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For my Marion followers, a new podcast just dropped on the raids. You’ll get to hear from me as Brian digs through the layers of this national story. Give it a listen and let’s start a chat about it over the next few days.

Why this is the creepiest, most f-ed up police bodycam footage from the Marion newspaper raids: open.substack.com/pub/brihreed/p…

Veteran photographer Michael Nigro was shot in the head with a non-lethal bullet while covering anti-ICE protests in LA. "It felt very very intentional," Nigro tells NPR, "a chilling effect to convince us to go away." Other reporters say they have been targeted too. 1/2

That The New York Times editorial board non-endorsement for mayor was bizarre.

This was truly an inspiring and moving conversation. Made me want to have a career change and become a local journalist!

Researchers discovered what seemed to be a heartening finding about local journalism. But the data then suggested something more complicated -- and dispiriting. We dig into here📒: substack.com/home/post/p-16…