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Mike Elk
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Emmy-nominated labor reporter @PaydayReport often in 🇧🇷. Alum: @Guardian! Yinzer @UEunion fam. Autistic⚾️ Jew. Falo Português in Pittsburgh. [email protected]
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 2h
As a self-employed labor reporter, I have no paid holidays and stress when holidays like Thanksgiving.

Donate to help a broke labor reporter take Thanksgiving off

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
mikeelk.bsky.social
$36 donation from a reader from Illinois.

$196 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going?

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
$160 raised tonite - can we keep the momentum going?

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
status.news
Business Insider is abandoning its paywall and pivoting back to clicks this holiday season, Status has learned, as internal pressures mount and its subscription bet shows new cracks.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Business Insider’s Paywall Backslide
The Axel Springer-owned outlet is pivoting back to clicks this holiday season, Status has learned, as internal pressures mount and its subscription bet shows new cracks.
www.status.news
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
robertscotthorton.bsky.social
After Trump's plot with Bolsonaro to bust him out of jail and get him to the US failed, Brazilian authorities accelerated the process for him to begin serving his 27-year sentence. Bolsonaro was ordered today to begin serving jail time tomorrow. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Bolsonaro out of appeals, will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
lyndab08.bsky.social
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
Big thanks to a reader like this for donating $10 so a self employer labor reporter can enjoy a paid holiday.

Donate to give a labor reporter sometime off

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
For 10 years, I have been tweeting the phrase "Can we keep the momentum going" and people donating money.

Can we keep the momentum going?

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
Big thanks to a reader who donated $20 from California.

$120 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going? m

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
prisonjournalism.bsky.social
Our triple match expires at midnight, and we need your help to reach our goal of raising $50,000 during our end-of-year fundraising campaign as we celebrate five years of impact and the incredible work of our writers.
prisonjournalism.bsky.social Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 6d
On the outside, reporters write what they see.
On the inside, writers report what they live, what they hear, feel and notice in ways no one else can.

That’s the power of lived-experience journalism
And it’s the reason Prison Journalism Project exists.
Donate | Prison Journalism Project
Prison Journalism Project is supported by people like you. Support Prison Journalism Project today.
prisonjournalismproject.fundjournalism.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
abellvt.bsky.social
Please follow and support Mike. He does great and necessary work.
mikeelk.bsky.social Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 2h
Big thanks to reader like this for donating so I can take the holidays off

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
only $5 short of raising $100 so that a self-employed labor reporter can enjoy a paid holiday on Thanksgiving

Donate to help us take some time off.

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
$95 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going so that a labor reporter can take Thanksgiving off?

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
Big thanks to a reader from Vermont who donated $10

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
Big thanks to reader like this for donating so I can take the holidays off

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
juliorvarela.com
For my latest PressingIssues.org story, I connected with @conmijente.bsky.social about its new APAGA EL ODIO (Stop the Hate) campaign.

Both Univision and Telemundo sent me statements about the campaign and why they ran DHS ads on Spanish-language TV.
Campaign Calls on Univision and Telemundo to Stop Airing Anti-Immigrant Ads
Mijente’s latest petition says broadcasting DHS commercials betrays Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S.
pressingissues.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reposted by Mike Elk
mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
$85 raised tonite so that a self-employed labor reporter w/ no paid holidays can enjoy Thanksgiving

Can we keep the momentum going?

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
WOW, a reader from California donated $50.

$85 raised so that a self-employed labor reporter can enjoy a paid holiday over Thanksgiving.
mikeelk.bsky.social Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 2h
As a self-employed labor reporter, I have no paid holidays and stress when holidays like Thanksgiving.

Donate to help a broke labor reporter take Thanksgiving off

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
mikeelk.bsky.social
My look at the the end of three-year Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike & how the union will handle a newsroom that will be majority non-union

paydayreport.com/ending-three...
Ending Three-Year Strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Union Seeks to Rebuild Trust & Unity with Majority Scab Newspaper
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reposted by Mike Elk
pbsnews.org
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted he would ever end up behind bars.
https://to.pbs.org/4pDcRaN
Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for Brazilian coup attempt
The far-right leader had been under house arrest since August and was taken to federal police headquarters Saturday after trying to break his ankle monitor.
www.pbs.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
Big thanks to a reader from Pittsburgh who donated $25.

As a self-employed labor reporter, I have no paid holidays & need your help.

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
mikeelk.bsky.social
As a self-employed labor reporter, I have no paid holidays and stress when holidays like Thanksgiving.

Donate to help a broke labor reporter take Thanksgiving off

paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Reposted by Mike Elk
mikeelk.bsky.social
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the majority of newsroom workers chose to cross the picket line.

The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.

paydayreport.com/ending-three...
Ending Three-Year Strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Union Seeks to Rebuild Trust & Unity with Majority Scab Newspaper
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
mikeelk.bsky.social
"Nothing About Us Without US" has to be one of my favorite movement phrases
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
mikeelk.bsky.social
My look at the the end of three-year Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike & how the union will handle a newsroom that will be majority non-union

paydayreport.com/ending-three...
Ending Three-Year Strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Union Seeks to Rebuild Trust & Unity with Majority Scab Newspaper
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM