If someone said “Friends, please come say hello…” to me in New York City, I’m ducking. Again, if this interaction is true, maybe get better at developing sources while reporting on the ground? People don’t owe us anything; it’s on us as press.

This should go in a journalism textbook for Techniques To Fail At Interviewing

Good morning, Arizona.

Loved this look at 20 years of gripping reporting and bad singing from ⁦Steve Inskeep⁩

Also reminded me how much better the old ⁦Morning Edition⁩ theme music used to be!

one.npr.org/i/1248863394:1…

Entry for the lede hall of fame:

“Kristi Noem’s damage-control tour is in full swing. It appears destined for the same fate as her late dog Cricket: dead in a gravel pit somewhere near Pierre.” politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

“Traded barbs”

For a big historic moment like Arizona’s abortion vote, you still can’t beat a front page

Connect, George. Connect.

Happy 40th “Sunday in the Park with George” — which opens at the Booth today in 1984. 🎂

As Frank Rich wrote in the The New York Times:

“.. an audacious, haunting and, in its own intensely personal way, touching work.”

Michael Granoff Sondheim Society Bernadette Peters Mandy Patinkin

<writes article about abortion>

Doop dee doo let’s check the old inbox ….

Troubling sign for Joe Biden at U Alabama where this is what united pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators ….

Arizona governor Governor Katie Hobbs will sign the repeal of the 1864 abortion law tomorrow, per spox.

College towns gonna college town:

We need to create a space in the discourse for people who are against terrorism/hostage taking, against reckless bombing of aid workers, against perpetuating famine, against anti-Semitic protests, against only protesting one side of the conflict, and against militarized police…

Look, an Arizona chipmunk!

Juicy story from Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Josh Dawsey on tensions over at Kar-a-Lago

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

College campuses should remain safe for every student.

The Governor has been in contact with university presidents and expressed the State’s willingness to support them in ensuring a safe and secure campus environment.