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This sucks so badly. The LA Times 404 team was so good and such an inspiration to the few of us out there trying to make journalism accessible to young people via TikTok/Reels. Hoping the best for them and all the others who lost their jobs today 😔

Breaking my silence on this site for one thing: If you were laid off at LA Times, here’s a list of journo job resources. DM me (same handle elsewhere) if you need leads on emergency grants for a colleague w/critical need (ex: imminent loss of housing). ❤️ lapressclub.org/job-boards-new…

I'm eternally grateful to fka angie jaime for letting this puppeteer into the newsroom. Thank you for your leadership, for teaching me the ropes, and for giving Southern California a real gem of local journalism. LAT lost you, but journalism/young ppl writ large are lucky you exist

What beats are not a hollowed-out shell at the LA Times? How many non-white journalists got fired today? How does management expect to grow their audience when you fire the people who do the work of growing your audience? What if we ran news like a public service and not a biz?

I'll also miss my incredible colleague Marina Watanabe. I can attest a very fun person on slack. Thanks for teaching me about landlords, metro, and inspiring me to dig into local stories. We are losing a good one.

My team at De Los was gutted. I can't find the words to express how much I feel for them and the rest of my Los Angeles Times colleagues. For many, working here was THE dream job; others, uprooted their lives. For all of us, it's a privilege to tell stories that reflect our communities

Mass layoffs at the Los Angeles Times are spurring renewed interest in a California bill that would force Google, Facebook and other large platforms to pay journalists sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…

And let me just reiterate...De Los isn't gone. Fidel Martinez Martina Ibáñez-Baldor Jessica Perez @Spacehoes_ are still there and will do an amazing job of building on the legacy. Please still read De Los!!!!

Lots of rain, but not enough snow? Master puppeteer Safi Nazzal explains California’s “snow drought,” and the role played by fossil fueled climate change, for Los Angeles Times: m.youtube.com/shorts/0oIZYlf…

Had a great time talking with my Los Angeles Times colleague Judeh the Sheep Puppet (aka Safi Nazzal) about Disneyland’s wonderful decision to convert Autopia to electric cars — and why electric cars won’t solve all our problems, either. Video on Instagram: instagram.com/reel/C6NHUAypf…

Our coverage yesterday on dueling rallies between supporters of Israel & Palestinians at UCLA. Both sides reported aggression but the rallies were largely peaceful. No arrests or suspensions. bit.ly/3UiWuSw Corinne Purtill Ian James Paige St. John Safi Nazzal

200+ pro-Israel counterprotestors are attacking the UCLA pro-Palestinian encampment. They started beating on one student and stomped another under a plywood board per Los Angeles Times Safi Nazzal on the scene. Where is UCLA security?

Pro-Israel counterprotestors started tearing down UCLA encampment barriers and screamed "Second nakba!" referring to the mass displacement & dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Per Los Angeles Times Safi Nazzal on the scene with another video:

Just published a new article … and it’s a doozy: Scientists have found DDT in key species at the base of the deep-sea food web, raising concerns on how this toxic chemical might be infiltrating and circulating through our marine ecosystem latimes.com/environment/st…

New: CHP isn’t supposed to aim less-lethal munitions at protesters’ heads and fire into crowds. It did at UCLA. We found at least 25 instances in which officers appeared to aim their weapons at the eye-level of protesters or fired them into crowds. calmatters.org/justice/2024/0…

Really loved this short video from Safi Nazzal: Sea level rise as told through the lens of the world's most beautiful Taco Bell, on the California coast: latimes.com/00000193-89f6-…

How does California plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change? Safi Nazzal explains for Los Angeles Times, in a short video: latimes.com/00000193-9e7e-…

Today I was granted access to speak with incarcerated firefighters. They told me: - they hadn’t showered in 5 days - they were not provided regularly meals - they were working 24 hours in a row - they feel under appreciated and underpaid

I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer for Los Angeles Times. Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling the blazes in Southern California this week: latimes.com/california/sto…

NEW: We reconstructed Sam Husseini's viral confrontation with Antony Blinken by combining footage from multiple sources, including @amrhsayed & Ryan Grim. A must-see. This was the culmination of months of State Dept stonewalling. “Why aren't you in The Hague??”