Kati Kokal @katikokal Twitter profile

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Kati Kokal

2 months

(I'm going to pin this tweet and that feels terrible) but anyway this website has resources and next steps for those who have been laid off. Also a step-by-step guide for establishing a mutual aid network for Js in your community who have lost their jobs

Welcome to the community aid network

Mutual aid for journalists who have been laid off.

journalismcommunityaid.wordpress.com

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2 years

The six horsemen of an impending hurricane, in order of severity: - Publix begins selling hurricane cakes - Midwestern family starts checking in - Disney closes - Editor asks you to check out plywood supply at Home Depot - Jim Cantore arrives - Waffle House closes

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In a meeting that lasted less than 15 minutes this afternoon, @Gannett announced mandatory furloughs at the holidays, buyouts, freezing our 401(k) match and stopping hiring. No details. Very little info on timeline. I think most of us are either speechless or swearing rn.

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It's Sunday. The first one of 2023! Time to re-share my "templates" folder with y'all so you can organize your life and stop forgetting when you need an oil change or what the name of that really good recipe was.

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1 year

Ok here's a long thread (with many links!) about Florida student athletes being asked to report their menstrual history. Many national outlets have picked this up, so I want to bring you along on the ~journey~ that has been reporting this story.

Florida student athletes asked to report their menstrual history. Here are the questions

Parents, athletes and their doctors in Florida are taking a closer look at where this information goes following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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1 year

It’s Valentine’s Day. Which means it is the anniversary of the only time I ever witnessed a failed proposal as a server at a restaurant. Buckle up.

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2 years

If you're a @Gannett employee impacted by layoffs, there is a team that's working on community aid needs (networking, food assistance, insurance needs, etc) regardless of shop union status. DM me for details.

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10 months

My newspaper editor:

Sara Bushway - author, gamer, Dungeon Master

@sarabushway

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I get tired of reading "said." I get tired of writing "said." If the book is full of nothing but "said," it makes me feel like the writer is unimaginative, and I might have trouble finishing their story. Just saying. There are so many words out there. Use more of them.

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1 year

ok who all got the John Cena follow and why did this happen to us

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1 year

I'm not saying this to garner sympathy. I'm saying it to show how important it is that newsrooms commit to this kind of work and how much coordination goes into reporting something that people clearly do not want reported. Support local news, y'all!

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3 years

*whispers* South Carolina never had a statewide mask mandate

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1 year

🧵 JOBS THREAD 🧵 If your newsroom (or adjacent media company) is hiring, please reply to this tweet. We’re collecting opportunities for an online job board for folks who were caught up in #GannettLayoffs . Include city/ state and links pls. RT to spread the word!

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@katikokal

1 year

A note to every journalist who hyperlinks the state statute/law/bill they're writing about: ily

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@katikokal

8 months

I know everyone is dunking on this, but I’m going to add on. Last year @Gannett laid off at least 600 ppl and stopped filling 400 jobs. People had to wait almost 2 months for their severance, which btw was capped at 26 years. Local this, local that. Where are the priorities?

USA TODAY NETWORK PR

@USATODAY_PR

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A new era in your career is coming ...Ready For It? 💫 @USATODAY and @Tennessean are enchanted to announce we seek an experienced, video-forward reporter to cover @taylorswift13 . Sound like the job of your wildest dreams? You could be the 1. Apply here:

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1 year

I'm laying this out here bc this reporting (and this story blowing up) would not have been possible without buy in and valuing of local watchdog reporting by my editors. The bare minimum that the national news outlets covering this can do is to attribute + link to the @pbpost .

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1 year

Absolutely losing it at this response to a question I asked about my public records request.

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2 years

my brother, taking one (1) journalism class in college and texting me to ask if I know what the AP style book is...

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2 years

Here's my template for hurricane personal info + packing checklist for the first timers (or the 100th timers). Feel free to make a copy and use it:

Hurricane prep plan/ info template

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2 years

Can't believe I forgot the surfers sorry y'all

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1 year

It's that time of year: If you're a student journalist I would like to personally tell you that you're doing great. Don't worry about everyone else's jobs or internships or post-grad plans. Hype them up with grace, and then remember you're doing great. It's going to be OK.

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11 months

A reminder for tomorrow: Clicking on @Gannett links and reading stories on Monday is crossing a picket line !! Stand in solidarity with two dozen striking newsrooms by getting news somewhere else 📰 📝✊🪧 #GannettWalkout #GannettStrike p.s. same goes for @BusinessInsider

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2 years

@Gannett Today marks two months to the day that Gannett laid off 400 people.

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@katikokal

1 year

Gannett is doing a second round of layoffs Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Journalists already have to convince so many people that the work we do matters. The owners and leaders of this company (the biggest newspaper chain in the US) shouldn't be on that list.

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2 years

thinking of her** **the FOIA officer at my first journalism job who never once charged me for a request and turned each one within like 5 days

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@katikokal

1 year

And if you made it to the end of this thread, please subscribe to your local newspaper so journalists can do this work in your community! My fave, of course, is the @pbpost . It's $1 per month.

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@katikokal

1 year

Tomorrow, @Gannett will inform people (we don’t know how many) that they’re being laid off. They’ll have until Dec. 9 to work. Our community aid network is kicking into gear. Fill out this form if you’d like to donate aid in any capacity:

Community aid donations

We're using this form to track potential aid for Gannett employees affected by layoffs. Please fill it out to the best of your ability. Employees will be notified if they're affected on Dec. 1. Once...

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2 years

@ChelseaTodaro I was a reporter in SC through Michael, Florence, Dorian and Isaias and now Ian in FL. Never once has a Waffle House closed near me! Hope that holds.

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@katikokal

1 year

So now we're here: February 2023. The sports med committee's recommendation to mandate the questions will go to the board of directors when they meet at the end of the month. I've got a hotel room booked. I'll be there.

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@katikokal

1 year

I learned two very important things that day: - don’t propose unless you’re sure of the answer - if you turn down someone’s marriage proposal, you’re obligated to at least offer to pay the bill. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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@katikokal

2 years

y'all there are SO MANY PEOPLE who want to help Gannett journalists who were laid off today. It's really, really amazing to see on this crappy day. If you know someone who was laid off, DM me. We're circulating a form for people to tell us what they need.

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@katikokal

1 year

And that decision is based on one piece of info from FHSAA director Craig Damon, who says that 49 of the 50 states require students to report their menstrual history to play. But according to my research, that's wrong:

Kati Kokal

@katikokal

1 year

Because the @FHSAA 's executive director said he spoke with directors from all 50 states who said all but 1 require athletes to report their period history and turn it into their schools. The problem? That's not true. I know because I've reviewed every single state's form.

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@katikokal

11 months

stickers for today ✊🪧📰

Jon Schleuss supports PittsburghPG strikers

@gaufre

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I was just in Gannett's shareholder meeting and it was a complete farce. I personally submitted questions directly related to the agenda and yet Mike Reed said there were no questions. Others also submitted questions. #GannettGreed

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1 year

ok this is my last contribution to The Discourse today

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1 year

Anyway I think about her every V-Day and I really hope she’s doing well.

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1 year

Oh! I forgot to mention that they requested me because apparently I had been their server on the first date (!!)… one year earlier 🥲

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1 year

Anyway, it's January and the FHSAA committee meets to discuss the form. They decide they want to recommend the questions be MANDATORY and require athletes to turn in all their med history to schools. For repro privacy advocates, that's a big step back.

Florida HS sports association panel recommends making menstrual cycle questions mandatory

The sports medicine committee of the Florida High School Athletic Association wants the menstrual history questions to be mandatory.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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@katikokal

1 year

286. That's the number of years of combined experience that the people @Gannett laid off last week had at this company. And that's only amongst the 42 people who have requested mutual aid so far. 286 years. Out the door.

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1 year

Also the meeting, despite being public, was not available to stream online and had a bare bones agenda. I drove to and from Gainesville the day before the November elections and two days before Hurricane Nicole to cover the meeting. It's 275 miles away.

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1 year

10 states specifically tell students NOT to turn in their medical history and another 5 don't ask any questions about an athlete's period. I sent that research to the FHSAA and sports med committee.

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10 months

Every type of journalism has its particular strengths but one way TV folks will always dunk on us print/digital folks is their ability to function on early assignments. I have to be at a high school at 7:15 this morning and it feels like

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2 years

BREAKING: Florida’s state athletics association will discuss removing questions about period history for student athletes at their meeting in 3 weeks. Confirmed by board member @ralpharza_ to the @pbcsd just now. Arza will recommend removal AND changing the form. Story coming…

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2 years

"what's it like being a journalist?"

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1 year

I was waiting until May to launch this site, but in light of the #Buzzfeed news: I made this website as a guide for how to set up a community aid network following media layoffs. If you want to do something to help those affected, become a coordinator!

Welcome to the community aid network

Mutual aid for journalists who have been laid off.

journalismcommunityaid.wordpress.com

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@katikokal

1 year

That FHSAA form is loosely based on a national medical history form, where athletes also have to report their menstrual history. BUT on the national form, developed by @AmerPedSociety , the athletes are specifically told NOT to turn in their medical history forms to schools.

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1 year

These meetings had no public comment period, and dozens of people have emailed me about this story asking how they can be heard. In short... I tell them I don't know. The FHSAA has a "public input" email address but I've never heard comments from that avenue shared or addressed

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1 year

In short, the story blew up. Our local school board addressed it immediately. They allowed parents to use paper forms this year, and sent word to the FHSAA that they want changes so athletes don't have to turn in this info.

Palm Beach County School Board will discuss menstrual history questions at special meeting

Recent events and personal beliefs about data privacy have in some cases reframed families' sensitivity to reporting an athlete's period history.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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1 year

Side note: I was quite unwelcome at that meeting. The board forced me to introduce myself and name dropped The Post multiple times. A member of the sports med committee wrote a letter to the board calling out me out by name and criticizing my lack of medical expertise.

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1 year

Two days later, the committee calls a special meeting. The director apologizes for giving false information, again name dropping The Post in his remarks.

FHSAA committee calls special meeting on student athlete menstrual questions

The meeting comes just one week after the same group recommended making the questions about athletes' periods mandatory.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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@katikokal

1 year

So I wrote about it. We tracked down where the info is kept, how coaches use it, and talked to parents about how they feel differently about reproductive privacy in a post-Roe world. Here is that story:

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@katikokal

1 year

It's Thursday! Time for a #journalismjobs thread! A few folks who were impacted in December by #GannettLayoffs are looking for full-time gigs following a few months of freelancing. Is your newsroom/media company hiring? Drop the location, job title, salary and a link below ✨

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@katikokal

1 year

✨ Good morning ✨

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@katikokal

2 years

Ah crap. via @nataliealund

How bad was Hurricane Ian? So bad that at least 35 Florida Waffle Houses closed

Waffle House has closed at least 35 locations across Florida because of Hurricane Ian. Here's how the Waffle House Index works.

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1 year

If you are laid off by Gannett, PLEASE report your layoff and tell us how we can help. There are so, so many people who want to help you and it is not brave to suffer in silence. Here’s the link to report a layoff:

Gannett December 2022 layoff reporting form

Please use this form to report any layoffs in your newsroom (union-represented or not). We would like to create a support network of people who are impacted by layoffs so we can help them find new...

docs.google.com

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1 year

In August, Palm Beach County parents reached out to me worried about having to put info about athletes' periods into an online registration form. The form was based on the paper forms from the @FHSAA , which distributes a standard form across FL to all public school athletes.

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3 months

Woodward, Kokal and Bernstein 📰✏️

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1 year

The sports medicine committee agrees to recommend keeping the qs mandatory and requiring athletes to turn the answers in. Here's why:

Will Florida athletes have to report their menstrual history to play? Here's the latest

The FHSAA's sports medicine committee held a special meeting after its executive director gave them false information at its previous meeting.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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@katikokal

1 year

And you knew it was coming... a budget template! Forget what they say about spreadsheets being boring, you have to start somewhere.

Budgeting template

Sheet1 To use: Make a copy (under "File" tab above) and add in your own information! Monthly,Annual,Jan,Feb,March,April,May,June,July,Aug,Sept,Oct,Nov,Dec Estimated Net Income Income 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,...

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@katikokal

1 year

Thanks for the support, y'all. Working on a catch-all story today to bring folks up to speed on this issue and answer big questions. FHSAA board meeting is Feb. 26-27 so I'll have new info then.

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@katikokal

1 year

If you'd like to continue following this issue, I've compiled the links to my stories from October - present in this document. If you're a j with a national media outlet covering this issue, please attribute + link! I'll update as new stories come out.

Palm Beach Post reporting on Florida athlete menstrual questions

docs.google.com

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1 year

In November, the @FHSAA board of directors took up the issue. One member wanted to scrap the qs all together. But the director suggested the board send it to their sports medicine committee (made up of doctors) to get their input before making a decision

Florida sports association to reconsider menstrual questions for high school athletes

A board member of the FHSAA plans to bring up removing the questions about student-athletes' menstrual history at the group's meeting in November.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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@katikokal

5 years

Framing this one @OHnewsroom

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@katikokal

3 years

Hello, it's your friendly neighborhood Type A pal here. Here's a thread of helpful spreadsheets I've made over the years that have made my life easier. Feel free to rt, take a look, and make a copy for yourself using the links below.

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1 year

BREAKING: The @FHSAA has called a special board meeting Thursday where they'll consider scrapping the questions about athletes' menstrual history. A complete reversal from a committee's suggestion to make the qs mandatory to answer and turn into schools.

FHSAA calls emergency meeting to weigh scrapping athlete menstrual history questions

"There is absolutely no reason for the FHSAA to collect such private information and no reason why the schools need it," the letter says.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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@katikokal

2 years

🧵: Seizures. Asthma. Allergies. #Florida student athletes have to report all of these in their annual physical form. But female athletes are also asked about their periods: When they got their last one, how many weeks are between them, etc. Why?

Florida asks student athletes about their periods. Why some find it 'shocking' post-Roe

Before they can play sports, athletes in Florida are asked 5 questions about their menstrual periods. Here's where those questions came from.

www.palmbeachpost.com

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@katikokal

11 months

Absolutely OVERFLOWING with solidarity and support today. Here’s a look at my badass colleagues holding the line. #GannettGreed #GannettStrike #GannettWalkout

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@katikokal

1 year

wondering why my phone has been dying so much faster recently but it looks like I should ask Feb. 13 at 10:22pm me that question

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1 year

Nine months ago, we scrambled to help 400 people laid off by @Gannett . We created an ad-hoc community aid network to support folks with financial assistance, job leads, professional networking, insurance aid and moral support. Today, we're in @Poynter !

She started an aid network for laid-off journalists and it spread like wildfire - Poynter

Education reporter Kati Kokal wanted to help Gannett reporters facing job cuts. She got help from all over the country.

www.poynter.org

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2 years

It’s my First First Day of School* as an education reporter!!!! 🍎 📚✏️🚌 *yes I had dreams last night about going to all the wrong schools, forgetting my homework (??) and showing up on the wrong day

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8 months

are my pets unionizing???? or plotting my demise?????

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1 month

Not-so-friendly reminder that @Gannett proposed a pay scale that starts at $40K for new employees and goes up to $50K... after TEN years of service to the company. This is why we're fighting for better. We have to.

Palm Beach News Guild 🌅

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While CEO Mike Reed got a raise last year, Gannett’s last salary offer to our newsroom staff at the bargaining table included a *lower pay scale* than we have now.

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Good morning (I am inexplicably awake). The @FHSAA board of directors meets in a few hours to discuss removing all qs about athletes' menstrual history from physical eval forms. I'm focused on getting a story up, but may have time to send some live updates. Watch this space.

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11 months

Happy Friday I am now a cat parent 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

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2 years

this feels… like a trap?

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10 months

one thing about Milwaukee you will be able to recombobulate

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contrary to what recent pieces in The Atlantic and The Cut may suggest, I promise journalists can be really good pals to other people and not silently judge them for decades and then drag them in print for everyone to see

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2 years

Sitting out today’s @Gannett town hall because we can’t ask meaningful questions of our company leadership (like how many people actually lost their jobs last week). #AnswerUsMike

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1 year

sir I cover K-12 schools in Florida what am I supposed to do with this information

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1 year

Also I’m devastated to learn it’s the second Sunday of the year 💀 I do not have a spreadsheet for counting weeks unfortunately.

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11 months

Not sure who needs to hear this, but if you're a member of a newsroom union and your company's CEO thanks you in a town hall for working during "employee actions" last week ... ~ * you're a scab * ~

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3 months

I am honored have to received the award for in-depth reporting named in Lucy Morgan’s honor last night from the @FLPressClub ✨ Congratulations to all the winners — it was wonderful to be able to celebrate all the excellent journalism we have in this state!

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1 year

Today was a crappy day for local journalism in this country. #GannettLayoffs

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2 years

Not only did 100s of union-represented @Gannett employees take part in the #LocalNewsLunchOut today, we hit reply all to emails to company leadership and flooded their inboxes with union love!!! Here's a shot of *just the people w/ cams on* from the room where we met for lunch

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1 year

No word from John yet but I can offer you this

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1 year

ok this is my last contribution to The Discourse today

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Next: An online recipe box for you to keep track of links. Includes "Want to try" category, "Hall of Fame" category, and "Never Again."

Recipe box template

Want to try Name ,Link sheet pan sticky ginger sesame chicken and crispy Brussels sprouts,X

docs.google.com

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1 year

Looking for a new job? PLEASE track where you apply, who you talk to and who you know there. No brain can keep that information in perfect order. A freaking spreadsheet can though.

Job list template

Applied To To use: Make a copy (under "File" tab above) and add in your own information! Job,Organization ,Application Date,Yes/No,Interview Details ,Extra Info Example: news reporter,The Palm Beach...

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3 years

🧵: I’m trading in one beach for another! At the end of June, I’ll be leaving @islandpacket to start a new gig covering North Palm Beach County for @pbpost in West Palm Beach Florida🌴 ☀️

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1 year

There are the seven wonders of the world and then there is my parents’ cheese drawer

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3 years

Friendly reminder that when you swim in the ocean off Hilton Head your little legs are sharing the habitat of GIANT STURGEON you're welcome

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1 year

it's too early for this

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2 years

Breaking this out: If you are interested in giving community aid (in any form!) to Gannett employees affected by layoffs, fill out this form: The aid team is getting a handle on what people need and then they'll be reaching out to people who can donate.

Community aid donations

We're using this form to track potential aids for Gannett employees affected by layoffs. Please fill it out to the best of your ability. We will contact you but things are moving very quickly, so...

docs.google.com

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1 year

Tired: posting your Spotify wrapped Wired: posting your @NPR wrapped

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3 years

Good morning dark and early from Palm Beach Gardens, where local physicians are gathering to address the growing number of COVID cases in Florida and advocate for masking and vaccinations. Follow below for updates from the @pbpost

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1 year

someone got annual vaccinations last night and was about as dramatic about it as you’d expect

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Also, edit that is ancillary to the story but important: There were 15 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. on 2/13/20 !! I didn’t mean to minimize this in my earlier tweet! Pandemic restrictions and lockdowns had not begun in the part of the U.S. I was in.

CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline

Moments in the COVID-19 pandemic from its known origins to today.

www.cdc.gov

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It's been a tough week. I submit this for your consideration:

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remember when selling things on Facebook Marketplace was like a fun and convenient way to get rid of stuff you didn’t need and now it’s like the seventh circle of hell only with half a dozen strangers who leave you on read and also try to scam you

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me: "ooh I've lived in four different states I could really live anywhere!! I'm a chameleon!" me after we have we have two (2) days that are a little bit rainy in south florida:

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As soon as she starts to speak I realize I’ve misunderstood — she is going to propose to him. He is totally disengaged and honestly looks uncomfortable. She orders a martini and he orders a sprite. I scurry away.

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Because the @FHSAA 's executive director said he spoke with directors from all 50 states who said all but 1 require athletes to report their period history and turn it into their schools. The problem? That's not true. I know because I've reviewed every single state's form.

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I take the champagne out of the cooler and put it back behind the bar. I tell the kitchen to 86 the engagement dessert. I bring them the bill and she politely looks at him. He looks away and SHE PUTS DOWN HER CARD for a martini and a sprite.

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Kati Kokal

@katikokal

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Community aid update + how to help 🗣️ It's been 17 days since the #GannettLayoffs . Since then, our community aid team has distributed direct financial assistance to help with emergency costs, organized an online job board and established a moral support letter writing network.

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