I’m looking to commission a personal essay in honor of Juneteenth for The Kitchn. The theme is food traditions/recipes famous among Black families. If you have a story you’d like to share, please pitch me at [email protected]. Rates start at $300. Writers of Color

The The Riverfront Times and Sarah Fenske took my ideas seriously and gave me the opportunity to research and write on the things I'm passionate about. Some of my proudest work is also from this outlet. Terrible news for St. Louis.

The Los Angeles Times is looking for an editor of investigations to lead our award-winning I-team, a prized position that doesn't come around often. The pay: $150k-$180k. This position is based in L.A. Apply here: nantmedia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATimesC…

And with that, the RFT has left the building. Much gratitude to Wash U Libraries for stepping into preserve 46 years of St. Louis history — and print journalism

I-55 impassable past Loughborough. Cars got walked back from floodwaters

INVESTIGATION: Why 1,000 homicides in St. Louis remain unsolved | St. Louis Public Radio The Marshall Project APM Reports Police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust. stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

3 weeks after cowards killed the Riverfront Times, firing my friends with no explanation, and leaving the website a carcass to rot in mockery... it's posted its FIRST "news" story, bylined "Ryan Smith." Also: Who owns RFT????? x.com/D_Towski/statu…

Some professional news: I'm excited to share that Ryan Krull and I are getting the band back together (at least the two-man version!). We launch a new daily newsletter and podcast via St. Louis Magazine next month. Sign up via now so you don't miss a thing stlmag.com/slm-updates/ma…

BREAKING: We’re suing Louisiana for requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Public schools are not Sunday schools.

Safe advice right now. Wait for confirmation…

The Citing Slavery project spotlights how the legal system decides civil cases using laws that kept Black people in bondage Renata Sago | Word In Black ow.ly/jNBx50SJbzB #LearnAboutAmericanCivilLaw #BasedInSlavery #Freedom #VoteforDemocracy #StlBlackHistory #stlamerican

A Friday in the Great Midwest means it's time for my weekly 🧵of notable work from our The Midwest Newsroom partners. 1/7 Up first: Iowa's new "heartbeat" law could have ripple effects across the region | Natalie Krebs Iowa Public Radio & Side Effects Public Media iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2024-…

Notice: my personal/fiction writer accounts Elizabeth Donald has been hacked. It has been reported. Whatever is posted there in the meantime is NOT me.

Friendly reminder: I'm hiring. 💼 A brand-new position! Audience & Innovation Editor The Midwest Newsroom kcur.org/audience-and-i…

Devastating portrait of a nightmare situation for a reporter, a lot to think about espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Argh. The Lee Miller movie premieres today, but not here. Instead the domestic violence thriller, Deadpool and a 40yo anniversary release compete with a few other new releases for the scraps from the robot movie’s table. Cranky journalist is cranky.

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How to survive a horror movie: 2024 edition! 🎃 link.medium.com/dYCMJp7w9Nb

By the way, most of my tweets are now at Bluesky, as Elizabeth Donald. See you by the butterfly…