Robert Hernandez
@webjournalist.bsky.social
USCAnnenberg Digital Profe, #JOVRNALISM creator, NAHJ Hall of Famer/Program Manager, CalMatters & InquireFirst board member. Chicas Poderosas #wjchat #HorizontalLoyalty he/him 🇸🇻 // I live sweat but I dream light years.
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They’re not coming
"We can't hide behind false claims of objectivity but also claim to 'give voice to the voiceless' or 'comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.'"
www.niemanlab.org
You’re not crazy.
You’re not alone.
But they aren’t coming.
It’s up to us.
My @niemanlab.org prediction:
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/they...
You’re not alone.
But they aren’t coming.
It’s up to us.
My @niemanlab.org prediction:
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/they...
A little shop to help journos. It’s still a work in progress.
February 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
A little shop to help journos. It’s still a work in progress.
So I made a thing: Periodismo está bien cabrón
periodismoestabiencabron.com
The goal is to sell stickers, tshirts, totes to benefit journalists.
It's live!
periodismoestabiencabron.com
The goal is to sell stickers, tshirts, totes to benefit journalists.
It's live!
Discover Our Exclusive Range at PeriodismoEstaBienCabron
Store of PeriodismoEstaBienCabron.
periodismoestabiencabron.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
So I made a thing: Periodismo está bien cabrón
periodismoestabiencabron.com
The goal is to sell stickers, tshirts, totes to benefit journalists.
It's live!
periodismoestabiencabron.com
The goal is to sell stickers, tshirts, totes to benefit journalists.
It's live!
Shout out to the “deport Bad Bunny” crowd.
Your level of intelligence is astounding.
Your level of intelligence is astounding.
a man wearing glasses and a hat is smiling .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a hat is smiling .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Shout out to the “deport Bad Bunny” crowd.
Your level of intelligence is astounding.
Your level of intelligence is astounding.
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A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
Lord, how embarrassing to be a “writer” with tens of thousands of followers and being caught plagiarizing an article on here with a screenshot from the actual writer.
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Lord, how embarrassing to be a “writer” with tens of thousands of followers and being caught plagiarizing an article on here with a screenshot from the actual writer.
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Don't steal good journalists work and spread it out on bluesky pretending it's your own original work. At least have the dignity to do a podcast and steal the way thousands of others do. JFC.
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Don't steal good journalists work and spread it out on bluesky pretending it's your own original work. At least have the dignity to do a podcast and steal the way thousands of others do. JFC.
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Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
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JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
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Jeff Bezos did not have to gut the Washington Post. He chose to.
February 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Jeff Bezos did not have to gut the Washington Post. He chose to.
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Days after Washington Post laid off 300 journalists, publisher Will Lewis -- conspicuously absent during the notifications to those whose jobs were cut -- is stepping down. Attached is Lewis' memo to staff, courtesy of my NPR colleague David Folkenflik. READ: https://loom.ly/vZyjS90
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Days after Washington Post laid off 300 journalists, publisher Will Lewis -- conspicuously absent during the notifications to those whose jobs were cut -- is stepping down. Attached is Lewis' memo to staff, courtesy of my NPR colleague David Folkenflik. READ: https://loom.ly/vZyjS90
Literally erasing history.
February 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Literally erasing history.
Some of you have never tasted mangera water and it shows.
Others know what’s up.
Others know what’s up.
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Some of you have never tasted mangera water and it shows.
Others know what’s up.
Others know what’s up.
Me drinking my authentic (instant) Girnar ginger chai. Just finished my box.
kermit the frog is in a video game and has a special beam ability
ALT: kermit the frog is in a video game and has a special beam ability
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Me drinking my authentic (instant) Girnar ginger chai. Just finished my box.
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Michael de Adder
February 7, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Michael de Adder
I’m thinking about all those amazing journalists at WaPo and other news orgs and also remembering my prediction years ago.
I hate that it keeps happening.
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-...
I hate that it keeps happening.
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-...
The wrong people will be laid off…again
"When layoffs come, those who sold us the false business ideas of 'pivot to video' or 'get me their emails' or 'put on live events' or 'we need new podcasts' or 'let’s get IP to sell to Netflix' aren'...
www.niemanlab.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I’m thinking about all those amazing journalists at WaPo and other news orgs and also remembering my prediction years ago.
I hate that it keeps happening.
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-...
I hate that it keeps happening.
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-...
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
“As far as I’m concerned”
An idiomatic phrase used to express a strong personal opinion.
A racist is the least racist racist according to said racist.
An idiomatic phrase used to express a strong personal opinion.
A racist is the least racist racist according to said racist.
Trump: I’m the least racist president you’ve had in a long time as far as I’m concerned.
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“As far as I’m concerned”
An idiomatic phrase used to express a strong personal opinion.
A racist is the least racist racist according to said racist.
An idiomatic phrase used to express a strong personal opinion.
A racist is the least racist racist according to said racist.
Remember, him deleting the video does not not make him racist.
Him posting the video makes him racist.
That and his history of racism, including when the federal government sued him.
Him posting the video makes him racist.
That and his history of racism, including when the federal government sued him.
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Remember, him deleting the video does not not make him racist.
Him posting the video makes him racist.
That and his history of racism, including when the federal government sued him.
Him posting the video makes him racist.
That and his history of racism, including when the federal government sued him.
Nebraska be like:
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Nebraska be like:
Today I learned that “Juanita” is “Juanita Morales”
This is a breakthrough in tracking down the source of these GOP/MAGA spam texts.
This is a breakthrough in tracking down the source of these GOP/MAGA spam texts.
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Today I learned that “Juanita” is “Juanita Morales”
This is a breakthrough in tracking down the source of these GOP/MAGA spam texts.
This is a breakthrough in tracking down the source of these GOP/MAGA spam texts.
Just checking out Polymarket
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Just checking out Polymarket
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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It’s actually really easy to not be in the Epstein files, some of us do it every day
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It’s actually really easy to not be in the Epstein files, some of us do it every day
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Phang: Donald Trump would suck at playing poker, wouldn’t he? Because it’s so obvious. All you have to do is ask him about the Epstein files and he loses his shit.
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Phang: Donald Trump would suck at playing poker, wouldn’t he? Because it’s so obvious. All you have to do is ask him about the Epstein files and he loses his shit.