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Robert Cohen

@kodacohen.bsky.social
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Kinda retired. Formerly @stltoday, @memphisnews and another newspaper that is now a Holiday Inn. WhoDat faithful. Pulitzer Prizer. www.kodacohen.com

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Debbie Fenelon @debfene.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This 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.
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Tim Nwachukwu @timnwachukwu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some 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.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Know 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...
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Editorial: Times have changed, but Pulitzer's Platform remains our rock of truth
The Editorial Board explains why founding publisher Joseph Pulitzer's journalism philosophy, known as The Platform, still endures.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Good 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...
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Messenger: 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.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The 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.
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Michael Gatton @mgatton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This 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.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/04/2026
For 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
Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/04/2026
Less 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.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open
Owners 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.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/04/2026
Journalists 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.
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ProPublica 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.
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA 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
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 17/03/2026
Today 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...
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St. Louis Magazine @stlmag.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Chris 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.
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Police Board attorney embodies municipal court conflicts targeted for reform
Chris 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...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 05/03/2026
Moxie Media says the former St. Louis mayor owes it $98,000, with interest.
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Former Mayor Tishaura Jones sued over unpaid campaign bills
Moxie Media says the former St. Louis mayor owes it $98,000, with interest.
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I'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.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
According 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.
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
If 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...
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Most Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need to
For 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...
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
33rd Annual Pet Parade in Soulard. #mardigras
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
1. 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.
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Roland 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...
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Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
No 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
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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
90 apts were promised. Only 30 were delivered. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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St. 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.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
ICE 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?
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Time 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.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Social media CAN be magic. It just performed a good service as the community helped to find a lost dog. Have a good week all!
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Twitter crashed. The day is looking up.
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This morning's suggestion.
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
St. Louis water costs are soaring, rates not keeping up, officials say www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... via @ahuguelet
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/01/2026
Introducing 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.
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Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/01/2026
Six 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
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
How one man fed St. Louis from a street corner after the tornado, via Liz Rymarev www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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How one man fed St. Louis from a street corner after the tornado
After the May tornado, he found his purpose by feeding his neighbors. "Without Larry, I wouldn’t eat."
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Nicholas 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...
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A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
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@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.”
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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
When 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
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
CBS 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...
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS 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.
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This 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.
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
2025: 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...
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
If 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.
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Tony Messenger @tonymess.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Messenger: Missouri man goes to Congress to fight deportation of his Irish wife: www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
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Messenger: Missouri man goes to Congress to fight deportation of his Irish wife
Jim Brown, a 20-year Navy combat veteran who lives in Bowling Green, describes himself as a “right-wing redneck.”
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
You 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.
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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Don'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.
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Bruce 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.
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Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
Records reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The 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.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/11/2025
President 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.
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Trump Was Not Invited to Cheney’s Memorial Service
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a once-powerful Republican, turned on Mr. Trump last year by announcing he would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A 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.
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Sonia @blackstarblues.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Please reinstate Sarah Kendzior immediately. There was no reason to suspend her account. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team
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Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I've been told we only turn 60 once...therefore we journeyed to #Japan. More photos in the link below the post.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Filling 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
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