Let me clarify: Stand by for the funniest news you’ve ever heard in your life.

BREAKING: The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims say. apnews.com/article/onion-…

Seems pretty clear that newsrooms are going to face more pressure and more threats in the years ahead. Please support news orgs you love, hopefully including ProPublica! Trump threatens NYTs, Penguin Random House over critical coverage cjr.org/the_trump_read… via @cjr

Thread: Three things social media told you about journalism that turned out to be wrong. 1. It's healthy for you to try to curate the world yourself. It's not. It's overwhelming, exhausting and there are really ethical smart good people willing to do that work on your behalf. 1/

It's important to find 2-3 journalism outlets you trust now (including one local) because social media is glutted with disinformation, conspiracy theories, rage and propaganda - exhausting and nearly impossible for non-experts to weed out. You can't win that game. 2/

2. The second thing social media told you about journalism that's wrong is that imperfect and flawed reporting is a deal-breaker. Your news outlets of choice won't be perfect. They will make mistakes. They are human institutions. 3/

It may be part of your instinct framed by social media to judge news organizations harshly when they make you angry or uncomfortable. But that's a feature, not a bug, of good reporting. Follow journalists who are willing to challenge you and pull you out of your echo chamber. 4/

3. The third thing social media has told you that's dead wrong is that good, factual, well-curated information should be free. The truth is journalism is a profession. The people whose job is to inform you (as opposed to the people who are trying to &%*$& you) need a paycheck. 5/

Fortunately most good journalism is really affordable. If you can afford a TV streaming service, you can afford to pay for a couple sources of really well curated information to learn about your world. Sadly the alternative is flooding your brain with social media sludge. 6/

Journalism is flawed and we should all demand it get better. In the meantime, it's the best tool we have. So get a subscription to your local paper or public radio station today. Time to let go of the myth that the sewer pipe of social media is a good way to know the world. /End

Propagandists on social media are convincing Americans nonpartisan journalism is a lie. More average people I talk to believe (wrongly) our reporting is a con. Newsrooms need a plan to counter this campaign. Otherwise Americans will be isolated in silos of disinformation.

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this: Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women propublica.org/article/georgi…

COURT NEWS: A Dane County judge today restored collective bargaining powers for Wisconsin public employees who lost them under 2011’s Act 10.

I am proud and honored to announce that I am running to be the next Mayor of the City of Minneapolis! Minneapolis is - and always has been - my home. It’s the city that shaped me, and I want to shape its future for the better. 🧵

As Meta announces the end to professional fact-checking, please -please- accept finally that social media is not a viable way to get factual information. It was a noble experiment. It failed. Traditional journalism, while imperfect, is the way. Please pay a little bit and use it.

THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/

News: Koski DROPS her bid for Minneapolis mayor

As protests seem likely to continue around the U.S., I am begging newsrooms EVERYWHERE to invest time & money in training for how to cover protests safely Many of your young reporters were still in college during 2020. Maybe you think it's not "as bad" -- but they weren't there!

OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING Saint Paul police officers were involved in a shooting just after 12:30 p.m. in the area of Maryland Avenue East and Clarence Street. No officers were injured. The Minnesota BCA will be conducting the investigation related to this incident. Watch here

News: Los Angeles Times journalists plan to hold a strike authorization vote -- their first ever -- as negotiations for a new union contract drag on nearly 3 years