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Emily Schwing

@emilyschwing.bsky.social

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Journalist with lots of bylines. I really like skis and dogs. I really don't like hot weather or spiders. Go bag packed.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · Jun 3

By my count, I spent at least 40 nights in Newtok & Mertarvik over 2 yrs, interviewed over 70 people & hired an inspector to look at 7 homes built by 3 contractors. A dozen are less than 3 years old & moldy. 1 federal agency knew of problems in 2022. Another toured homes in 2023. Zero repairs made.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

This is Mertarvik, Alaska, population 300. It’s a new town.

Its residents, the vast majority of whom are Yup’ik, began moving in around 2019.

The move was by necessity: The nearby village where many residents previously lived, Newtok, is sinking, its riverbanks eroding. THREAD 🧵

An aerial view of Metarvik, Alaska, a small village of several dozen buildings in the middle of a vast snowy expanse.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss has officially been announced as the editor in chief of CBS News. “She’s not a reporter; she’s never been in the field,” a 60 Minutes producer told Adam Piore for a recent profile of CBS. “Talk about controversies.”
www.cjr.org/feature/cbs-...

For the past year, journalists at CBS News have been up against extraordinary pressure. The network reached a tipping point.

“Who would have thought this is the piece that would get me fired?” Bill Owens, the former executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in the screening room. For the past year, CBS journalists have been up...

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 4d

journalists always love being thanked. It rarely happens. Have you thanked one of us for protecting your first amendment rights today?

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6d

URGENT: Write a letter to your lawmakers using our action center tool telling them to vocally oppose journalist Mario Guevara's deportation and to do so quickly.

Guevara could be kicked out of the country as early as TODAY. He is legally authorized to work here and is not charged with any crime.

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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 11d

From @jpradio.bsky.social @romanbattaglia.com — another example of why we need reporters everywhere.

OPB @opb.org · 11d

Environmental advocates say that excluding the public and press from timber auctions limits government transparency and prevents meaningful oversight of public land management.

The Bureau of Land Management says the auctions are business meetings, not public events.

BLM timber sales in Oregon and Washington are now closed to the public

An environmental advocate in Southern Oregon said a new policy excluding the public from federal timber auctions hurts accountability and transparency.

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Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social · 12d

While documenting unfolding events two journalists sheltering behind a van were directly targeted by ICE agents firing pepper balls. One round struck a woman in the nose, leaving her bleeding.

9:00 a.m. September 25th outside the Broadview ice facility

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12d

In case anyone thought ICE shooting at journalists was just an LA thing. Or that they'd cut it out after repeated warnings from judges. Nope. More of the same in Chicago.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 12d

if i had a dollar for every time someone in journalism over 20+ years told me about "getting my foot in the door," well, I would not have as many dollars as Taylor Swift, who owns the door and what's behind it, but I'd still expect to be paid and supported for my time, skills and creative effort.

Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 12d

If people didn't know that the NFL doesn't pay Super Bowl halftime performers before, they're definitely going to know now after the NFL tried to get Taylor Swift to sign on for "exposure." www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

NFL ‘Flatly Refused’ to Meet Taylor Swift’s Demands About Super Bowl Performance, Source Says

The speculation about Taylor Swift’s possible performance at the Super Bowl has now reportedly come to an abrupt end. Industry insiders claimed that Swift made some demands to perform for the halftime...

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 14d

this may be naive, but um, what journalist is actually ok with NOT doing this? or at least having a heavy hand in the process?

Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 14d

I have also been wondering this. Where are all the movie stars and Hollywood socialites willing to write letters and make donations large enough to allow America's small and essential rural public radio stations to continue to provide the vital public service that we do?

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14d

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 14d

here's what i am reading today. Why? Because these are overlooked and potentially devastating natural disasters that deserve attention before they happen, not after.

Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 15d

New report identifies and maps thousands of documented Alaska landslides, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com

New report identifies and maps thousands of documented Alaska landslides | Alaska Beacon

An Alaska landslide inventory shows places where slides have been documented in the past and gives information about future risks.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks to you all for pointing out my reporting on this. I have also been revisiting that story from last year to learn more about impacts from the H1-B changes, specifically because the effects are likely to be greater to Alaska's most remote and vulnerable communities. Stay tuned!

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 14d

Applying for journalism jobs has hit a new low. An AI generated relevancy score is unlikely to highlight my skills in data gathering & analysis, filing records requests or my subject matter expertise in infrastructure development & disaster management. And my resume says Alaska, so I'm too far away.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 15d

This looks bad: Monday afternoon report of rock slides and building collapses at Elfin Cove, on Chichagof Island in northern Southeast Alaska. #akwx #ExtremeWeather @spiraledu.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social

Damage report from NWS Juneau with report from Elfin Cove of trees blown down, building collapses and rockslides.

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John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 15d

A dark day for Northwest journalism: @cascadepbs.bsky.social is axing the @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social, laying off 17 people, per internal memo obtained by @kuow.org.

Cascade PBS got ~10% of its budget from Corp. for Public Broadcasting. Unclear why its whole newsroom had to be axed.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 15d

By contrast, my high school economics teacher was the football coach. Half the team was in that class. I was the only woman. My investment strategies won a national award while the football team blew their money on the WWF, the NFL & cage fighting. My econ teacher also taught me how to smirk.

Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 16d

Truth

Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 15d

Long-form is an art and essential for context and understanding. The journalism blows just keep coming.

Katie Campbell, KUOW @katiecampbell.bsky.social · 15d

Devastating news for local journalism.

Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, station President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 16d

My interpretation of this: The dream of a happy-go-lucky, fun, fabulously coifed and well-informed career in journalism is fully dead.

very timely. I'll be fully unemployed in 9 days. (but who's counting?!)

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d

The prolific singer-songwriter Sonny Curtis died on Friday at age 88. Curtis had performed with Buddy Holly, opened for Elvis Presley and written hits like “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and “Love Is All Around” — the theme song for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which he also sang.

Sonny Curtis Dies at 88; His Songs Included Mary Tyler Moore’s Theme

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16d

Still don't see it anywhere else. Please subscribe.

www.gravityisgone.com

One NIH source simply called this move "crazy." Another, paraphrased slightly: "What the actual fuck?"

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 22d

Here's what i am reading today. Why? Because even in Alaska, we seem to all forget that America is an Arctic Nation: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/arcti...

Arctic commission describes research needs in terms of military and community ‘security’ | Alaska Beacon

Along with military needs, energy and economic needs are classified as issues of security in a report listing Arctic research priorities.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 22d

this story says nothing about the people who actually work at these stations and for us, it's been radio silence about what happens to us. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Alaska fund raises $3.5M for public media as federal cuts begin

A partnership between radio stations and the Alaska Community Foundation seeks to fill a $15 million gap created by Congress.

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Willoughby Mariano @wmariano.bsky.social · 27d

Please read my new investigation with the amazing @wbur.org and @propublica.org about what happens when no one can be held responsible for a rape.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: Massachusetts’ Statute of Limitations for Rape Is One of the Shortest in the Nation. In One Case, DNA Tied a Man to a Woman's Rape 17 Years Later, But It Was Too Late.
By @wmariano.bsky.social @wbur.org w/ @twallack.bsky.social

DNA Evidence Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.

Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their ...

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 26d

Hardly surprising, but terminating funding to support Alaska Native programs and services is a real gut-punch nonetheless. #UAF #AlaskaSky #UA

Sept. 11, 2025

Dear UAF staff and faculty members,

Yesterday, UAF received notice that the U.S. Department of Education is terminating current and future funding for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions program, among others. This decision is likely to result in the loss of several grants under what is commonly known as Title III. It is also likely to limit the availability of future funding to support UAF’s mission to serve Alaska Native students and the people of Alaska.

Here’s what we currently know:

This is not happening immediately. The federal government is allowing up to a year to close out the programs funded by the grants.

UAF has multiple grants that fall under this category, most within the College of Indigenous Studies and the UAF Community and Technical College.

Title III doesn’t directly fund student aid at UAF, but rather funds degree programs and student support services like advising and recruiting.

The loss of these funds would be substantial—currently around $2.9 million yearly—but we are still analyzing what the full effects may be.

More than 20% of UAF’s students are Indigenous, or about 1,450 students each year, on average. Title III grants support important workforce development and student success initiatives for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students at locations throughout Alaska. The loss of this grant funding will have a substantial and negative impact on a large number of Alaskans, including our Alaska Native students.

Because we just received news of this decision, I don’t have a lot of details to share. But please know that the UAF and UA system leadership team are gathering as much information as we can to find a path forward as we attempt to mitigate the impacts, both current and future, from this proposed action.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 26d

i am reading today. Why? Specifically because of what @scotthorton.bsky.social points out: "This story, of equal or greater important to the Kirk shooting, is getting no material media coverage."

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26d

This story, of equal or greater important to the Kirk shooting, is getting no material media coverage. The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite. www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts

Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.

www.denverpost.com

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