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When your friend says something so nice about you that you cry

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Helping bring Stephanie Nolen's "What happened at Northwood?" story into the world was a major highlight of 2021 for me at The Coast. I'm thrilled and thankful National Magazine Awards 🇨🇦 agrees, nominating it as one of the best long longform features in Canada. It's in great company

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These 2 headlines at The New York Times are telling different stories about the same statistic. So did the labour force (US translation: labor force) grow or shrink in April? And does this sort of confusion grow or shrink trust in journalism?

For the final City Paper cover story, staff and alumni reflect on 41 years of print issues and memories. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555713… Find a print paper near you with our map: washingtoncitypaper.com/print/ Also, join our membership program to help keep us running: mailchi.mp/washingtoncity…

Way to go Tori Marlan 🏆

A true legend of the alt-weekly newspaper world, the Washington City Paper just published its last print issue. The story looking back on an era explains a lot about the Washington City Paper *and* alt-weeklies in general. #journalism

Out on Lezlie Lowe (she/her) - inactive’s #janeswalkhfx tour of the north end, learning the story of how unsung Halifax women helped win World War Two

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This little glitch where @Twitter “Incestimated” its own user stats is a brilliant Freudian slip. Thanks for the useful new word, universe

Big news at the J School—or the JWP School?—as King's adds teaching fiction writing to its longstanding practise of teaching nonfiction writing

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Bibb goodbye to Liz Truss as the lettuce wins

Did Liz get tossed? Or did she Caesar moment to leaf?

This morning my new Coast colleague Martin Bauman (HELL OF A RIDE out now) said he's working on a story about blood-sucking bugs, so naturally I've been cracking myself up all day with "tick talk" puns. But now the story is out, and it's just terrifying. thecoast.ca/halifax/longer…

Radio interviews are usually scary, but Portia Clark was a joy to talk with. Also: Please buy a membership!

“There has always been the ‘Kyle punches drywall’ joke. It is one of those things in pop culture that popped up. Kyles, in general, tend to be short-tempered, and when they are displeased, instead of harming others, they just break something.” nytimes.com/2023/05/12/us/…