Ann Marie Lipinski
@amlwhere.bsky.social
Journalist. Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Nieman Nation for life. Give me all the pencils.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Such welcome news. Armed Only With a Camera, the film about the late Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while covering the war in Ukraine, is nominated for an Oscar. An extraordinary film about an extraordinary filmmaker.
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Such welcome news. Armed Only With a Camera, the film about the late Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while covering the war in Ukraine, is nominated for an Oscar. An extraordinary film about an extraordinary filmmaker.
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" The total number of student news programs in the country that distribute work to local outlets is now roughly two hundred and fifty.
"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
How students are trying to save local news.
Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.
www.cjr.org
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
" The total number of student news programs in the country that distribute work to local outlets is now roughly two hundred and fifty.
"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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A good man gone. Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and 'consummate newspaperman,' dies at 70. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/b...
Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and ‘consummate newspaperman,’ dies at 70
Bruce Dold juggled journalism and business interests in a dual editor-publisher role as the industry grappled with declining revenue and downsizing.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A good man gone. Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and 'consummate newspaperman,' dies at 70. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/b...
Post walk through the snow globe that is Chicago. Beautiful ❄️
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Post walk through the snow globe that is Chicago. Beautiful ❄️
“It's a painful reminder to countries tempted by the idea of solving a nation’s problems through populism and authoritarianism. It's easy to believe that handing absolute power to one person is the easiest way to fix things, but our history, the story of the world proves that that is impossible.”
📹Video now available for panel with exiled Latin American journalists from El Salvador, Venezuela and Nicaragua who continue to document repression in their home countries.
VIDEO: Exiled journalists from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela confront entrenched authoritarianism
VIDEO: Exiled journalists from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela confront entrenched authoritarianism Press Freedom. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“It's a painful reminder to countries tempted by the idea of solving a nation’s problems through populism and authoritarianism. It's easy to believe that handing absolute power to one person is the easiest way to fix things, but our history, the story of the world proves that that is impossible.”
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Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Nuzzi was great at precisely what was incentivized (by the media and power). New York Magazine didn’t hire her despite her personality-driven, access-heavy approach—they hired her because of it.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Nuzzi was great at precisely what was incentivized (by the media and power). New York Magazine didn’t hire her despite her personality-driven, access-heavy approach—they hired her because of it.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
Fall with the Feds in Chicago: 2 people shot, 1 fatally. Rubber pellets, pepper balls fired into crowds. Neighborhoods enveloped in noxious gas, sickening residents & police. Chokeholds used at least 5 times. 8 car chases. Force used in at least 76 incidents.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fall with the Feds in Chicago: 2 people shot, 1 fatally. Rubber pellets, pepper balls fired into crowds. Neighborhoods enveloped in noxious gas, sickening residents & police. Chokeholds used at least 5 times. 8 car chases. Force used in at least 76 incidents.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Excellent from @reuters.com
"MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream"
(we wish more Reuters journalists joined @bsky.app )
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream"
(we wish more Reuters journalists joined @bsky.app )
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Excellent from @reuters.com
"MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream"
(we wish more Reuters journalists joined @bsky.app )
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream"
(we wish more Reuters journalists joined @bsky.app )
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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“.. A Chicago police officer reacts as they detain a man (not pictured) during an argument with residents after an immigration raid by federal law enforcement agents at the Little Village neighborhood, in Chicago, Illinois.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“.. A Chicago police officer reacts as they detain a man (not pictured) during an argument with residents after an immigration raid by federal law enforcement agents at the Little Village neighborhood, in Chicago, Illinois.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
This story *is* the Blues. Rest in power, Koko. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/1...
'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor's prized possessions — including a Grammy — sold at Chicago flea market
A treasure trove of her items were put on sale for dirt cheap after a junk dealer's random purchase of the contents of Taylor's storage locker in Orland Park.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This story *is* the Blues. Rest in power, Koko. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/1...
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Why the WashPost, WSJ, and NYT all hate Mamdani. Excellent piece from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Why the WashPost, WSJ, and NYT all hate Mamdani. Excellent piece from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
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🧵🧵 This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regime’s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.
ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🧵🧵 This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regime’s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
After a “warrantless operation in a largely Black community” the government has given no accounting of who remains in custody or what happened to the children who “haven’t been seen by residents since.” Harrowing account of military raid on Chicago. digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...
Sun, 10/19/25
Distrust and anger deepen after raid
digitaledition.chicagotribune.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After a “warrantless operation in a largely Black community” the government has given no accounting of who remains in custody or what happened to the children who “haven’t been seen by residents since.” Harrowing account of military raid on Chicago. digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...
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"The day before our departure, one reporter placed signs throughout our soon-to-be-vacated spaces that read Journalism is not a crime. As soon as members of Hegseth’s staff saw the signs, they tore them down."
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"The day before our departure, one reporter placed signs throughout our soon-to-be-vacated spaces that read Journalism is not a crime. As soon as members of Hegseth’s staff saw the signs, they tore them down."
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
“Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document…That policy prevents us from doing our job. Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable.”
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document…That policy prevents us from doing our job. Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable.”
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Folks, see the details local journalists post about breaking news events when verifiable info is limited. ⤵️
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy
October 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Folks, see the details local journalists post about breaking news events when verifiable info is limited. ⤵️
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
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If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us