Some blue sky poking through over the infield #KentuckyDerby2022

Six minutes to race time! #KentuckyDerby

Years of institutional knowledge out the door. We’ll miss you Tim Sullivan. What a loss for our newsroom and our community.

~ some professional news ~ We, the journalists of The Louisville Courier Journal, are ✨unionizing.✨ We love our city and our newsroom and want both to be the best they can be. That can’t happen unless we have a seat at the table and our voices are fully heard. A thread 🧵

34(!) staffers have left Courier Journal in last two years, according to press release announcing a newsroom union drive. Some quotes from Dahlia Ghabour Kala Atzinger & olivia krauth :

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Y'all really showed up for us. In Day 1, we hit 500 signatures. That was our original goal. Now, we're increasing it to 1,000. Keep those names coming! actionnetwork.org/petitions/voun…

I'm proud that I voted YES to unionize the Courier Journal! Courier Journal Guild 🐝

Metro Louisville has reached a $2M settlement agreement with #BreonnaTaylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. City officials haven't responded to a CJ request for more information. courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…

What qualities do you want to see in Louisville's next police chief? Find out what folks from the community said courier-journal.com/story/news/202…

What are some must-do events or activities in Louisville? Asking for some newbie friends (and a story)

Happy December. Gannett is laying off 200+ people over the next two days. This company will never invest in journalism unless every single one of its journalists stand in solidarity and fight back. Unionize your newsroom. Unionize Gannett. #AnswerUsMike #GannettLayoffs

I got to know Wawa really well when I lived in Jersey and I can't wait for them to start opening stores in Kentucky! Check out Matthew Glowicki's story courier-journal.com/story/news/202…

Attorneys for former LMPD officer Katie Crews have asked that attorneys for the family of David McAtee go into more detail about evidence to be included in McAtee's wrongful death trial, including potential witnesses. Interestingly, those witnesses include several reporters

Waiting for an LMPD/mayor’s office presser to start. It’s a full house up there #Louisville

BREAKING: Israel is dropping white phosphorus bombs on South Lebanon, deliberately burning our villages and farm lands. Only Israel is allowed to drop white phosphorus on civilian areas in Lebanon and Palestine, repeatedly, and the international community won’t even blink.

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