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Thanks to everyone who read my piece about #NPR, and found it helpful. I wanted to share a few thoughts about what's harmful about the false "wokeness" narrative about the place. slate.com/business/2024/… via @slate

Indiana Journalist of the Year: Lee V. Gaines, WFYI @WFYI

.WFYI won a bunch of journalism awards last night from Indiana Pro SPJ. Thankful to work alongside such amazing people: Elizabeth Gabriel Brittani Howell Darian Benson Lee V. Gaines Kyle Long Farah Yousry Abriana Onyai Herron ❤️ Drew Daudelin @dylanpmccoy & more… wfyi.org/news/articles/…

I’m worried about the future of journalism. Public media specifically. I remember a time not long ago when some thought that public media could be the savior of local news as more and more newspapers disappeared. With mounting lay offs in pub media, what now?

NEW -> If abuse claims against an Indiana teacher is substantiated by child protective services, there’s no requirement for anyone to tell dept of ed, who oversees licensing. Lee V. Gaines unraveled this & found IDOE learned about IPS case frm media -> wfyi.org/news/articles/…

Hey, look, I was on national TV

.Lee V. Gaines spent time at two Indianapolis-area high schools to see how Indiana's cellphone ban is working out w/ students and teacher. Are the kids already paying attention more? Less drama? Listen/read---> wfyi.org/news/articles/…

8 kindergartners were arrested last school year, according to a new Indiana report. Plus 3 1st graders, 1 in 2nd, 8 in 3rd grade and 12 4th graders... But Lee V. Gaines found the arrests never happened. The IDOE report is wrong. Read why --> wfyi.org/news/articles/…

I've been covering Indiana school board races for 10 yrs. Little surprises me now - money spent, attacks, lies, etc. Many lose their minds every 2 years. @leevgaines digs into a disinformation campaign - that incl Mike Braun - targeting Carmel voters wfyi.org/news/articles/…

It's been a month since we published Lee V. Gaines' story on 32 reported arrests of kids that never happened yet were submitted to IDOE for Indiana's student arrest annual report/data set --- but the incorrect data & report is still online, uncorrected wfyi.org/news/articles/…

kinda wild, tbh

Jon Shapiro and Kris Wheeler won two at large seats on the Carmel Clay School Board. Lee V. Gaines reports the win means there won’t be a conservative majority on the five-member board. wfyi.org/news/articles/…

A 2024 law, prompted by a WFYI investigation, now requires the Indiana Commission on Seclusion & Restraint to meet twice a year. But the group has gone 14 months without a single meeting. On Monday Lee V. Gaines contacted the IDOE about the lack of meetings... 1/3

Always great to be in the same line up as Elissa Nadworny

The mission to raise awareness and find solutions to the climate crisis extends to our nation’s schools and classrooms. Lee V. Gaines from WFYI visited a classroom in Bloomington, Indiana where high school students pitched their ideas to scientists on climate crisis solutions.

After students learn the basics of climate engineering, they’re asked to “come up with interesting wild ideas” to slow global warming. Lee V. Gaines In the Face of Climate Change, Science Class Can Help Students Dream Up a Better Future kqed.org/mindshift/6438…

Bella’s school first suspended her in kindergarten. She's now been suspended 15 times. Bella's 1 of 22k students w/ disabilities suspended in Indiana public schools last year. Investigation frm Lee V. Gaines & Dylan Peers McCoy finds how/why it happens wfyi.org/news/articles/…