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they/them Angeleno 〰 local news @latimes 〰 co-directing @aaja_lgbtqia + community @aajaLA @TransJA member 〰 doc maker + forever a poet in love with language🥬

always repping the 626 & LA
Joined December 2015
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@bokchoy_baobei
Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
I was born in LA County and lived here my entire life. As an Angeleno, my commitment to telling stories about LA will never stop. Tomorrow is the first time in @latimes history that workers are walking out. I'll be at the picket line with my colleagues. 🦅
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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mmm I'll just be reading this poem by @chenchenwrites during the eclipse this Monday. (whispers) *the moon IS a lesbian*
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Jeong is a freaking demon the way he pursues stories and pours his entire body into connecting with every single AAPI community group in SoCal. this is a huge blow to our newsroom and it means we won't have anyone dedicated to covering Asian American news at the @latimes anymore.
@JeongPark52
Jeong Park 박종찬
3 months
I'll have more reflection once this wears off, but hey, how many people can say they've worked their dream job before turning 30? I can say that. I have no regrets -- But hopes the LA Times can keep the beat of covering Asian American communities which remain vital to SoCal.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
2 years ago I had blue hair!! and I'm holding my first story that ever appeared in print. As an LA Times intern, I fell in love with journalism. this work is so deeply personal, it is the only way I know how to give back to the LA that has raised me. tomorrow we strike! ✊🏼
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
in other news: i am now again a semi-finalist in the Fulbright to Taiwan where i (yet again) pitched a doc on queer taiwanese communities. second time's the charm?? we will see. wish me luck!
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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@showmetheyamz Not being called out during the holidays 🫣🫣
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
MIA'S MISSION has been in a total of 9 film festivals this past year. Pretty awesome for a first-time filmmaker who self-taught Premiere Pro. Thank you to these queer and AAPI film festivals for platforming a story about a trans, Asian American elder.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Any journalist laid off in LA is invited. DM me or @AAJAla and we will send you a code to RSVP for free. The food is going to be the bomb, the venue is at the beautiful JANM in Little Tokyo and there's going to be lots of friends to cry with. We hope to see you there. 🫶
@AAJAla
Asian American Journalists LA
3 months
YOU'RE INVITED! Join AAJA-LA and the @jamuseum for a Lunar New Year celebration! Ring in the Year of the Dragon with good food and great friends! RSVP TODAY at
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LOCAL NEWSROOMS MATTER. I have a lot of feelings today as I'm seeing both @LATACO and @KnockDotLA facing uncertain futures. These publications have made room for me to focus on areas like East LA and write about queer and immigrant communities as the centerpiece––not a footnote.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
We are on strike! But @latguild members are still here for the Monterey Park community at Repetto Elementary School as we revisit the one year anniversary of the Star Ballroom mass shooting. I’ll be tweeting live updates here. 🧵
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
I'm a mentor at Las Fotos Project where we help young girls and non-binary youth in East LA learn photography skills for free. $65,000 of equipment was just burglarized from their office. Please donate and support if you can. Story by @KarenMelissaGa7
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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just got accepted into a grad program if someone wants to help me figure out how I'll pay for $19,000 in tuition for two years (not including living expenses) studying in the U.K.
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22 days
Two sociologists declined to speak with me for this story because that's how thorny it is to criticize the Cambodian government, even thousands of miles away in Long Beach. But Khmer pro-democracy activists are charging ahead anyway and pushing for change.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
We’re cooking up some great stuff for @AAJAla this year with a fresh new board and new faces. We are excited to continue bringing programming to AAPI media workers in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond!
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22 days
My AP environmental science teacher from high school just emailed me this morning saying they’re using my story on burrowing owls in today’s lessons plan. 💕😭
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3 months
It feels v dystopian to promote any type of work rn! But I wanted to share this convo I had with @thumbelulu about 'Expats." I felt hopeful as we talked about representation, the city of Hong Kong and what it means to make art in a world of conflict.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Boris is one of my favorite editors who gave me opportunities to freelance at the @latimes after I left my internship. His mentorship and editing helped me grow exponentially as a writer and his passion for LA literature is unmatched. It was an honor getting to work with him.
@Borisk
Boris Kachka
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I have had the most amazing four years at the LA Times. My colleagues are smart, tireless, selfless — a real team. It looks like that time has come to an end. I wish all of them the best as I look for a new landing place. Hit me up if you know of any: Boris.Kachka @gmail .com.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
12 days
Instead of buying one latte a month, you can support essential street-level journalism in Los Angeles and pay a $5.99/month subscription that keeps @LATACO open. Support local news! 🫵🏼🗣️
@LATACO
L.A. TACO🌴🌮
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Our reporter @ShotOn35mm gives an update on our membership drive to save our publication. We signed up over 1,000 members in 24 hours and are more than half way towards our goal of 5,000 members, which would allow us to bring back our staff. And we've received $10,000 in…
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
My video on Mahjong Mistress aired live on @SpecNews1SoCal last week and it's on @latimes ! You can watch it here: Thank you to @andysfilm who helped me film this and to @CSchoellkopf for convincing me to film a mini doc to follow up to my written story.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
I'm crafting a short doc on trans people trying to access medical care with limited/no access to health insurance. I rarely see stories that address the barriers and alternatives to funding like GoFundMe. If you're local to LA and this is you, email me at jireh.deng @latimes .com.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Attention student journalists! @nlgja is hosting their virtual 2024 student conference from Feb. 23-24. I'll be speaking on the panel, "Beyond the Binary: Intersectionality in the Newsroom." You can register here:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
My Gossip Grill story about a fire at San Diego's beloved lesbian bar with @Jeremy_Childs made it to B1 in today's print edition 🫶 Thank you again to all the queer folks who graciously let me photograph and pull them aside for an interview.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
yes. unhoused people die of the cold in Southern California because we are a DESERT. temperatures drop extremely low when the sun goes down. and the past few nights we've been hitting the low 40s, putting folks on the streets at risk. .
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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If you cover LGBTQ communities in LA as a reporter or editor I encourage you to come to this panel where you will hear from queer media workers. I’ll be speaking on this panel next Thursday, March 21st. RSVP here:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
My editors @maggiebeidelman and @ErikHW1 really supported me as a video journalist and are amazing award-winning producers/filmmakers. Please consider hiring them, they are an asset to any team.
@maggiebeidelman
Maggie Beidelman
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I was laid off along with 100+ colleagues @LosAngelesTimes & nearly our entire video team. Please, if you are hiring creative video roles, consider a former LAT - we're talented, award-winning & above all, resourceful as hell.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
@newsterrier This is part of the team that reported on the Monterey Park shooting. @brittny_mejia scoured social media for sources, @SummerrLin ’s Chinese speaking skills helped in talking to local residents and @JeongPark52 our AAPI communities reporter, was one of the first on the ground.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
4 months
Who's your neighbor riding the metro next to you? Well the @latimes fellows broke all train etiquette, asking commuters about their experience on the Red Line from Union Station to North Hollywood. Read this animated story! Reporting by us, video by me.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
student journalism is powerful. kudos to @CalStateLA 's reporting team and the amazing @juliepatel who advised this investigation on low-income housing that they spent months working on. shout to all of us LA locals and @calstate grads doing much-needed community journalism.
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Julie Patel Liss
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This is an important story about low-income buildings owned by AHF. Thank you, @latimes , for crediting and linking to the 3-part project my @CalStateLA students and I did on the issue for @KnockDotLA 🙏🏽:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
28 days
In the past I’ve unnecessarily gutted myself open for personal essays and that’s the folly of youth! Most things I wrote were so embarrassing and confessional in college. But some people are given much more latitude to make mistakes and be given extra chances because… privilege.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
For months @shaanthx has reported the censorship of Palestinian history in mandated ethnic studies in California high schools. That fight is playing out in places like Orange County, home to "Little Arabia" and many Palestinian Americans. Read @thenation :
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
It would feel remiss to not add that I am also striking in solidarity with my colleagues in Gaza who are facing unimaginable conditions and I'm one of three dozen journalists who were barred from war coverage for signing on to this letter:
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@bokchoy_baobei
Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
We stand in solidarity with @bencamach0 and other journalists who are being targeted for doing their jobs as journalists. ✊🏼
@AAJAla
Asian American Journalists LA
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Journalists should not be punished for doing their jobs. Our @aajala board stands w/ @LatinoJournosCA @LAPressClub @MediaGuildWest @NAHJ @RTDNA @spj_tweets @SPJLA & others to condemn this attack on the First Amendment.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
At Mendez High School, youth reporters from @boyleheightsbt host a debate with council district 14 candidates in collaboration with @LAPublicPress . The room is full, 200 RSVPs from residents in neighborhoods like Highland Park and Boyle Heights. Incumbent Kevin de León is absent.
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@bokchoy_baobei
Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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pray for peace in my community for the upcoming months 🤲
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NBC Asian America
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Jenn Tran named first Asian American "Bachelorette." "Anytime Asians were in the media it was to fill a supporting character role, to fulfill some sort of stereotype," she said. "I don’t see myself on screen. I don’t see myself as a main character."
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
21 days
what a flex when one of the best editors in the whole world hypes you up like this 🥲 miss u Boris!!!!!! You made my writing what it is today. wouldn't be at the @latimes without you.
@Borisk
Boris Kachka
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Working with @bokchoy_baobei was one of the greatest highlights of my LA Times era. What a star.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
i followed up at Gossip Grill after an arson unmoored a queer community that has already felt under threat of hate crimes and found dancing, joy and resilience. 📸+✍🏼 by me. A huge thanks to @Jeremy_Childs who did the heavy lifting on the crime reporting!
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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pitchfork, la times, vice news, buzzfeed, nbc, wapo, npr.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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New local newsrooms like @lapublicpress , @LATACO and @boyleheightsbt are made of gutsy Angelenos who want to see coverage representing their neighborhoods. Their cult-like following online is a testament to the work they do. But money is tight! Please donate what you can to them!
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
i'm so tired of this LA too cool to hang energy! let's just be friends and have wholesome convos over shared meals.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
when the girlies say *touch grass* i mean go and put your hands in the good wet earth, see the earthworms wriggling between your fingertips, pull those weeds, and hear the sound of their root systems tearing from the ground and experience the satisfaction of aerating the soil.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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Lunar New Year is the year of the dragon, my Chinese zodiac. Supposedly inauspicious, and I’m trying not to be afraid. If I can reflect and manifest, I wanna James Baldwin-out of the U.S. by this time next year and also dream of safer and more just futures for all of us.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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How do you tackle food insecurity in a homebound senior population in an area as vast as Los Angeles County? Some social programs offer free meal delivery for aging adults. More in my latest for the @latimes :
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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Perrigo just released the FIRST non-prescription birth control pill yesterday. Here's what you need to know if you're purchasing this birth control including Trans folks on HRT and/or someone on HIV/AIDs medication. My latest story in the @latimes :
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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!! we have an amazing panel this weekend for the @nlgja student conference where I'll be speaking with @femiredwood and @David_cmercado . You won't want to miss this! Please register for this online conference here:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Apparently Jeremy Allen White was at the only lesbian club in LA earlier this month before the Emmys and that’s why it has been PACKED since. The funniest part is TMZ said it was a strip club, but no the lesbians were just acting out on camera 💀
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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i've learned the hard way that being too available means you'll have less time for the people who are in your life. and 2023 was all about opening up my community and planting the seeds for connection. but in 2024 i really want to see what grows and who's willing to water with me
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
have you watched "The Brothers Sun" yet? between Bruce's broken Mandarin, aunties playing mahjong, and fight scenes galore, how do you think the Taiwanese gangster flick reflects the realities of being Asian American in SoCal? @ashleyahn88 and I would love to hear from you all!
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
BREAKING: The Coast Guard is investigating a potential oil spill off Huntington Beach. An sheen can be seen from above the ocean that is estimated to be "2 miles long." Officials said it could have come from an offshore oil rig. More in the @latimes :
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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San Bernardino County sheriff deputies were filmed striking and kneeing a suspect, Christian Alonso on Tuesday. The viral video sparked online outrage and an investigation with the DA’s office. One deputy has already been placed on administrative leave.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
i never feel more safe and loved than i do in a room full of queers and trans folks. 🫶
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
21 days
I couldn't make it to @NifMuhammad 's reading the other night but my friend grabbed a video with him 😭 It's not every day that my favorite poet says my writing sits on his nightstand. Thank you Hanif, for the reminder to still nurture the poet in me that led me to journalism.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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I tried to figure out how exactly DOES a bus-sized piece of concrete wash ashore in Long Beach? Storms, disrepair, the LA River and more in the @latimes .
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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So surreal. Our class was the last group of fellows to get a tour of the @latimes printing plant last year. Over the past weekend the paper officially moved the printing operations to Riverside. An end to an era. An amazing video by @mrmarkpotts
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Shout out to your friends who remind you that you aren’t too difficult, that you are wonderful to love 🥲
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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shot on a nikon f2 using kodak 400 film and developed at the east LA film shop!!! 🥰
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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Yesterday Sacramento voted unanimously to be a sanctuary city for trans people. But advocates say there's a "mismatch between what the law says and what people are actually experiencing" seeing many trans people struggle with California's cost of living.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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Angelenos doing LA news for Angelenos! For us by us. 🗣️🗣️
@bokchoy_baobei
Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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LOCAL NEWSROOMS MATTER. I have a lot of feelings today as I'm seeing both @LATACO and @KnockDotLA facing uncertain futures. These publications have made room for me to focus on areas like East LA and write about queer and immigrant communities as the centerpiece––not a footnote.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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if I hear one more person call Silverlake "the eastside!!" 🫠 please there's even a map!
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
Who else has hit up this spot after the club on a Friday/Saturday night? 🙋🏻‍♀️
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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many authors today cut their teeth as journalists, learning how to write criticism, and familiarizing themselves with the landscape of a city and its politics. writing every day is what forges good thinking in prose. what does this mean as we have fewer jobs and more AI?
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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😭 I’ve never even tried the momofuku chili crunch or had it recommended to me by friends…
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸🍉
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next step david chang to trademark "ramen" and "noodle" possibly also "asian"
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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I was looking up Boyle Heights for a resource I wanted to share with a friend and just the associated questions that pop up in my google search make me wonder who's trying to move there... 🫠
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
4 months
I genuinely haven’t read an essay like this in a minute that has excited me so much and reminded me how writers can help us make sense of the world we are living in today as we are moving through culture.
@isabeldcris
Isabel Cristo
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For @TheCut , I wrote about what it is we're avoiding as we bask in the long tail of girlhood 💫
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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I believe this is the first pro-democracy Khmer organization backed by bipartisan U.S. politicians. They're launching it in Long Beach, home to the largest Cambodian diaspora outside of Southeast Asia. Many are refugees/descendants of those who escaped war. I'll be there tmrw.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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last year I was drinking wayyyy less and I just love that being sober allows me to be present every single moment with the people I love so I’m looking forward to spending this year dry ❤️❤️
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
shout out to @LoElebee who made this handy graphic for our readers to see where the oil spill occurred off the shore of Huntington Beach last night. Updates are still being added to this story:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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it finally happened, i lost access to all my school account logins and to an affordable adobe creative cloud subscription 😭
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
24 days
sorry to all my big sur campers! the state parks are shut down at the moment because a portion of highway one--the only connecting road--has literally fallen into the ocean. the latest updates on access to Big Sur from me and @tcurwen here:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
24 days
me covering CalTRANS after trans visibility day 🏳️‍⚧️🤭 💫 poem by @plant_a_dri
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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sorry to all my big sur campers! the state parks are shut down at the moment because a portion of highway one--the only connecting road--has literally fallen into the ocean. the latest updates on access to Big Sur from me and @tcurwen here:
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
been non-stop crying this afternoon but i just started brother sun and the fact that it's based in the San Gabriel Valley where i grew up is putting a smile on my face 🥲
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
i don't think the heartbreak of losing your friend ever ends. you just grow distance from the version of yourself that was locked in that grief, until you are almost alien to that loss.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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what is the importance of journalism? sometimes the fact that we even question a public agency about a life-threatening situation causes them to put out a statement that they are investigating it. in small ways, we CAN save lives.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
1 month
My friend @AnishaPatil15 directed this BEAUTIFUL music video that maps femme bodies onto physical landscapes and reminds us how close we are to Mother Nature.
@RostrumRecords
Rostrum Records
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BELLA from @alejanjii OUT NOW 🌹 Written and produced by women, BELLA “is a piece of music honoring female divinity, female ferocity, and female transgression.”
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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I became obsessed with burrowing owls writing this story–– these fluffy underground creatures have captivating eyes! But environmentalists are raising an alarm in California, saying the bird should be listed as an endangered species. More in the @latimes :
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
@newsterrier @brittny_mejia @SummerrLin @JeongPark52 Drexel Ngo and Alina Ramos, two Monterey Park teens, created Red-11. It’s an app that sends an alert to family members and authorities in the event of a mass shooting. It’s personal for Ngo, his grandparents danced at Star Ballroom before. They want to save lives with this app.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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When young journalists start out they're learning to cut their teeth at the smaller shops. @LATACO was the first place to ever commission my freelance work when I was still new to photojournalism. After I wrote about the Queer Mercado, LAist and the LA Times followed suit.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
@delia_cai they learning from the la times out here.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
I’ve lived in Southern California my whole life and only consciously remember experiencing two earthquakes. I’ve either been driving, sleeping or just outside running when it happens. 🤷🏻
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
8 days
Queer lexicon is a real feature of the English language with nuance, complexity and linguistic diversity. I'm co-facilitating a session with @Poynter on Transgender coverage tomorrow and you can sign up here! Trans journalists can DM me for a discount.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
ICYMI @latimes reporter Christi Carras broke down the five biggest ways the actors' strike will impact the entertainment industry.
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Los Angeles Times
5 months
Times reporter Christi Carras breaks down the five biggest ways the actors' strike will change Hollywood in the near, and far, future. Read more about the strikes: #sagaftra #hollywood
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
I was inactive for a few days because I lost access to my Twitter but now I'm back. Phew! Regardless, I'm mainly on here to say that I'm going to taking a step back from this platform as many other journalists have, with the exception to maybe do some sourcing and stay updated.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
10 days
Just finished Monkey Man and I want a part two where we see the Hijras take over the government from the Hindu nationalists lol
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
5 months
@HexPositive The masculinization and adultification of brown and Black bodies 💯
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
1 month
32-year-old Mohd Hijaz died in custody after allegedly hitting a deputy on Tuesday. Deputies restrained him; at some time he had a medical emergency and pronounced dead at a local hospital. Officials wouldn't tell me if use of force is being investigated.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
1 month
i legit forgot that i have a poem that's going to be published with Haymarket Books hahahhahahhahahaha
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
Our new community engagement editor @newsterrier has been working to connect with Asian American audiences and part of that is a partnership between the LA Times with the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese language news: the World Journal, the Korea Daily and Nguoi Viet Daily News.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
13 days
@LATACO One of the longest stories I've ever written was for @KnockDotLA where I drove all over LA County to write about the closures and challenges that Black and Brown-owned greenspaces were facing. I was the first to write about a new politically activated grocery store in El Sereno.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
1 month
My younger sister just got into USC OT school—someone had to become the doctor in the family 🤣
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
very lesbian-core of me to be listening to Boygenius as I edit these very gay photos of my very gay friends.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
12 days
With everything going I really forgot Coachella was happening. I didn’t even see the line up posted anywhere by my friends. This just me??
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
The other day I saw a white guy on Instagram listing East LA's best eats by recording Chinatown businesses. Can't even get the neighborhoods right. 😭 As virality is prioritized over depth, that you'll continue to see tiktokers replacing actual journalists.
@rendy_jones
Rendy Jones
2 months
And there’s a reason why Billie was like “why are there TikTok influencers here?” Yall aren’t funny nor real journalists with any professionalism. Theres only a select few I can think of who earn their keep but most of yall? Ugh, gross.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
2 months
this story by @bbosker is so interesting to me in our current era of frenetic anxieties around AI deepfakes. when we look at the world of fine art and forgeries. We realize the question of authenticity is something that has been pursued for centuries.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
4 months
genuine question here: why is @Chase discontinuing it's safety net and custom saving goals? As a broke freelancer, this helped me visualize my saving buckets to make sure I had enough for emergencies, traveling and more. Wouldn't this disadvantage the most vulnerable customers?
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
16 days
ofc this tweet pops off during the eclipse 🌙 (still trying to find the balance of being sfw but FUNNY on this app!) if u wanted to see *serious* reporting @Hannahnfry , @cpetrowcohen and I covered the eclipse watch parties all over LA today!
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
18 days
mmm I'll just be reading this poem by @chenchenwrites during the eclipse this Monday. (whispers) *the moon IS a lesbian*
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
10 days
Essential queer journalism in LA by yours truly 🤣
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
I don’t know if I could ever be a film critic because quite frankly I don’t have it in me to be mean about someone else’s art in a public space. If I can’t take it, I prefer not to dish it.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
3 months
I need everyone to go and make friends with older lesbians. I mean it! Go have some older queer friends who you can call about your heartache. Friends who can tell you don’t have to rush being gay because you WILL live a long and gay life.
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
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Jireh Deng 鄧以樂
30 days
booking flights again to nyc and i'm never ever EVER flying through newark, NJ. getting lost on the train for 3 hrs was crazy...
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