Now is the time to choose your news sources very carefully. Do they correct the record when they get it wrong? Do they report facts with a balanced approach while underscoring universal truths? Do they hold the powerful accountable? Do these sources make you think critically?

IRE members: my colleague Andy Pierrotti is running for the IRE Board. He's got my vote & he deserves yours, too. See Andy's visionary platform to elevate investigators -- and aspiring journalists -- here:
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Lapdog views.

Since tomorrow marks the end of Black Maternal Health Week, let me introduce y’all to the Hogues. James became a trained birth doula after his wife had pregnancy complications with their first.

Meet him and his non-profit “Fathers Assisting Mothers:

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Lawyers representing a Kansas City-area family filed a class action lawsuit last week against Saint Luke’s Hospital over allegations the hospital failed in its sterilization procedures. Jessica McMaster has the latest.
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Sirens are going off in Clay County. This is a tornado warning. It looks like the pockets of concern are north of us. KSHB 41 News

Snack chats. She thinks shes human. Tell her she’s not, she’ll laugh.

Sunday confessions: A few days ago, when someone on our work call said,“Messi has arrived,” I thought this was an event, not a person.
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This was posted yesterday. Everyone congratulate James on being a new fur dad.

Facebook’s AI failure wiped out Kansas Reflector links. Even Facebook may not know what went wrong. | via Sherman Smith #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2024/04/11/fac…

In middle school, our theater teacher had us listen to the O.J. verdict in the dark. That’s my memory. Sitting in silence in a dark theater. I feel like class should’ve continued and only now realize this was weird.

Your reminder that time goes too fast. This is my Facebook memory from… nine years ago! When I wrote this, never in a million years did I think we’d become permanent Kansas Citians. #lovethisplace

Jeez Louise. We’ve known there a simply no trained physicians for this group of disorders (which is why patients often travel out of state for care) but seeing it laid out in a single image really hits on the point.

'The light of everyone's life': 6-year-old boy from Overland Park waits for life-changing kidney transplant kshb.com/news/local-new…

Congratulations to the team at Kansas Reflector. They do tremendous work and this is a heartfelt nod to their staff’s tireless work.

Also, I really felt this line about journalism.👇

“You can get tired and grumpy.”

Yes. That's exactly how it works.

Let’s talk #allergies .
I’m curious to hear from people who have whole home air purifiers, like Aprilaire. Worth it? How does help compared to setting up electric purifiers? We have one that covers a good amount of square footage running right now—I should prob run it more often.

You can't say you're pro First Amendment & then kick out a journalist because of the content of her reporting.

I’m touched by all the encouragement for our team. Thank you!

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