Woke up at 4:30 a.m. to the sound of my cat throwing up. I walked into the living room and realized he also knocked a million things over and dragged items (tote bags, toys, socks, my dog’s treat pouch) across the apartment. Happy Tuesday, from Logan.

Julie made me miss journalism. I miss having deep big idea conversations from multiple perspectives. Shes an excellent journalist

‘There’s an Indigenous truth, and then there’s the Canadian truth, and they’re very, very different.’ thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/angela… via The Discourse

*cis woman

When we're reporting out what the anti-trans politicians are doing, mainstream journalists can't just be parroting their alienation of trans woman from womanhood too

Such an honour! Especially when I look up to so many of the other nominees. Grateful for a team The Discourse that supports my growth as a journalist.

When the gov handlers say the quiet part out loud.

Disdain for reporters—and by extension the public they serve—is more and more the norm, and comms staff outnumber us by a huge ratio.

The forest wake comes alongside a broader sweep of environmental events that deal with ecological grief as a result of climate change. Read my latest story for The Discourse

I've been thinking a lot about climate change-related grief.
Here's a story about a community art project that honours 84,000 fish that died in the Cowichan River last summer, as well as the grief many are feeling over this loss.
The Discourse
thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valle…

“We have a building in our Tribes called Lulumexun and that means guardian — of the rivers and forest. It’s up to each and every one of us to be that guardian as well,” said Quw’utsun Elder T’awahwiye at Stth’lhnamut sqw’ulum, the First Salmon Ceremony.
thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valle…

I'm pretty upset. A *week* before #LJI funding ends, we're told newsrooms need to decide whether to keep reporters on with no guarantee of funding in April. For small newsrooms like IndigiNews, this means 🧵

Hey quick question sorry to interrupt but does anyone know what the fuck is going on

My latest story on the ship breaking situation in Union Bay.

Last week, media layoffs came for Xtra. We lost 16 people across our parent company Pink Triangle Press, including several key members of our (already very small!) team at Xtra.

I’m angry for my colleagues who very suddenly lost their jobs, and I’m frustrated with all of this.

Over a thousand people stood shoulder-to-shoulder in ‘Vancouver’s’ DTES Wednesday to renew calls for justice and support families of MMIWG2S

indiginews.com/news/on-valent…

Story by Jocelyn Shepel