Thrilled to work w/ STAT's A+ team, inc: Jason Ukman Rick Berke. Proud to report w/ my former Newmark J-School students: Audrey Carleton Bruce Gil Emily Nadal Zack Smith. If you have more info on Living Brain Project or Mount Sinai, DM me for Signal/WhatsApp. /7

At #NewmarkJ, the classroom is where stories begin. Learn about how a 7,000-word investigation on a major brain study came together in Professor Katherine Eban’s classroom over several years. The Association of Health Care Journalists has the story behind the story below. healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/08/h…

FTC Chair Lina Khan shows Lesley Stahl an asthma inhaler that costs dollars in Europe but hundreds in the U.S. She says drugmakers register patents on inhaler parts like the cap-strap to keep low-cost generics off the market. cbsn.ws/3zuONT2

Novo Nordisk's CEO took the Washington hot seat over Ozempic prices. 3 takeaways from his testimony qz.com/ozempic-novo-n…

As families and friends across the U.S. share a meal, I think about what a woman I interviewed last week in Mississippi told me: “Every vegetable, every fruit, every meat on the plates of the American people was harvested or processed by immigrants.”

Silvia Pinal has died. One of the brightest most versatile stars in the history of Mexican cinema. Her work with Luis Buñuel in VIRIDIANA, THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, SIMON OF THE DESERT stands indelible. What a career. Descanse en paz una de las más grandes del cine mexicano.

Legendary Mexican actress Silvia Pinal has died at the age of 93.

Silvia Pinal (1931 — 2024).

1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works. Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish. We were recently looking at Pete Hegesth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted. First stop: West Point.

David Lynch (1946 — 2025)

In this News Brief, "Media Won't Say a Nazi Salute is a Nazi Salute and How MAGA Became Too Big To Fail," we detail how elite #resistance is MIA, how grassroots activists are fighting back and how Musk & Co can, more than ever, get way with anything. soundcloud.com/citationsneede…

New from 404 Media: Employees working at DOGE have been ordered to stop using Slack while lawyers attempt to transition the agency to one that is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Means DOGE will be even more secretive and unaccountable 404media.co/doge-employees…

Misinformation about ICE raids is surging on TikTok, with 92,000 videos posted in the past 30 days—surpassing the total from the previous 3 months combined—fueling fear in immigrant communities despite lacking context or verification. documentedny.com/2025/02/04/tik… via Documented

The GMG Union is thrilled to be negotiating its next contract. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller waited until 2 days before the current contract expires to meet, but we couldn't be more committed to winning a fair deal for our members. We did it last time and we'll do it again.

Bruce Gil Quartz qz.com/ozempic-glp1-s…

In Ep 217, "A.I. Mysticism as Responsibility-Evasion PR Tactic," we detail the rise of AI-washing––an increasingly popular media trope that helps those in power avoid responsibility by blaming rogue tech for insurance claim denials, war crimes & rent hikes soundcloud.com/citationsneede…

NEW: Documented reports that one of the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador is a 19-year-old with with no criminal record and no tattoos who wasn't even the target of an ICE operation — but ended up sent there anyway. An ICE agent even said "He's not the one" when arrested!

"I'M PISSED!!!": The good people of Iowa, some in MAGA hats, are not buying Chuck Grassley's nonsensical talking points about deporting migrants to El Salvador.

So proud of my former Newmark J-School students. Our 2-year STAT investigation into the ethics of a Mount Sinai Health System research study that takes brain tissue from vulnerable patients won a Silurians Press Club award for science + health reporting: silurians.org/2025-silurians…

A joy to work on this with Audrey Carleton, Emily Nadal, and Bruce Gil and grateful for the recognition.