⬇️🎧⬇️🔊⬇️🔊⬇️🎧⬇️

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2 years

@nprAudie Welcome.

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3 years

I’m spending so much time in virtual meetings that I’m feeling really zapped of creative inspiration. I am trying to push through but I’m also very open to suggestions on ways to snap out of the malaise. (I canceled nearly all of today’s meetings, step one)

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Good thing people have short attention spans so lazy opEds written by people who have been in positions of editorial power for a quarter of a century blame people who haven’t had that kind of editorial power for what’s wrong (while pretending they’re pointing the finger at

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New @NPRCodeSwitch episode dropping first thing Wednesday and I'm working hard on two future episodes, too. I haven't had a lot of time for twitter but, trust me, we have good information and stories coming your way! Big thanks to everyone who has been sharing our work!

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4 years

Everything is different and @NPRCodeSwitch is too. We have a new look:

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I can’t keep doing this not sleeping thing — it’s exacerbating my anxiety which is fueling more insomnia so I’m over caffeinating to cope and the cycle continues. I know I have the power to break the cycle but my excuse is always: I’m too tired

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4 years

That “race section” was an absolute disaster.

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My Spanish class compadre and I showed up to class wearing the same outfit today!

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3 years

#winteriscoming It is the beginning of October and I’ve already busted out my LA winter clothes, here in Cambridge. I have no idea what I’m going to do come February.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

Peace be with all of you who are cursing and hurling insults just because people want to use inclusive language. Why is the use of the letter X (for example) so threatening?

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

Our virtual live show is today. And I’m very nervous!!!!!!!!! I’m on the cusp of an “ataque de nervios!!!!” as Iris Ivelis Portela (my grandma) loves to say.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

I just ate a plate of pasta in bed. That’s where things stand right now.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

I wrote the first draft of my first essay in Spanish and I'm here to say that it is hot garbage (basura calor?) but it exists. So, yay?

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

Now that I’m not working constantly, I’m catching up on things I’ve missed. I watched all of Reservation Dogs last night and will probably watch it again, I liked it so much. Better late than never.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

5 years

It's memorial day and I'm sitting here at work trying to write an upcoming episode. I just made the mistake of reading a negative tweet that came into the CS account. Please know - we are trying our best and we know there's always room for improvement. But, don't be mean.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

7 years

I could NOT have survived my first years at NPR without @karenbates guidance, friendship and willingness to edit my bad copy. #WomenofNPR

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

5 years

A college course used the @NPRCodeSwitch pod as the “textbook” — we visited the students on the last day of instruction and recorded it for this week’s episode. It’s full of youth and energy and ❤️

@NPRCodeSwitch

NPR's Code Switch

5 years

This week, we're going to college 👨🏿‍🎓👩🏽‍🎓🎒📘 We visited @MartinaPMcGhee 's Race & Identity class at @UTSA , where the textbook is....Code Switch! Join us to find out what happens when theoretical convos about race stop being polite and start getting real

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

My screen just informed me that my screen time was down 42% this week!!! DOWN 42%!!! Yes, I am bragging. No, I am not being humble.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

I’m reading through some of the messages that @NPRCodeSwitch listeners and my colleagues have written about me and I’m so overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude.

@Hanna_Hamdi

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3 years

@NPRCodeSwitch @RadioMirage She gave me the language to understand my own experiences of not fitting in enough anywhere, and then she gave me a space to be. To breathe. To feel enough. 🇵🇸🇮🇶🇹🇷 💛🇮🇷🇵🇷

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

@ClintSmithIII Geek Love

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

I just deleted 7, 247 e-mails and it felt SO GOOD.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

So much of my job involves learning really important history I was never taught --- but should have been. This week's @NPRCodeSwitch episode is another example of that happening:

@NPRCodeSwitch

NPR's Code Switch

4 years

🏀🌟NEW EP ALERT🌟🏀 Last week, athletes all over the country went on strike to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake. So today, we're telling a story of 6 Black women who brought their city to a standstill in 1881 when they refused to work

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

And, it's not the understanding...that part I feel pretty comfortable with. It's SPEAKING BACK IN SPANISH. I've gotten so comfortable responding in English. And, breaking that habit is not going to be easy. HUMBLING AF

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

Change is scary. Change is challenging. Change is work. Change is exhausting. Right now I want to say “keep the change,” change into my pajamas and take a LONG nap.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

6 years

Officially back to @NPRCodeSwitch from a little summer break! It feels like the first day of school and I’m thinking too hard about what I’m going to wear. (It’s radio and most of my team can’t see me because they’re on the other coast) I’m weirdly nervous.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

My birthday is next week, so I’m taking the week off of work, e-mail and Twitter.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

4 years

This is the energy I’m going for - STARTING NOW. July 6, 2020: ‘This is what I need. Are you good enough to give it to me?’ Not ‘Am I good enough to deserve the kind of treatment that I want?’ ”

@e_alexjung

E. Alex Jung (probably)

4 years

i profiled michaela coel, the creator of the best television show of the year

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

2 years

If I could do it all over, I’d study sociolinguistics. Next life.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

6 years

I'm going to take some time off to be off-line and in nature with my family for my birthday week. Thank you all for listening to Code Switch and engaging with the stories we make and shows we do! I'm so grateful and so lucky!!! Peace.

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Shereen Marisol Meraji

3 years

Tengo mi primer examen en español mañana. O es…mañana tengo mi primer examen en español???? Either way - It’s happening.

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