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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 16h

Like before, please excuse me while I include another reminder that taking legal action like this to get public records costs us money. We could not do this without our subscribers! Every bit really helps.

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 16h

Remember those court records that Miami Dophins receiver Tyreek Hill wanted sealed? They are now unsealed and up at @defector.com.

The paywall is also down:

Here's The Court Document Tyreek Hill Didn't Want Anyone To See | Defector

The Miami-Dade Circuit Court clerk released Tuesday a copy of the latest petition for divorce from the estranged wife of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. In the document, Lakeeta Vaccaro described...

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Defector @defector.com · 4d

Treasury Department has plans to mint dollar coin featuring Donald Trump's likeness: defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 12d

Read this. so good

Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 12d

For @flaminghydra.com I rewatched All the President's Men and considered what it means in a day and age where your paranoia is increasingly justified:

Pesky journalists / Pleasant insects

‘All the President’s Men’ revisited by Diana Moskovitz; Trevor Alixopulos considers L.A.’s friendly green flying objects

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!!

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 12d

For @flaminghydra.com I rewatched All the President's Men and considered what it means in a day and age where your paranoia is increasingly justified:

Pesky journalists / Pleasant insects

‘All the President’s Men’ revisited by Diana Moskovitz; Trevor Alixopulos considers L.A.’s friendly green flying objects

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 15d

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 15d

Defector, along with five other news outlets, is going to court for documents in the Tyreek Hill case. This blog (paywall down) explains why:

Why Defector Is Intervening To Make Public A Confidential Document In The Tyreek Hill Case | Defector

Six news outlets—Defector Media, the Miami Herald, Scripps Media, CBS4 (WFOR-TV), NBC6 (WTVJ-TV), and Telemundo 51(WSCV-TV)—all asked for permission to intervene in Tyreek Hill’s divorce case on Frida...

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 18d

Here’s a direct link for my Apple News users:

The secret history of Tiger Woods — and more fascinating sports stories — Apple News Spotlight

Celebrate 10 years of Apple News with incredible stories from our archives — all available to read without a subscription. In this collection, you’ll find some of the decade’s best sportswriting, cove...

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 18d

I remain in awe of Courtney Smith for trusting me with her story when we barely had a website up and running.

And somehow our readers got her story out far and wide, even though we weren’t on Apple News and didn’t have gift links.

Thank you!

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 18d

If you’re a non-Apple News user and would like to read it, here is a gift link:

Courtney's Story | Defector

Three years ago, college football was rocked by a domestic violence scandal that ended with Ohio State firing assistant coach Zach Smith and suspending head coach Urban Meyer. Both men have since rein...

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 18d

Well, this is quite the honor.

Courtney’s Story has been selected by Apple News as part of its 10 years, 100 unforgettable stories series.

If you use the app, scroll down today to A Decade of Apple lNews. That will take you to the sports selections, including this one from @defector.com

A screen grab of the Apple News spotlight page. It shows Apple News Spotlight at the top. Below is the headline: How Urban Meyer and Ohio State failed Courtney Smith. The art is of a woman standing atop a giant Ohio State football helmet.

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 20d

That’s a great one!

Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 20d

Ah man. Just goes to show that you never know what it will be, all that matters is that it works. It’s great that you found the pod!

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 21d

Late to seeing this but damn. That’s high praise! Thank you!!

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21d

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 21d

If you just want some straight-up happiness right now, I cannot recommend this podcast enough! (Though I’m biased and I’m on it.)

Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 24d

This cheered me up so much (@flaminghydra.com podcast about KPop Demon Hunters with @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social @carmenjohns.bsky.social and @joemacleod666.bsky.social)

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Hot Male Responsibility in ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Maria Bustillos, Carmen Johns, and Diana Moskovitz geek out on KPop Demon Hunters (and the soundtrack). Joe MacLeod pressed the REC button. KPop Demon Hunters fans Diana Moskovitz and Maria Bustillos...

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Defector @defector.com · 22d

The official charity of the Savannah Bananas has a hard time explaining how its money is spent: defector.com/the-official...

The Official Charity Of The Savannah Bananas Has A Hard Time Explaining How Its Money Is Spent | Defector

Bananas Foster describes itself as “the official non-profit of Banana Ball,” the barnstorming baseball league that hosts the Savannah Bananas. Its mission, per executive director Jolie Chabala, is…

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 25d

I know these are not the happy/fun/humours blogs we all love. I love those too!! Yet I still believe these are, in their own way, important blogs. Every bit helps! Subscribe or chuck a few bucks in the tip jar. Thank you!!

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 25d

But still. There's my time figuring out what the heck is going on. There's finding a person. There's paying that person fairly for their time, which was easily half a days work. Any money you give us goes directly to all of this!

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 25d

First: Nobody at the Miami-Dade clerk of courts would answer my phone calls. Nobody. I tried everything. So I had to pay another journalist to go to the courthouse, physically make a request, and then physically get an answer!

We got lucky. I used to work in Miami and could ask around easily.

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 25d

First blog back from book leave is on why there hasn't been more follow-reporting on the latest domestic violence allegations against Tyreek Hill.

It's a gift link but I'm also gonna talk on here about how your subscriptions and/or contributions make this possible!

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Screenshot of the following text: "This, typically, would be followed by other news outlets getting copies of the court records and confirming these details with stories of their own. But if you’re wondering why the reporting on this seems to have petered out after TMZ's, there's one reason: Nobody else can get a copy of the document.

"On Thursday, a reporter for Defector Media requested from the Miami-Dade County family court division a copy of the document reported on by TMZ, specifically the amended petition. The clerk declined to release it to the reporter, saying the document is 'locked' and considered confidential. When the reporter asked to speak with another staffer about it, the clerk simply repeated that the record was locked, and she added that "a lot of folks" have been attempting to obtain a copy of it."

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 29d

No preorder link yet but here’s the Publisher’s Marketplace announcement!

Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · Jul 9

I am *so* excited to announce that I will be writing my first book! It’s about the woman who took on some of the most powerful men in sports, pushed to get women’s athletics into the modern Olympics, and whose efforts helped change how the world views who gets to be an athlete.

A screengrab of the Publishers Marketplace announcement for my book. It reads, "Investigations editors and cofounder at Defector Media Diana Moskovitz's THE WOMAN WHO STOLE FIRE, resurrecting Alice Milliat, the young, working-class widow who successfully fought the aristocratic Pierre de Coubertin to include women in the modern Olympics, pitched as FLY GIRLS meets THE WOMEN'S Hour, to Alessandra Bastagli at One Signal, at auction, by Ann Sproul-Latimer at Neon Literary (world). Rights: nicole.bond@simonandschuster.com."

The category is nonfiction: biography and the date on it is June 25, 2024.

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 29d

Oh man. But that was pretty brave!

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 29d

And …. If you love this podcast, or the idea that I work at a place that let me take book leave, or maybe just that I have a journalism job to go back to, please support @defector.com. We’re currently having a sale! Three months for just $5. Sign up here:

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