Reposted by Robert CohenDebbie Fenelon @debfene.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This percentage sounds extremely low. 75% of the people I know stay in the job because they need the health insurance. They don’t love what they’re doing. They don’t love the company. They need healthcare. 262
Reposted by Robert CohenTim Nwachukwu @timnwachukwu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Some pictures I made for an organization were sent as courtesy images and published without permission 🤦🏾♂️🥴 Kinda irked at the publication b/c the copyright information and permissions were in the file metadata. All they had to do was reach out beforehand. The fee likely would be much lower. 001
Reposted by Robert CohenJosh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Know that Post-Dispatch journalists remain committed to our paper's "Platform," fundamental principles laid down by Joseph Pulitzer in 1907. Principles like "never tolerate injustice or corruption" and "always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers". www.stltoday.com/opinion/edit...stltoday.comEditorial: Times have changed, but Pulitzer's Platform remains our rock of truthThe Editorial Board explains why founding publisher Joseph Pulitzer's journalism philosophy, known as The Platform, still endures. 121
Reposted by Robert CohenJosh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Good news from @tonymess.bsky.social, who reports that his surgery last month was successful and his recovery has gone well. "Nurses and others in the medical field deserve every penny they earn, and then some," he writes. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...stltoday.comMessenger: Lesson learned during my hospital stay: Pay the nurses!Where were the ice chips? Waking up after my long surgery spurred an important question. It also reminded me how important nurses are to patients. 011
Reposted by Robert CohenBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The 10 hours of erecting scaffolding wasn’t to strip the letters (something that 30 minutes in a boom lift could accomplish), it was to conceal the view with a curtain because Trump couldn’t handle the optics of the letters of his name being plucked off the building. 31938621026
Reposted by Robert CohenMichael Gatton @mgatton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This whole spectacle, even if there had not been an attempted shooting, was a vivid indictment of elite media. Clueless, out of touch, amoral and soulless. 38126
Reposted by Robert CohenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/04/2026For decades, Carleton College in Minnesota has had a place where students and others, at nearly any hour, will find a pantry stocked with the ingredients for making chocolate-chip cookies. nyti.ms/4mLM9wh 18511
Reposted by Robert CohenThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/04/2026Less than a month before it was due to close, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced that it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open.bit.lyPittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper openOwners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down. 1246596
Reposted by Robert CohenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/04/2026Journalists at ProPublica, one of the largest nonprofit newsrooms in the U.S., walked off the job on Wednesday after more than two years of negotiations that failed to yield a deal for a union contract. The core disagreements were over wage increases, layoff protections and the use of A.I.nyti.msProPublica Journalists Strike for a Day, Partly Over A.I.Other sticking points for journalists at the investigative nonprofit included demands for wage increases and layoff protections. 711841
Reposted by Robert CohenDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 344362947568
Reposted by Robert CohenCengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 17/03/2026Today is the deadline to apply for the Visuals Editor opening at @propublica.org. This is a vital role in our newsroom, requiring someone who can move between high-level art direction and precise photo editing across multiple desks. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j... 34730
Reposted by Robert CohenSt. Louis Magazine @stlmag.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Chris Graville is a judge. He’s also a prosecutor and a city attorney—and he’s making a lot of money advising the St. Louis Police Board of Commissioners.stlmag.comPolice Board attorney embodies municipal court conflicts targeted for reformChris Graville is the attorney advising the state-controlled board of police commissioners as they write the new rules for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, a process that the board presid... 022
Reposted by Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 05/03/2026Moxie Media says the former St. Louis mayor owes it $98,000, with interest.stltoday.comFormer Mayor Tishaura Jones sued over unpaid campaign billsMoxie Media says the former St. Louis mayor owes it $98,000, with interest. 121
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I've always been influenced by the work of Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. To my surprise, and frankly delight, two were side-by-side at the Sheldon Museum of Art today in Lincoln, Neb. 090
Reposted by Robert CohenJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 27/02/2026According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic. 3103246641
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026If this surprises you then you haven’t been paying attention to the past 20 years. This isn’t about the demise of perceived left or right leaning news outlets. It’s about a perceived 1A right that doesn’t exist. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/most...niemanlab.orgMost Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need toFor a new report released Wednesday, the Pew Research Center surveyed 3,560 U.S. adults in December 2025 about their relationship to the news and how they perceive its value in everyday life. The stud... 020
Reposted by Robert CohenRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/20261. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable. 425274548044
Reposted by Robert CohenRoland Klose @rwklose.bsky.social · 06/02/2026“Across Mr. Trump’s administration, racist images and slogans have become common on official sites. The White House, Labor Department and Homeland Security Department have all promoted social media posts that echo white supremacist messaging.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...nytimes.comTrump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry 022
Reposted by Robert CohenPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society 761659426
Reposted by Robert CohenSteph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 30/01/202690 apts were promised. Only 30 were delivered. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...stltoday.comSt. Louis promised apartments for tornado victims by winter. It didn't make it.It's a rough start for one of the city’s first programs aimed at housing tornado survivors as they wait for broader rebuilding. 051
Reposted by Robert CohenNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right? 536208055026
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Time has pretty much run out on Anselm Kiefer's 'Becoming the Sea' at the St. Louis Art Museum, which closes Sunday. A couple dapper visitors looked over the sculpture hall last night. This one has been a treat. 1100
Reposted by Robert CohenMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune 392412944
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Social media CAN be magic. It just performed a good service as the community helped to find a lost dog. Have a good week all! 060
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026St. Louis water costs are soaring, rates not keeping up, officials say www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... via @ahuguelet 030
Reposted by Robert CohenThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/01/2026Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” They haven’t.wapo.stTrump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so farManufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.” 761016310
Reposted by Robert CohenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/01/2026Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z 18422131
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026How one man fed St. Louis from a street corner after the tornado, via Liz Rymarev www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...stltoday.comHow one man fed St. Louis from a street corner after the tornadoAfter the May tornado, he found his purpose by feeding his neighbors. "Without Larry, I wouldn’t eat." 061
Reposted by Robert CohenNicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comA Deadly Shooting in MinnesotaA federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern. 6935481922
Reposted by Robert Cohen@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025@charlotteclymer.bsky.social is spot on: “It's 2025, and we're sharing bootlegs of a “60 Minutes” segment broadcast in other countries because our own nation is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers.” 2366103
Reposted by Robert CohenSteph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025When newsroom leadership is tied into ppl of power, coverage is tainted. I’ve seen this firsthand at local media in my old newsrooms. Maybe it starts w/ an editor cutting a line from a story or saying “x isn’t newsworthy enough.” That thinking quickly becomes embedded. Death by a thousand cuts 072
Reposted by Robert CohenDavid Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 22/12/2025CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration 60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...npr.orgCBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcryCBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants. 54764258
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025This is about 1/4 of the line at the STL County building for tax payments. Got in line online, given a 2 hour wait, then texted to window 18 to pay, finding another huge line. Workers say it's a temporary glitch but there's paper on the wall indicating it's not new. 010
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 16/12/20252025: 1/3 of a Year in Pictures After exiting daily journalism in April after 38 years at 4 newspapers, this year's installment of 'A Year in Pictures' is a bit stunted, mixing news photos with those later found on the road. www.kodacohen.com/14089033-202... 060
Reposted by Robert CohenTheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 15/12/2025If you walked into the voting booth and put a fucking check mark next to "Donald J. Trump" for President, you cannot fucking say "I didn't vote for this". YES YOU DID. You checked the box, you posted the memes, you owned the libs, and now we are all being rewarded for your hatred and racism. Thanks. 25493701821
Reposted by Robert CohenTony Messenger @tonymess.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Messenger: Missouri man goes to Congress to fight deportation of his Irish wife: www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...stltoday.comMessenger: Missouri man goes to Congress to fight deportation of his Irish wifeJim Brown, a 20-year Navy combat veteran who lives in Bowling Green, describes himself as a “right-wing redneck.” 1113
Reposted by Robert Cohenjohnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 14/12/2025You read the news in the morning & you know that we live in an age of terrorism. By individuals, by groups, & perhaps especially by states. Damn them all. 1457
Reposted by Robert CohenJason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Don't want to be hyperbolic and say every single legal turn on this is important, but this one imho is really big. If Hanaway and SOS Hoskins lose an inevitable lawsuit and the new map has been frozen since Tuesday, then the new lines are probably dead in 2026. 172
Reposted by Robert CohenBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 08/12/2025“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.nola.comRecords reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdownRecords reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations. 16141281979
Reposted by Robert CohenChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side. 1001202708356
Reposted by Robert CohenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/11/2025President Trump was not invited the memorial service for Dick Cheney on Thursday, and Vice President JD Vance was also not in attendance. Cheney, a once-powerful Republican, turned on Trump last year by announcing he would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.nyti.msTrump Was Not Invited to Cheney’s Memorial ServiceFormer Vice President Dick Cheney, a once-powerful Republican, turned on Mr. Trump last year by announcing he would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. 2825543
Reposted by Robert CohenKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025A Tennessee judge has temporarily blocked the deployment of the National Guard in Memphis — siding with state and local lawmakers who argued Gov. Bill Lee had overstepped his constitutional authority in sending troops to the city. 15860178
Reposted by Robert CohenSonia @blackstarblues.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Please reinstate Sarah Kendzior immediately. There was no reason to suspend her account. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team 086
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I've been told we only turn 60 once...therefore we journeyed to #Japan. More photos in the link below the post. 290
Reposted by Robert CohenBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is 502808392