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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Freelancers: Learn success strategies at the IIJ’s Freelance Business Workshop in Chicago July 12! Register for just $69 until June 30, FREE for NAHJ 25 Chicago attendees! theiij.com/2025-chicago...

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2025 Workshop — The Institute for Independent Journalists

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is your reminder to *always* have your resume updated and ready to go even if you’re 100% happy in your current job. Love, Aunt Benét ❤️

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a rainbow with the words " be more you know " and a star

ALT: a rainbow with the words " be more you know " and a star

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Friends: Are you a journalist who has left the business? I want to speak to those who left and did a pivot — but not into comms/PR. If this is you, can you DM me? Thanks!!

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a woman says i 'm always pivoting and adjusting for sure in a living room

ALT: a woman says i 'm always pivoting and adjusting for sure in a living room

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I’m attending the @nabj winter board meeting online and Founder @coopty (Allison Davis) just showed a trailer of a film celebrating the organization’s 50th anniversary. It was *amazing*!!! #nabj #mediadiversity #journalism

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I have a cool 5-minute story to read on my flight to @SanDiegoAirport, thanks to this little machine. And I snagged local art from the Minted vending machine. @IFlyOAKland is a gem of an #airport to consider when coming to the Bay Area! #iflyoakland #travel #letsgo 2/2🧵

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#Aviation Queen here! How did I fall sleep on @IFlyOAKland, a no-stress #airport option in the Bay Area? It’s easy to navigate & has great local #food options. The support dogs were great for my kid, who has anxiety. Rental car was quick & easy both ways. #iflyoak #travel 1/2🧵

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

@marksluckie.bsky.social We Need to catch up. It’s been WAY too long!! ❤️

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Oh sweet lord! Not only is this Southwest Airlines STL-BWI flight wide open, there were NO preboaders. Sweet! ❤️✈️

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Truth: you either adapt or die. Many of my contemporaries refused to adapt & are no longer in the biz. Ask I enter my 40th (!) year in #journalism, I’m still here because I keep learning. I just finished a 4-month class on AI. Have questions? Please reach out. 2/🧵 www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/play...

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Play with AI like your career depends on it (it does)

"If you are a journalist or a journalism student, you should play with it, a lot, while it’s still open and cheap."

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

There’s a lot of wisdom in this year’s list of Nieman Labs 2025 predictions for the #journalism industry. This post hit home for me. I remember the early 2000s, when #journalists turned their noses up to digital journalism & social media, calling them fads. AI is the next wave for journalism. 1/🧵

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Play with AI like your career depends on it (it does)

"If you are a journalist or a journalism student, you should play with it, a lot, while it’s still open and cheap."

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The line cutter had a huge suitcase and the elevators down were packed. She started wailing, asking for help taking her luggage down 2 flights of stairs. Last I saw, she was still wailing as we all dragged our luggage down the stairs. LOL The end. 2/🧵

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I'm on the ship fighting privileged people who don't understand the concept of line. "I have a flight to catch.” Um we ALL do. So get in line with us. Do NOT test me this early in the morning!! I LOVE karma. The main disembarkation door was jammed so we had to walk down 2 flights of stairs. 1/ 🧵

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I just ordered six new pairs of glasses for 2025. Can’t wait for you all to see them!!

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

It’s another gorgeous day in Hilo on the big island of #Hawaii! #travel #letsgo

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

No matter where I go, American University is with me. Aloha and Happy Thanksgiving from #hawaii! #GoAU #AU85 #onceaneaglealwaysaneagle #travel #letsgo

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Our visit to #Tokyo was a great way to celebrate Baby Digital’s 10th birthday!

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It’s a *beautiful* day in Nawiliwili, #Hawaii!

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Thanks to NPR’s Lifekit for sharing my #travel backpack. www.instagram.com/p/DC2Nmnix3o...

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

That time I had the freshest sushi of my life at the fish market in #Tokyo in 2015…

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Kids: My luggage is fine. All three pieces are in my cabin. I found this AirTag notification on my phone to be amusing.

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

@travelwithmia.bsky.social I wish you were a follower earlier. I was in Portugal last week!!

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

1971. Pan Am 747. JFK-LHR Dad was in the US Air Force and we were moving to Mildenhall RAF. That first flight is what made me the #avgeek I am today.

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

…and I’ll be right there with you!!

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The jet lag from #Portugal is strong. Been getting up at 2:30 am-ish since Saturday. And today I fly to San Diego for my 18-day #quilting cruise to Hawaii. Woo! 🚢

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Aunt Benét @aviationqueen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I went to bed early. #Portugal Jet lag. Now I’m up. And fun fact: I leave for an 18-day #quilting cruise to Hawaii tomorrow; flying my beloved Southwest to San Diego. My circadian rhythms are going to be screwed through the end of 2024. #travel #letsgo