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Aug 16, 2018 • 19 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
1/ Today, hundreds of U.S. newsrooms banded together to defend a #FreePress and dispel @realdonaldtrump’s charges that we’re an “enemy of the people.”

We’re the opposite. We help people every day, in ways large and small.

And our work proves it. apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphi…
2/ “So much Fake News is being reported,” @realDonaldTrump tweeted on Jan. 13. “They don’t even try to get it right, or correct it when they are wrong.”
3/ 9 days later, @AsburyParkPress launched a series on NJ police accountability. It exposed deaths and millions in taxpayer funds spent to hush allegations of abuse: app.com/series/theshie…

It also prompted swift reforms: random drug testing and early warning systems for cops.
4/ On Feb. 11, Trump tweeted, “the People no longer trust the media, whose approval ratings are correctly at their lowest levels in history!”
5/ *The next day*, @readfrontier uncovered the OK state finance director's history of domestic assault and other crimes.

He was one of the highest-ranking officials in the state. He resigned less than 24 hours later.
readfrontier.org/stories/follow…
6/ That same month, @northjersey found that DuPont polluted a NJ neighborhood and then worked for decades to keep secret and downplay the extent of contamination.

Now, the attorney general is investigating. northjersey.com/story/news/wat…
7/ In March, the president claimed that “Mainstream Media in U.S. is being mocked all over the world. They’ve gone CRAZY!”
8/ A couple weeks later, @newsobserver reported that the development of a chicken plant in N.C. was threatening to displace residents nearby.

After the story came out, the company struck a deal to pay the residents – and extend their deadline to move. newsobserver.com/news/local/art…
9/ May: “Much of the Media may be corrupt, but the People truly get it!”
10/ Corrupt, huh?

After we wrote about a draft of a National Parks report that censored all mention of climate change, the uncensored version was publicly released.
revealnews.org/blog/national-…
11/ On to July. “Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people.”
12/ First of all, we’ve been over this.
13/ Secondly: New Jersey's broken system for investigating sudden and suspicious deaths – investigated by @njdotcom – is getting more resources and tougher oversight under a new law. nj.com/politics/index…
14/ Following reporting from @propublica and @NYTimes, an influential state commission said the blood-spatter analysis used to convict a former Texas high school principal of murder was “not accurate or scientifically supported.” propublica.org/article/texas-…
15/ Then, in August, this happened.

Meanwhile, a bunch of great journalists kept doing their job: Serving people, in ways big and small.
16/ @dallasnews, for example, took a hard look at super-long wait times at Texas driver's license centers.

The next week, @TxDPS hired 100 new employees to bolster its staffing centers across the state: dallasnews.com/news/news/2018…
17/ And in Florida, a school district didn’t tell parents for more than a year that it was discovering high levels of lead in some schools’ drinking water.

The district announced its findings only after @tb_times started asking questions. tampabay.com/projects/2018/…
18/ Are you curious about the ways our stories help people? Sign up for our newsletter. revealnews.org/newsletter
19/ And want to tell us why your newsroom isn't an "enemy of the people?"

We're all ears:

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Oct 8, 2018
1/ NEW: Every year, three-quarters of America’s domesticated honeybees are trucked into California for the state’s almond harvest.

It’s the world’s largest annual managed pollination event.

It has also created a thriving market for thieves. revealnews.org/article/califo…
2/ Almond growers need two honeybee colonies per acre during the height of pollination season. And California’s total almond acreage has nearly tripled in the past 20 years, a spike due in large part to foreign demand. bls.gov/opub/btn/volum…
3/ Hives have never been more valuable. The average seasonal rental price for one is $185, and that number is only expected to climb in the coming years. For beekeepers with thousands of hives, it can be quite a payday.
beeculture.com/2018-almond-po…
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Sep 27, 2018
1/ Ahead of today’s #KavanaughHearings, some, including @realdonaldtrump, asked why Dr. Christine Blasey Ford didn’t report her experience sooner.

There are a lot of reasons victims of sexual abuse don’t immediately speak up. And a lot of reporting on the subject, too.
2/ First: Context. 1 in 10 adults – 24 million people – were sexually abused before they reached 18. Yet less than 40 percent of children who are sexually abused tell anyone. And a fraction of those cases end up being reported to authorities.

revealnews.org/article/tennes…
3/ Reporter @tennesseejane has firsthand experience with this. It took her decades to tell police that her gymnastics coach sexually abused her as a child.

Her story is at the center of this August 2016 episode:

revealnews.org/episodes/dropp…
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Sep 27, 2018
1/ Last year, hundreds of people were sickened by an E. coli outbreak after eating lettuce grown in Arizona. 27 suffered kidney failure. Five died.

Six months before that, Trump’s FDA had shelved rules designed to prevent this very sort of incident. revealnews.org/article/5-peop…
2/ William Whitt escaped with his life. But his sickness was harrowing. He suffered days of diarrhea and vomited blood. His body swelled like a balloon. He was given painkillers every 10 minutes.
3/ The culprit? Salad.

It turns out that leafy greens are particularly vulnerable to bacteria. And a gaping hole in the U.S. food safety system contributes to the problem. Produce growers don’t have to test the water they use on their crops.
Read 20 tweets
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Sep 17, 2018
1/ We're beyond honored to be recognized for @ONA's Knight Award for Public Service for our All Work. No Pay series: revealnews.org/blog/reveal-wi…
2/ We want to take this opportunity to congratulate all the finalists, whose work is an inspiration.

Do yourself a favor and check out their stories.
3/ The @washingtonpost was dogged in its reporting on links between the Russian government and Trump officials. awards.journalists.org/entries/hackin…
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Sep 13, 2018
1/ New with @marshallproj and @USAToday: In several states, crime victims can seek compensation from a public fund. But states reserve the right to deny some requests. And in Ohio and Florida, black people were banned disproportionately. revealnews.org/article/the-vi…
2/ Here’s how it works. “Victim compensation funds,” as they’re called, are designed to help crime victims pay for things like loved ones’ funerals.

But in some states, you can’t get access to the money if you have a criminal conviction.
3/ In Ohio, where the rules are particularly stringent, you can be denied for even being *suspected* of one. And unlike in other states, a denial can stem from a juvenile crime. Those records are usually expunged.
Read 13 tweets
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Sep 13, 2018
1/ Crashed squad cars. Naps on the job. Big paychecks.

Welcome to the El Paso Police Department’s dangerous overtime habit.
revealnews.org/article/office…
2/ Reveal Investigative Fellow @ElidaSPerezEPT, of @elpasotimes, analyzed five years’ worth of overtime records.

She found more than 450 cases in which officers worked at least 16 hours a day. And that was just among the top 10 earners.
3/ Researchers say no officer should work more than 12 hours a day, much less 16.

It can lead to things like:

* poor decision-making.
* greater risk of car accidents.
* a weakened ability to de-escalate volatile encounters.
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