One last plug, while we're all doing our civic duty: VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET FOR GOOD JOURNALISM. Reporting takes time and money. We're losing reporters faster than ever. We've never needed them more. Just ... look around

Big thanks to Bill McKibben for sharing my AARP piece in his newsletter. 🙏 It tells the story of Martha Shaw, 84, who lost everything in a hurricane goosed by climate warming & rising seas. She's since been through 2 more. billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-thing-to-t… aarp.org/home-family/yo…

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Pre-dawn, four miles from home, two years ago today.

The kids are alright.

On tap this week. May it pull me through.

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Hawaii has more cesspools per capita than any other state. Lots of leaky septic tanks too. The untreated wastewater they release is killing the state's already fragile coral reefs, threatened by ocean warming. tinyurl.com/3ejhaehw #Hawaii #Oceans Honolulu Civil Beat Pulitzer Center

Exactly. This point about the necessary legwork of real news also applies to national outlets who write stories based on local outlets’ reporting and research without having the awareness or ethics to recognize where their content comes from.

On Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of people I know enduring hardships. One is Yuyu Dong, a journalist and Harvard University Nieman Fellow detained by China. I wrote about him in my book #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire. His family expects a verdict on Friday. His case is getting more attention in the US.

Statement by family of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu after news of the verdict in his national security trial. This is sad news. The Dong’s are a wonderful family. Yuyu should not be subjected to 4.5 more years of prison on such insubstantial, false charges docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…

我谴责中国今天以间谍罪判中国新闻从业人员董郁玉七年徒刑。中国宪法保障其人民的言论自由，而董郁玉因为行使了自己的言论自由权而遭受惩罚是不公正的。

Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, a Harvard University fellow known for his observations about Chinese politics and economics, was sentenced to seven years in jail for espionage, according to his family, who rejected the charges as “patently absurd.” wapo.st/4ieIPqX

China sends a message to the world with this harsh sentencing — telling them that anyone engaging in people-to-people exchanges could be labeled a spy. Dong Yuyu, 62, was a respected journalist and Harvard University fellow doing ordinary meetings with diplomats and foreign journalists.

New, from Businessweek The Egg: A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity This investigation of the human egg trade (and egg theft) takes you from India➡️Argentina➡️Greece➡️Taiwan➡️US.... Superb work from a team of extraordinary reporters. Gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

🧵 If you can spare a couple of hours, please read this groundbreaking, yearlong global investigation by my Bloomberg colleagues into the money, opportunity & exploitation into the booming fertility industry. I guarantee once you start reading you won't be able to stop 🎁

Hi everyone, for a story I'm looking to speak with people whose fire insurance was not renewed and then suffered damage or loss to their homes. If this is you, please reach out!