MaryJo Webster
@maryjowebster.bsky.social
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Data journalist at the Minnesota Star Tribune. Mom to teenagers and two dogs. Passionate about investigative reporting & access to public data. #journalist #watchdog. www.maryjowebster.com Send tips via Signal: maryjowebster.88
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If you're not familiar with the @startribune.com podcast, "Ghost of a Chance," check it out on any podcast platform or learn more/listen here: www.startribune.com/ghost-of-a-c...
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PLEASE VOTE! You have today or tomorrow to vote for the "Ghost of a Chance" podcast to win the Listener's Choice Award in the Signal Podcast Awards competition (for the History/series category). Right now we appear to be in 2nd place. Push us over the top! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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splc.org
Yearbooks capture memories, reflect student life and document history. Student editors need the same protections and resources as any newsroom.

For #NationalYearbookWeek, our Yearbook Toolkit helps students understand copyright, censorship and their press rights. ➡️ https://splc.org/yearbooks/
maryjowebster.bsky.social
Today we unveiled a headstone for Clementine Robinson, 60 yrs after her death. After our podcast about her, listeners donated money to fill her wish. It was a beautiful tribute
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davelevitan.bsky.social
I'd love to get 35 new free subscribers (then 200 more, but start small) to Gravity Is Gone, with my independent reporting and writing on science, politics, and policy. I got laid off a month ago, trying to build this, lfg!

www.gravityisgone.com

I published two things just yesterday; the first:
Breaking: HHS, Commerce, Probably Other Agencies Send Entire Staff Email Blaming Democrats for Shutdown
Please forgive the multiple editions in one day — occasionally I'll send breaking news out such as this. If you're new here, read more about the deal here and please subscribe below! On Tuesday after...
www.gravityisgone.com
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The podcast I worked on last year, "Ghost of a Chance," is a finalist in the Signal Podcast Awards! And that means we are eligible to also get a Listener's Choice award. but we need people to VOTE! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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muckrock.com
KNKX Public Radio and Cascade PBS recently obtained thousands of pages of these logs from city officials in Washington state.

Now, MuckRock wants to know what agencies we should request ChatGPT logs from. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
We want to know how local governments are using ChatGPT. Here’s how you can help.
Help us understand how governments use this latest technology.
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dbrauer.net
To give you a sense of how big the Strib’s possible redevelopment site is, it’s in yellow and the whole North Loop is in red. You could build a basketball arena there!
Star Tribune plant is roughly 5 percent to 10 percent of the North Loop.
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. @craigstetter.bsky.social I have to give most of the kudos on the dataviz to @cjsinner.bsky.social ! Thank you!
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I'd settle for all the parcels in a single state.
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Our Data Fellowship is now open for applications! This program offers training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis and visualization led by some of the most skilled data reporters and journalism practitioners in the nation. Learn more: bit.ly/2025DataFell...
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