Lily Altavena (@lilyalta) 's Twitter Profile
Lily Altavena

@lilyalta

Covering inequities in education across Michigan @freep. alum: @azcentral @Cronkite_ASU. laltavena at freepress.com. Skeeball machine queen.

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Taylor Goldenstein (@taygoldenstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A Georgia hospital has required a brain-dead pregnant woman to stay on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered bc it says taking her off would violate the state's abortion ban (via The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/pregna…

Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything. propublica.org/article/garris… Jennifer Smith Richards Jodi Cohen

Lily Altavena (@lilyalta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A week of hanging out with dress designers, at prom send-offs in luxury venues and interviewing teens about their visions of a perfect prom? Say less! I had fun reporting this and highlighting local businesses coming together for legendary send-offs. freep.com/story/news/edu…

Steve Mills (@smmills1960) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: A teacher dragged a 6-year-old with autism down a hallway by his ankle. Will the U.S. Department of Education Department do anything now? Troubling story from Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi Cohen of ProPublica. propublica.org/article/garris…

violeta ikonomova (@violetikon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Donors including Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI have together given $1M in past decade to mayoral home where Duggan lives w/o public disclosure. Detroit City Council has also not voted on upgrades to home, despite ordinance requiring its vote on city gifts. freep.com/story/news/loc…

kenya ✨ (@kenyathehunter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hi everyone, I'm Kenya, the disabilities reporter at The Associated Press. If you're a Black father of a child on the autism spectrum, I want to talk to you for a story. Please email me at [email protected]

Lily Altavena (@lilyalta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You could have never prepared me for the internal professional cris(es!) I've had in the four months since returning to work postpartum. I've never felt less confident or more behind my peers. sharing in case someone else is going through it

Lily Altavena (@lilyalta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

hi! looking for MI high school teachers grappling with students turning in work clearly helped or entirely done via ChatGPT/otherAI means. [email protected].

Ej Dickson (@ejdickson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW from me: #SkinnyTok influencer Liv Schmidt is making $100k a month from the Skinni Societe, a group of girls encouraging each other to starve themselves to lose weight. I joined the group and confirmed at least 15 members who are still in high school. Here’s what else I saw:

Ej Dickson (@ejdickson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UPDATE: Since we published our piece on Liv Schmidt and the Skinni Societe, Meta has demonetized her account and Schmidt is no longer able to sell subscriptions. Meta also said her main account is now restricted to users 18+

Jodi Cohen (@jodiscohen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Illinois lawmakers ban police from issuing tickets and fines to students at school. This comes 3 years after our ProPublica/Chicago Tribune investigation into the practice. propublica.org/article/illino…

Amy Silverman (@amysilvermanaz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's a popular word on this platform -- which is why I'm posting this piece by Scottie Andrew for CNN -- with comments from my daughter, Sophie Stern, who happens to have Down syndrome. So proud of Sophie for setting an example for the rest of us. cnn.com/2025/05/31/us/…

katherine fitzgerald (@kfitz134) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Floored by this honor— not only to be recognized by @PFWA in the same breath as Terez, but also to share this award with Daniel Oyefusi, whose work I deeply admire It’s a joy to be trusted w/ stories of players, coaches &fans, & to have that work be seen truly means so, so much🫶