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Happening now at UT Austin. State, city, and university police breaking pro-Palestinian protest.

More arrests are happening as police seek to break up the circle

Every journalism school should have at least one professor who worked as a full-time freelancer within the past 5-10 years—someone who has made a living solely from freelance writing and can teach students how to navigate what is effectively a separate journalism industry.

New in tonight’s Semafor media newsletter: Every year, David Remnick puts together a list of who could replace him as editor of the New Yorker. I wrote about who might be on that list semafor.com/article/04/28/…

There's a section of this new Bellingcat / Scripps News documentary where Gazans who have fled from their homes during Israeli offensives DM Jake Godin asking him to check recent satellite imagery to see if their homes have been destroyed.

youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9q8d…

Read Max Tani, aka the Great Mentioner, on succession at The New Yorker semafor.com/article/04/28/…

The Financial Times thinks Hollywood needs to cool it with the love letters to consumer capitalism (Barbie, Frosted, Air, Flamin' Hot, Tetris...)

At UT, police preempted Wednesday’s planned protest and ultimately booked 57 people into jail.

Over the next few days, large crowds gathered in protest for hours but few police remained — a change in tack seen at other universities. The New York Times Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
nytimes.com/2024/04/27/us/…

Stories often focus on people or places, but this Los Angeles Times Column One puts objects center stage: notebooks kept by a farmworker. Xavier Martinez writes about his abuelo, whose notebooks essentially became a diary of a family's struggle and rise. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Based on an investigation from the LA Times last year: latimes.com/world-nation/s…

After the dean of students gave the first message (above), Northeastern University Police now saying the same to pro-Palestinian protesters. Those not showing Northeastern IDs will be 'trespassed from campus,' the officer said.

Students respond by chanting 'Don't show IDs.'

Thrilled and honored to be included in this list for stories on decades of sex abuse claims inside L.A. County’s juveniles facilities.

wallacehouse.umich.edu/announcing-the…

I'm near Emerson College in Boston right now where Boston Police are arresting dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters.

Arrested protesters are chanting 'we keep us safe!' from inside a paddy wagon, as those on sidelines chant along.

A protester is thrown to the ground and detained by several officers.

Police raided the peaceful protest at USC and have begun to violently detain protesters.

Amid all the misery in the Middle East comes this story of hope. Writing tip: Note the quietly powerful no-quote ending, where action says so much more than any quote. Beautiful storytelling by Kate Linthicum and Marcus Yam 文火 in Los Angeles Times Column One. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

How do you curb retail theft? Ask elected officials, and many of them will debate whether to change the decade-old Prop. 47, which lowered penalties for low-level crimes.

For those directly affected by retail crimes, the answer isn't that simple.
calmatters.org/politics/2024/…

An absolute bombshell. Alameda County prosecutors allegedly kept Black people and Jews off juries in murder cases, believing they would not convict if the death penalty was in play.

Now dozens of capital cases from prior decades must be reviewed.

oaklandside.org/2024/04/22/ala…

He wanted to fix some of California's deadliest jails, but quit in frustration.

Part 2 in our series looks at San Diego, which on its face gives its residents more power to oversee the jails than most other counties. Behind the scenes? Different story.

calmatters.org/justice/2024/0…