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Asia Fields @asiafields.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
From @noellecrombie.bsky.social: Stephenie went through another sweep, this time after testifying against a suspected serial killer. She got the sweep notice Monday, spent Tuesday at the courthouse and was overwhelmed Wednesday. Portland took her RV Thursday. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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She testified against a suspected serial killer. 2 days later, Portland impounded her RV and all she owned
Stephenie Turner testified before a grand jury about her missing friend Elizabeth Gibson, who authorities say was killed by Jesse Calhoun in 2022. Two days later, the city impounded her motorhome and ...
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 24/06/2026
ProPublica events manager Rocio Ortega has taken on Uber Eats and DoorDash deliveries to make ends meet. This shouldn’t be any of our workers’ financial reality. We need a contract that guarantees all our members fair pay: www.propublicaguild.org
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Ginny Monk @ginnymonk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I cannot believe I'm saying this, but I am a Pulitzer Prize winner.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 19/03/2026
1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.
A graphic reads “92% of participating ProPublica Guild members voted YES to authorize our bargaining committee to call for a strike.” The “92%” is very large. A ProPublica Guild logo is under the text.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 17/12/2025
2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 17/12/2025
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
Headline: ProPublica management wants 100% discretion over when and how to use AI
Supplementary text: The organization rejected our proposal that ensures staff will not be replaced by AI and requires labeling AI-generated content
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/12/2025
1/ After two years of bargaining, @propublica.org management has resisted our proposals to bring transparency and accountability to our disciplinary process. You can support our union by sharing this post and signing our petition for a fair contract! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
After two years of bargaining, ProPublica management has resisted our proposals to bring transparency and accountability to our disciplinary process. They will not commit to: 1. Following progressive discipline, 2. Ensuring performance improvement plans (PIPs) have clear objectives, 3. A minimum amount of time an employee has to a complete a PIP, 4. Guild representation in disciplinary meetings
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Ariana Tobin @arianatobin.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A special new position at @propublica.org: Come be my partner in editing our crowdsourcing and engagement reporting team! job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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Deputy Editor, Engagement
New York City, United States; Remote, United States
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 25/09/2025
Nine members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild from @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social will be laid off next month. Please support them by contributing to and sharing their fundraiser! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ca...
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Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda
On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed
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Cascade PBS Union @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It’s difficult to find the words to express how our unit is feeling right now, but we’ll take a stab at it: shocked, disappointed, angry, gutted. @cascadepbs.bsky.social’s choice to eliminate long-form written reporting is a massive loss for our community in a critical moment. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund
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Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda
On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2025
👋 Whether it’s via truck or @wmata.com train, we mean it when we say: *We want to meet people where they are.* Current and former federal workers.: Reach out at 917-512-0201 on Signal or propublica.org/tips 👇
Two Black women, dressed in pink, stand in front of a mobile billboard truck outside of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. On the side of the truck, a LED screen reads: Are (were) you a government worker? ProPublica journalists want to hear from you. Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 16/09/2025
We ❤️ @ire.org! @propublica.org employees wore buttons & flyered at the IRE gala to rally support for our fight for a fair contract. The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible. You can help by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
People wearing union shirts stand outside a red carpet at the entrance of an event as people walk in.People wearing union shirts and stickers smile and hand out ProPublica Guild buttons.Five people sit at a table for an event wearing stickers and buttons supporting the ProPublica Guild.Two people walking into an event wear stickers in support of the ProPublica Guild.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/09/2025
We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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Cassandra Garibay @cgaribay.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
So honored to be a @journalists.org Knight Award for Public Service finalist with @jas-aguilera.bsky.social for our lead series. @heathergilligan.bsky.social's ⭐ outstanding leadership ⭐, community input + @pulitzercenter.org support was truly essential! awards.journalists.org/entries/pois...
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Poisoned pipes and painted walls: Oakland's pervasive lead problem - Online Journalism Awards
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/08/2025
We took a collective lunch break today to protest @propublica.org management’s continued use of a flawed performance management system. Just this morning, a member of our Bargaining Committee was fired as a result of this system. Read more: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/we-d...
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We Demand a Pro Worker ProPublica — ProPublica Guild
We took a collective lunch break Tuesday to protest ProPublica management’s continued use of a flawed performance management system — including denying steward representation in disciplinary meeti...
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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
ProPublica is doing some of the best journalism out there right now, and their staff deserve protections and fair treatment. @propublica.org needs to agree to the guild’s demands so that their staff can be protected while they do their important work.
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Cassandra Jaramillo @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
It's been 737 days of negotiating and anti-labor shenanigans. Please support our fight for equitable practices by following our Guild on bluesky and instagram.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/08/2025
Our New York members took their lunch outside today to demand that @propublica.org management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system ✊
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/08/2025
ProPubli-paws love Just Cause 🐾
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/08/2025
Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/08/2025
We’re holding a lunch-out today to demand that @propublica management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system. Just today, a member of our Bargaining Committee and Unit Council was fired as a result of ProPublica's flawed system.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness." Thousands of scientists disagreed. We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
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Asia Fields @asiafields.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Students @wwu.edu have a great track record of pursuing accountability stories, even with limited resources. We're excited to provide long-term support through this endowment. You can join us by making a gift to the Student Investigative Journalism Fund: foundation.wwu.edu/how-make-gift
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Alumni who sued WWU for withholding public records donate settlement to student journalism | Cascadia Daily News
New Student Investigative Journalism Fund will promote investigative work at university
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 20/05/2025
Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/05/2025
1/4 UPDATE: This week, @propublica.org management informed a third bargaining unit member that they will be placed on a performance improvement plan and denied steward representation at the meeting where it is discussed. Our full statement 👇
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/05/2025
We need your help to see the full picture of how the dismantling of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is affecting students, parents, school employees and their wider communities. Here's how to reach out.
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Help Us Report on How the Department of Education Is Handling Civil Rights Cases
Have you recently filed a civil rights complaint or do you have a pending case? We need your help to get a full picture of how the dismantling of the Office for Civil Rights is affecting students,…
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 01/05/2025
Today, we issued a letter — signed by 70% of our unit — to @sengelberg.bsky.social and @robinsparkman.bsky.social asking them to uphold ProPublica’s values of fairness, transparency and accountability at the bargaining table.
Dear Steve and Robin,
Since we unionized in 2023, we have worked hard to reach a contract that honors ProPublica's
mission. In order to fulfill that vision, our values of fairness, transparency and accountability
must apply not only to our reporting but also to our workplace.
Our proposals have sought basic contractual rights that align with those values and exist at
many other unionized newsrooms.
Instead of working with us to codify those rights, you have struck through many of our
proposals, called for broad carve outs and delayed discussion of key provisions such as
protections against layoffs and overwork. Those tactics are not in line with the ProPublica you
say you want to build.
In recent months:
● You have refused to allow stewards in performance meetings that could lead to
discipline.
● You have resisted attempts to reform our disciplinary system, rejecting a standard
approach to just cause and measures to improve transparency and clarity.
● You rejected our proposal that would ensure our jobs will not be replaced by artificial
intelligence.
What we are seeking is simple: ProPublica management must uphold its values in its own
workplace. We expect that your proposals going forward will reflect these shared values.
Sincerely,
ProPublica Guild
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meghan kelly @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
tired: putting callouts for sources on social media wired:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/02/2025
Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨 Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
A black mobile billboard truck parked near the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in D.C. On the side and back of the truck, a LED screen reads: Are (were) you a government worker? ProPublica journalists want to hear from you. Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips.
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/02/2025
Burien created an outright prohibition on living outside Monday and at least seven other jurisdictions in Washington created or expanded camping bans in 2024.
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Burien, WA cities keep tightening homeless camping bans
Burien created an outright prohibition on living outside Monday and at least seven other jurisdictions in Washington created or expanded camping bans in 2024.
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Asia Fields @asiafields.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives. Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, "My momma’s ashes were displayed on my table in my tent. I came back one day — and EVERYTHING was gone, including her ashes. They were clearly labled ‘In loving memory — my mom, my best friend…’ and her name. Her ashes were all that I had left of her. No one stored my stuff. I called tons of places and NO ONE knew anything. It is very difficult for me still, everyday. No warning, no remorse, nothing."A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “It’s hard to narrow my list down. One particularly devastating (for me) sweep took EVERYTHING I owned at the time I was gone from my spot for a couple nights. Save for my wallet, ID, and the clothes on my back, I had not brought anything with me. Unaware of the sweep, I returned to find my tent, my cot, all my clothing, several files with important document, literally everything; all of it, gone.”A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “Lost my clothes tents more than once all my personal items i.e. pictures family photos and kids birth certificates and it really sucked how they did it and bulldozed everything I owned litterally bulldozed it.”A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “Winter bedding & personal memorabilia pictures, things that can’t be replaced. One winter in the middle of the night they came and took bedding only now they mess with us every day now I try to keep it to a backpack and cart try to.”
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Asia Fields @asiafields.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
In June, a woman named Stephenie reached out to @propublica.org. An outreach worker told her we were reporting on cities conducting sweeps of homeless encampments, and she had a story to tell. 🧵
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