'News no longer only competes with news' a very good point (in a very good article) and a drumbeat I've been beating for years aftermath.site/new-york-times…

This is my platonic ideal of an article:
1. Hey, I noticed a thing
2. Upon investigation there’s a surprising reason behind it
3. Some corporate malfeasance is exposed

curbed.com/article/west-e…

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For THE CITY, NYPD confirms 108 arrests thus far, Columbia says anyone who participated is suspended, though they haven't confirmed #'s. By 2pm police had cleared the lawn of protesters, though hundreds more have since set up in another portion of lawn.

thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/col…

Most city high schools lack newspapers. A new journalism curriculum could help change that. thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/stu…

Amazon created a fake Japanese streetwear brand it sold on Shopify to get intel on competitors. Wild investigation from The Wall Street Journal sherwood.news/business/amazo…

i can’t wait to act like i fell out of a coconut tree all summer

For The Daily Beast, I wrote about the schadenfreude that came from watching Trump be subjected to a kind of punishment in court today that seemed almost expressly designed to torment him: sitting silently as mean tweets about him were read aloud. thedailybeast.com/the-joy-of-mak…

Days before my Businessweek cover story on sextortion dropped, Meta rolled out a new feature: automatically blurring nude photos shared by minors.

And that’s a (pre-pub impact) move I hope all other social media platforms follow…

🎁 link here: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

Can’t say I don’t commit to my shtick: I wrote a brief profile of a subway turnstile, the (probably) single busiest one in New York.

curbed.com/article/busies…

Hey, check out what landed in the INBOX of The Angry 😡 Cowboy 🤠 ⁦GregBSmith⁩ — another City Hall big heads for the exits. thecity.nyc/2024/04/16/dca…

A security guard tells me an est. 1,200 people are in line outside New York Coty Hall.

These are largely Black migrants here for a council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants.

The guard said there's never before been that many attendees for a hearing.

criminals googling 'how to do crimes' never fails bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Journalists be like “my oldest enemy” and it’s literally just a deadline

When I pitch a story but haven’t done any reporting yet

Super excited 'Rikers: An Oral History' co-authored w/ Graham Rayman has been nominated for the Gotham Book Prize
lithub.com/here-are-the-2…

one of my favorite pieces I've ever gotten to work on with Allie Volpe, on the endless drive for self-optimization and how to feel like you're enough just as you are vox.com/the-highlight/…

I've had this happen a few times where I'm covering a trial and Dean Meminger walks in, and everyone lights up.

Court officers, defendants, judge, jury (especially), prosecutors, etc.

He's NYC royalty.

Loved this profile by J. Escobedo Shepherd for Hell Gate *subscribe today!*

hellgatenyc.com/dean-meminger-…

'Prospects for a cannabis relief fund in the 2024 New York State budget have suddenly dimmed, and licensed growers are not looking forward to once again being left holding the bag.'
--New for NY Cannabis Insider subscribers.
newyorkupstate.com/cannabis-insid…

Under this new rule, a councilmember like Gale A. Brewer will have to fill out an online form to talk to buildings commissioner Jimmy Oddo and @nycmator even though just a few years ago they were all in the trenches as presidents of their respective boros thecity.nyc/2024/04/09/ada…