Eric Falquero
@ericfalquero.bsky.social
DC community journalist: ericfalquero[at]51st[dot]news.
Co-founder of the worker-led nonprofit @51st.news 📰. Past professional lives at WAMU/DCist and Street Sense Media.
Appalachian, Llanito, bird nerd 🦅, @footballclubgroup.com member / owner / fan ⚽
Co-founder of the worker-led nonprofit @51st.news 📰. Past professional lives at WAMU/DCist and Street Sense Media.
Appalachian, Llanito, bird nerd 🦅, @footballclubgroup.com member / owner / fan ⚽
"Looking to the future." I see a vibrant network of better-resourced local newsrooms (us included) working together to make life easier and more just for all the amazing communities that make up DC.
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"Looking to the future." I see a vibrant network of better-resourced local newsrooms (us included) working together to make life easier and more just for all the amazing communities that make up DC.
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
Let's start here. Can you help more people find @51st.news ? 51st.news/lost-51-000-...
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Are you coming to my #MBTpubroll event on 12/4? Do you subscribe to @51st.news? If not, get on board here:
51st.news/membership/?...
51st.news/membership/?...
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Are you coming to my #MBTpubroll event on 12/4? Do you subscribe to @51st.news? If not, get on board here:
51st.news/membership/?...
51st.news/membership/?...
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Yo DC! @51st.news is pretty great, solid local reporting & won't overwhelm your inbox if you subscribe. 51st.news/membership/?...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yo DC! @51st.news is pretty great, solid local reporting & won't overwhelm your inbox if you subscribe. 51st.news/membership/?...
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Know someone who'd love @51st.news? Here's some info about their referral program. And you can also find them on Flipboard.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Know someone who'd love @51st.news? Here's some info about their referral program. And you can also find them on Flipboard.
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What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
23 things to do around D.C. this week
There are plenty of things to do if you're in town over the long holiday weekend.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What are you doing this weekend?
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
We've got an expanded 23 (!) picks from @ilechelm.bsky.social, including:
👵 @metrobardc.bsky.social's Golden Girls party
🥾 Hike with @washingtonwalks.bsky.social
❄️ @folger.edu's Frost Festival
🎤 Punk rock karaoke at the @blackcatdc.bsky.social
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Ever been curious about how to start fishing in D.C.?
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
'D.C. fishing is a culture': Meet some of the anglers casting into our rivers
We hit the banks of the Potomac and Anacostia with "Ernie the Hog Snatcher" and a host of other locals, who say fishing brings them peace, community, and fun.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ever been curious about how to start fishing in D.C.?
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
@samdelgado.bsky.social got to know a few local anglers — and asked them to share some tips:
Here's my unique referral link! Join now (free if that's where you're at)! Win a shirt, post a photo. I know you'll wear it better than me 👇🏼
51st.news/membership/?...
Already a subscriber? Click the link in the post I quoted to get your unique referral link and join the challenge!
51st.news/membership/?...
Already a subscriber? Click the link in the post I quoted to get your unique referral link and join the challenge!
Get your unique sign-up link below, and share it with your community. If they sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get credit!
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
2025 Referral Challenge
The 51st’s journalism is always local, nonprofit, and independent — but most of all community-driven. As our first full year serving D.C. winds down, we want your help reaching more people across the…
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Here's my unique referral link! Join now (free if that's where you're at)! Win a shirt, post a photo. I know you'll wear it better than me 👇🏼
51st.news/membership/?...
Already a subscriber? Click the link in the post I quoted to get your unique referral link and join the challenge!
51st.news/membership/?...
Already a subscriber? Click the link in the post I quoted to get your unique referral link and join the challenge!
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Subscribe to 51st everyone!
If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
When DCist was shut down, it had 70,000+ subscribers.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Subscribe to 51st everyone!
If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
If you’re in DC or the region: great reporting, human stories, worker owned.
If you’re not in DC: get to learn about all the stuff that goes on here that’s not directly federal related (though certainly inflicted a lot)
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"Over a year ago, we approached WAMU about [possibly] acquiring DCist’s newsletter list and social media accounts.
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
When DCist was shut down, it had 70,000+ subscribers.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
The 51st is proud to carry forward the spirit with which DCist served our city.
But we can’t stop thinking about how most of those subscribers — our neighbors and friends — are just no longer receiving the kind of local news they signed up for.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Over a year ago, we approached WAMU about [possibly] acquiring DCist’s newsletter list and social media accounts.
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
Last week, we received a final answer: No."
(Can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it shouldn't have taken a year to reply. Either way, sign back up now: 51st.news/membership/?...)
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🧵👆👇📰
We want to find the people who loved DCist — but don’t yet know The 51st exists.
They walk among us: Our neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Do you know any of them personally, and can you help reunite them with local journalism? If you do it, you could earn rewards via our new referral program.
They walk among us: Our neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Do you know any of them personally, and can you help reunite them with local journalism? If you do it, you could earn rewards via our new referral program.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Just did the $120 a year option. I also have donated to @boltsmag.org @theonion.com and @npr.org this year. It’s nice to get the daily emails.
Get your unique sign-up link below, and share it with your community. If they sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get credit!
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
Each week through the end of the year, we’ll give out prizes to the top referrer — and a new subscriber. 51st.news/referral-cha...
2025 Referral Challenge
The 51st’s journalism is always local, nonprofit, and independent — but most of all community-driven. As our first full year serving D.C. winds down, we want your help reaching more people across the…
51st.news
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just did the $120 a year option. I also have donated to @boltsmag.org @theonion.com and @npr.org this year. It’s nice to get the daily emails.
The DC love in this crowd sourced shirt is so good. Very excited we can make it available to our members now through 12/15! (And delivered in time for the holidays)
Not yet a member and looking for a reason? We have two ✌️
#1: All donations are doubled until 12/31 thanks to Newsmatch — including the full-year value of monthly memberships!
#2: Members get exclusive access to our brand-new, limited-run merch 👀 (Pre-order by Dec. 5!)
#1: All donations are doubled until 12/31 thanks to Newsmatch — including the full-year value of monthly memberships!
#2: Members get exclusive access to our brand-new, limited-run merch 👀 (Pre-order by Dec. 5!)
Members only: Merch
The many moments that led to this shirt's creation and how you can get your own
51st.news
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The DC love in this crowd sourced shirt is so good. Very excited we can make it available to our members now through 12/15! (And delivered in time for the holidays)
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There's such a dearth of good local journalism, but I'm glad @51st.news exists, because this is what we would miss without them and others like them 51st.news/mount-pleasa...
Mount Pleasant’s sidewalk astronomer might have to leave his home
But Gael Gomez wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
51st.news
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There's such a dearth of good local journalism, but I'm glad @51st.news exists, because this is what we would miss without them and others like them 51st.news/mount-pleasa...
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As someone who built my career on end-of-year fundraising, I’m obsessed with this
For our end-of-year campaign, we’re setting a Big Goal that anyone reading this can help us achieve.
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
The 51st
Information with representation, by and for District of Columbia residents. A worker-led, independent nonprofit newsroom.
51st.news
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
As someone who built my career on end-of-year fundraising, I’m obsessed with this
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Speaking of journalism needing more money... we need more money. But we also need readers! You can help us by subscribing (on a paid or free basis!) and telling your friends, family, and anyone who will listen to subscribe to @51st.news
For our end-of-year campaign, we’re setting a Big Goal that anyone reading this can help us achieve.
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
The 51st
Information with representation, by and for District of Columbia residents. A worker-led, independent nonprofit newsroom.
51st.news
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Speaking of journalism needing more money... we need more money. But we also need readers! You can help us by subscribing (on a paid or free basis!) and telling your friends, family, and anyone who will listen to subscribe to @51st.news
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Two recent shootings by federal agents in D.C. have highlighted the big gaps in training, transparency, and accountability that exist between them and D.C.'s local police officers. MPD has one set of rules, federal agents another: 51st.news/federal-poli...
When federal agents shoot people in D.C., there are few details – and little accountability
D.C. police officers are held to one standard, federal agents another.
51st.news
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Two recent shootings by federal agents in D.C. have highlighted the big gaps in training, transparency, and accountability that exist between them and D.C.'s local police officers. MPD has one set of rules, federal agents another: 51st.news/federal-poli...
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Did you know there's a thriving community of anglers in DC? Whereas some people look at DC's rivers and see pollution, these fishers see potential.
I spent time with some local fisherman — including fishing influencer Ernie the Hog Snatcher — and got a close look at what fishing means to them. 🎣⬇️
I spent time with some local fisherman — including fishing influencer Ernie the Hog Snatcher — and got a close look at what fishing means to them. 🎣⬇️
Amidst the busyness of city life, D.C. anglers turn to local waterways for peace, for community, and of course, for the pure fun of fishing.
"We got one of the best fisheries on the East Coast," online creator Ernie the Hog Snatcher told reporter @samdelgado.bsky.social:
"We got one of the best fisheries on the East Coast," online creator Ernie the Hog Snatcher told reporter @samdelgado.bsky.social:
Want to go fishing in D.C.'s rivers? Here's where to start.
We hit the banks of the Potomac and Anacostia with "Ernie the Hog Snatcher" and a host of other locals, who say fishing brings them peace, community, and fun.
51st.news
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Did you know there's a thriving community of anglers in DC? Whereas some people look at DC's rivers and see pollution, these fishers see potential.
I spent time with some local fisherman — including fishing influencer Ernie the Hog Snatcher — and got a close look at what fishing means to them. 🎣⬇️
I spent time with some local fisherman — including fishing influencer Ernie the Hog Snatcher — and got a close look at what fishing means to them. 🎣⬇️
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We want to dive deeper into how health shapes the lives of District residents.
To do so, we’re launching a health equity beat.
More from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social on what that means — and how you can help!
To do so, we’re launching a health equity beat.
More from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social on what that means — and how you can help!
We’re launching a health equity beat
We want to hear from you: What D.C. health stories should we tell?
51st.news
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We want to dive deeper into how health shapes the lives of District residents.
To do so, we’re launching a health equity beat.
More from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social on what that means — and how you can help!
To do so, we’re launching a health equity beat.
More from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social on what that means — and how you can help!
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Proud to experiment with this approach to year end fundraising—everyone no matter their $ realities can help us reach this goal ❤️🔥
For our end-of-year campaign, we’re setting a Big Goal that anyone reading this can help us achieve.
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
The 51st
Information with representation, by and for District of Columbia residents. A worker-led, independent nonprofit newsroom.
51st.news
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Proud to experiment with this approach to year end fundraising—everyone no matter their $ realities can help us reach this goal ❤️🔥
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DC residents and workers - The 51st is doing great work and if you can afford to support, please do!
Through December 31, we’re participating in a program called NewsMatch, which doubles donations to small nonprofit newsrooms like ours. Subscriptions and one-time gifts are all eligible to be doubled! Support today:
The 51st
Information with representation, by and for District of Columbia residents. A worker-led, independent nonprofit newsroom.
51st.news
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
DC residents and workers - The 51st is doing great work and if you can afford to support, please do!
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If you care about DC, or if you care about supporting local news, subscribe to @51st.news !!
For our end-of-year campaign, we’re setting a Big Goal that anyone reading this can help us achieve.
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
We need your help finding 3,000 new newsletter subscribers by the end of the year — paid or free.
⬇️
51st.news/signup
The 51st
Information with representation, by and for District of Columbia residents. A worker-led, independent nonprofit newsroom.
51st.news
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you care about DC, or if you care about supporting local news, subscribe to @51st.news !!
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Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
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🌟Our latest "5 Questions with" features @christurdisani.bsky.social, @maddiepoore.bsky.social of @51st.news, discussing the newsroom’s worker-led structure, a popular story about a restaurant’s “luscious” plant display and expanding its Community Connector program. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
5 Questions with The 51st’s Christina Sturdivant Sani and Maddie Poore
Learn about The 51st's origin story and how it has thrived in its first year since launch.
www.tinynewsco.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌟Our latest "5 Questions with" features @christurdisani.bsky.social, @maddiepoore.bsky.social of @51st.news, discussing the newsroom’s worker-led structure, a popular story about a restaurant’s “luscious” plant display and expanding its Community Connector program. www.tinynewsco.org/5-questions-...
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"I left The 51st’s first birthday party feeling in awe of what we’ve built together and more determined than ever to keep going."
See photos from the party — and read more of what it meant for @maddiepoore.bsky.social and the rest of our team to celebrate with you:
See photos from the party — and read more of what it meant for @maddiepoore.bsky.social and the rest of our team to celebrate with you:
A first birthday worth recapping
Celebrating the wins of the last 12 months and scheming for the future
51st.news
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"I left The 51st’s first birthday party feeling in awe of what we’ve built together and more determined than ever to keep going."
See photos from the party — and read more of what it meant for @maddiepoore.bsky.social and the rest of our team to celebrate with you:
See photos from the party — and read more of what it meant for @maddiepoore.bsky.social and the rest of our team to celebrate with you:
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A beautiful story about a beautiful man in an occupied neighborhood in my occupied city. We are all worse off for this loss, and I am so grateful to local independent journalists for calling attention to it.
Gael Gomez and his family are all but certain to leave the country this week, upending the lives they’ve built in D.C.
But Mount Pleasant's 19-year-old sidewalk astronomer wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports:
But Mount Pleasant's 19-year-old sidewalk astronomer wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
@samdelgado.bsky.social reports:
Mount Pleasant’s sidewalk astronomer might have to leave his home
But Gael Gomez wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
51st.news
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A beautiful story about a beautiful man in an occupied neighborhood in my occupied city. We are all worse off for this loss, and I am so grateful to local independent journalists for calling attention to it.