NEW: The NYC schools chancellor blamed IBM when students couldn’t log on to remote classes during last month's snow storm.

But today, the company pushed back. “It was not a failure of IBM technology,” a senior executive said.
nytimes.com/2024/03/06/nyr…

Given the DOE's focus on making sure kids actually eat (by giving them food they want) in a system where so many children are food insecure... hard to imagine there is such a thing as kids suddenly eating too much?

The New York Times, a newspaper that regularly solicits and reports on leaks, is now leading a leak investigation into its own employees that union leaders say is targeting people based on their race and ethnicity.

Laura Wagner reports: washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

I spent the last month talking to newly-arrived migrants shuffling between shelters in New York, and I hope their stories remind you, as they reminded me, how fragile our states of belonging are.
curbed.com/article/nyc-mi…

Mayor Adams yesterday when asked about parents who struggle with remote learning: “Snow days, my mother had to walk us to school with her arthritic knees. If you are a parent and you are not willing to navigate a computer for your child, that's a sad commentary.”

The amount of journalists of color who are losing their jobs just a few short years after newsrooms worldwide made commitments to better reflect the communities we cover. Journalists, who without them, coverage will lack proper nuance and inhibit community trust.

anecdotally, my understanding is pretty much every young black reporter at the LA times has received layoff notices.....

I was laid off today. Please send any tips on national and politics journalism jobs to [email protected]🥲💞 linkedin.com/in/erinblogan?…

1) Limited space can be controlled by ppl who decide where to hold the speech, rendering it an unconvincing excuse. (Also, assign a pool reporter.)

2) A good reminder anytime Mayor Eric Adams says the press isn’t covering him fairly that an important speech was restricted to the press.

“Migrant arrivals are experiencing NYC's worsening childcare affordability crisis. Nearly 4 in 5 families in the city can’t afford out-of-school care for kids ages 6-12”

Migrants want to work, but face familiar NYC problem of finding childcare Karen Yi gothamist.com/news/migrants-…

“When asked how the Education Department communicated that guidance, [a schools spokesman] pointed to the mayoral press conference and social media.”

I spent the afternoon in a flooded basement apartment talking with Tania: 'There isn't really supposed to be an apartment here. I'm not legally supposed to be here. I have no rights, so it doesn't matter. It's like I'm not a person.' hellgatenyc.com/flooded-baseme…

At the center of New York's affordability crisis: the soaring cost of child care, the issue that unites the city's working families, from the poor to the middle class to the almost-rich. w/ Asmaa Elkeurti
nytimes.com/2023/09/11/nyr…

Here to join everyone in agreeing that Texas Tribune, my former employer, is making a horrible mistake.

If you want to channel your anger into action, help these talented folks find jobs and contribute to this fundraiser: gofundme.com/f/tribune-layo…

I was laid off by The Texas Tribune yesterday after more than 10 years there — most spent centering communities of color in my reporting.

This is my last story, which was set to run before I was called in. This is the kind of reporting I was doing: texastribune.org/2023/08/24/kar…

The The New York Times needs to take a time out on union busting. More than 1,000 NYTimesGuild, @WirecutterUnion + New York Times Tech Guild members delivered this petition yesterday, demanding that Times management stop violating our contract and respect union work.

NEW: The New York Times is disbanding its Sports desk and integrating more coverage from The Athletic. NYT editors said no layoffs were planned and Sports journalists will move to other roles in the newsroom. nytimes.com/2023/07/10/bus… w/ John Koblin

The allegations in here are serious and disturbing.

If these were made known in the investigation, Northwestern has to answer why a two-week suspension in the middle of summer seemed to be a sufficient measure of accountability.

CW: This story contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation.

BREAKING: A former Northwestern football player is alleging that some of the hazing conduct that took place on the team involved coerced sexual acts. 🧵
dailynorthwestern.com/2023/07/08/top…