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Ross Maghielse
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Deputy Managing Editor, Innovation & Development for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Michigan native, New York apologist. Journalist with time at local & global news orgs.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ( @inquirer.com ) has more than 50 journalists dedicated to election coverage today — and into tomorrow — as voters decide the next governor of New Jersey, the state of the PA Supreme Court, the Philly District Attorney and more. share.inquirer.com/qbHwn9
Election 2025 live updates: Philly DA, N.J. governor on the ballot; voting issues in Chester County for independents
Voters will also decide the makeup of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Tuesday.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Mets lost that day. Which makes sense, because as Jimmy Rollins said: “We couldn’t get them on the home side, because we knew what they did.”

@inquirer.com wrote about those infamous steaks, said to be among the best in the city, earlier this summer. www.inquirer.com/food/phillie...
August 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The latest edition of @willbunch.bsky.social’s newsletter kicks off with this doozy of a thought: share.inquirer.com/u3rb2T
July 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I recently finished a capstone project as part of a @newmarkjplus.bsky.social executive fellowship and landed on a humbling realization: journalism is an industry that thinks more highly of itself than anyone else does of it.

I think that’s our fault — and fixable. medium.com/news-innovat...
Journalism needs a rebrand
It’s time for journalism to stop overselling its importance and underselling its value.
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July 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I recently finished a capstone project as part of a @newmarkjplus.bsky.social executive fellowship and landed on a humbling realization: journalism is an industry that thinks more highly of itself than anyone else does of it.

I think that’s our fault — and fixable. medium.com/news-innovat...
Journalism needs a rebrand
It’s time for journalism to stop overselling its importance and underselling its value.
medium.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is good. I’m not sure to what extent I agree with it, but more could be said about the arrogance-feigning-as-humility speak that comes from the tech titans so regularly. www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/b...
The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine | CNN Business
If the CEO of a soda company declared that soda-making technology is getting so good it’s going to ruin the global economy, you’d be forgiven for thinking that person is either lying or fully detached...
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May 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Student newspaper editors said they are handling a surge of requests to take down or alter published articles, primarily from international students who fear pieces they wrote might attract the attention of ICE and endanger their legal statuses on campus.” www.inquirer.com/education/st...
College newspapers grapple with requests to delete old articles as students and alumni fear deportation
The detainments of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student, and Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts student, led to a surge of requests to take down or alter student articles. Here's how Philly-area
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April 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is the type of nonsense that will hinder AI integration and limit its effectiveness. Companies should use AI to challenge the boundaries of what’s possible and explore how much more can be done, not to establish a floor of acceptable mediocrity. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/shop...
Shopify Says No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the Job
The e-commerce company’s CEO is requiring employees to integrate artificial intelligence into teamwork.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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One lesson from this story: how honest, consistent, and careful with national security the best reporters are compared to the people who always attack them.
March 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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For most of my adult life, I've been eagerly awaiting the U.S. return of soccer's World Cup. But under Trump, the very real risk of tourists staying home to avoid airport hassles or even arrest, as well as America's global pariah status, may ruin it

My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
I fear for the 2026 World Cup under Trump | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Dems needs to act like GOP on Yemen chat scandal
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March 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The chainsaw of government efficiency now includes indefinite closures of 425 popular campgrounds across Pennsylvania (and surely elsewhere) share.inquirer.com/koS50W
More than 425 popular campsites across Pa. are closed indefinitely due to DOGE cuts
Reservations made at impacted sites on Raystown Lake, Seven Points, Susquehannock, Nancy’s Boat-to-Shore Campgrounds, Tompkins Campground on Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes will be refunded.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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A measles case has been identified in a patient who visited several CHOP locations in Philadelphia over the last few days. Here's what to know about the case -- which is not linked to the Montco case identified a few weeks ago or the West Texas outbreak: www.inquirer.com/health/measl...
Philly has identified a measles case in a CHOP patient
Health officials said that the case is not connected to another measles case in Montgomery County, nor to a widespread outbreak in West Texas.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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To New York ...

With love 💚,
Philadelphia

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February 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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On Tuesday afternoon, Eloise Brown got a call from Eagles team president, Don Smolenski.

“I’m calling from New Orleans,” Smolenski said. “I have a question to ask you. Would you like to come and join us and watch us on Sunday?” (1/4) www.inquirer.com/eagles/elois...
February 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On the lookout outside the @inquirer.com newsroom.
February 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Why am I weirdly here for this acronym?

“The Post, in April, laid out big-picture goals for the company. Among them: reach 200 million paying users, which the slide deck described as a ‘Big Hairy Audacious Goal,’ or ‘B.H.A.G.’”
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The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’ (Gift Article)
This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
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January 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Philadelphia Inquirer is hiring a team of people who will develop a distinct digital weekend edition of @inquirer.com that further engages our subscribers and broadens the audience for our journalism. This is not about just keeping the lights on. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
The Philadelphia Inquirer hiring Senior Editor, Inquirer Weekend in Philadelphia, PA | LinkedIn
Posted 11:37:04 PM. The Philadelphia Inquirer is looking for a proactive and autonomous senior editor to lead our…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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January 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meta — and Zuckerberg personally — spent hundreds of millions, probably a billion-plus — on things that would be considered “pro democracy.” It bought him and the company zero goodwill, from anyone. Journalists accused him of killing journalism & politicians accused him of killing people 🤷‍♂️
January 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It’s perplexing that this would be framed as some sort of genuine milestone. therighting.com/traffic-repo...
January 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I wish Hunter S. Thompson had lived to see this
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry took to Joe Rogan's podcast to extoll the virtues of ibogane, a psychedelic that's still illegal but is being touted as a treatment for addiction, brain injuries and PTSD.

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Rick Perry touts illegal psychedelic drug to Joe Rogan
The former governor of Texas was a guest on "The Joe Rogan Experience" and talked up ibogaine, a compound that could be used to treat mental health obstacles.
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January 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The whole AI “bias meter” for stories idea is batshit, but… I don’t think it’s crazy for somebody whose spent (lost) a billion-ish dollars owning a newspaper to weigh in on editorial board pieces meant to represent “the voice of the institution.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.
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December 12, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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After one episode of #KylieKelce's debut podcast "Not Gonna Lie!," she has surpassed #JoeRogan's podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience."

For more, visit www.inquirer.com/sports/kylie...

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December 10, 2024 at 4:38 PM