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K.R.Kring

@krkring.bsky.social
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Media Strategist. Photographer. Journalist. | Constantly Curious. | Connector | Chicago-based. | Talking to news workers at youtube.com/@karenkringmediacurious

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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 18h
The nature of Chicago. #natureofchicago
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 18h
I love creative, fun, elegant use of text. Few know my roots are in art and design. My dive into marketing, communications, community building and journalism came later.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 18h
This might be my favorite picture of him.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
nytimes.com
The Seashells Case Against Comey at a Crossroads
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Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My architecture column today. "The groundbreaking comes weeks after the museum announced plans to construct a two-story tall, 458-foot wide Welcome Hall in front of the building’s North Portico main entrance off 57th Street."
chicago.suntimes.com
Griffin MSI starting construction on $22 million South Portico renovation
The project will turn the museum's majestic but seldom-used south entry into a new ADA-accessible entrance with an outdoor cafe, public gathering spaces and a terrace overlooking Jackson Park.
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Marathon Morning. Good luck to all the runners dashing thru the city streets this morning for the 48th Chicago Marathon.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 20h
Chipmunks were chirping a lot today at Montrose Point. (It’s supposedly their alarm to warn of predators, but I suspect the noises may have multiple meanings.)
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A tricky question, but not a trick question: Who has the most #Pulitzers for #journalism? Hint: She has 4.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Things that come out of the grass
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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THE STRAITS TIMES: The Week in Pictures www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/p... @straitstimes.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
straitstimes.com
The Week in Pictures: A human tower in Spain, an orang utan in Indonesia, dancers at Paris Fashion Week
Take a look back at the week through pictures. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
True?
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There're other ways to report on what is going on in the executive branch and #federal government than has always been done. Get new sources. Find new ways for them to be comfortable disclosing. Ask new questions. Craft new systems. Tell public of new method of fact gathering. It'll work. Innovate.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who else is looking for jobs or clients? Love this!
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've decided it is my responsibility to post distractions from the seriousness surely going on in your feed...or is it just mine. #self-care #mentalhealth #thereisgoodintheworld #humor
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 04/10/2026
A new lawsuit by journalist @bubbaprog.xyz shows the DOJ secretly searched his digital accounts for a wide range of materials. And prosecutors failed to tell judges about a federal law protecting the press from search warrants… again.
freedom.press
DOJ’s secret search of journalist’s accounts omitted press law
Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts
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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This tracks
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is in the Chicago neighborhood hit hardest by the ICE assault on our city.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I just love this video of ABC’s Jon Karl at the reflecting pond. In the TV news world, this is what we call a show & tell. Tell viewers about the green colored reflecting pond and show them the blue paint pieces floating around. Next on TV news 101: the walk & talk. abcnews.com/video/134012...
Jon Karl at reflecting pondJon Karl pulling up blue paint piece at reflecting pond
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Meanwhile CBS paid Bari Weiss $150M so there’s that
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Many parents continue to refuse vaccines even after their child has been hospitalized with a vaccine-preventable illness, doctors said." Together Trump and RFKjr have done so much damage to this country. It's mind boggling. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/w...
Doctors around the country say they are seeing more cases of serious, sometimes life-threatening illnesses that vaccines have long kept at bay, including whooping cough and bacterial infections that can cause pneumonia or meningitis.

The concern among doctors comes on the heels of a resurgence of measles nationwide, fueled by distrust in vaccines that grew during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump have amplified.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 28/05/2026
"60 Minutes" reporter Sharyn Alfonsi, fired for standing up for editorial independence, doesn't want a CBS repeat at CNN. She's joined nearly 250 journalists in signing our letter speaking out against the Ellisons giving the gov. a seat at the news desk.
freedom.press
Journalists slam proposed Paramount merger as threat to press freedom
Speakers warn of censorship through oligarchy
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Chicago Pope is not having any of that tech bros bullsh*t
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"The 42,300-word policy statement is respectful and named no names, but is at heart a sharp rebuke to Silicon Valley’s assertions that it alone can be trusted to develop the future."
Silicon Valley has encountered little public opposition in its 50-year history. Certainly nothing with the sweep and authority of Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo is the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, and instructing them to be cautious or even suspicious of A.I. — especially if the warning is regularly reinforced among the laity — could put a dent in tech’s global ambitions.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Lovely, lovely thread and the payoff is perfect
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 23/05/2026
The Espionage Act has been used for decades to target journalists and whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing. Use our action center tool to tell lawmakers to pass the Daniel Ellsberg Press Freedom and Whistleblower Protection Act and reform the archaic law.
freedom.press
📣 Take Action: Pass the Ellsberg Act
Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
this show is hysterical. do yourself a favor and give it a watch. it hits every note re public access tv and as an added bonus there's the latest update on local big foot sightings...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 23/05/2026
It's never been more important to stick up for press freedom in the United States. We at the Freedom of the Press Foundation are here to fight for those rights. Watch our Executive Director @trevortimm.bsky.social to learn more about our work, and find out how you can take action.
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I had forgotten that Tinker Toys came from Evanston, Illinois
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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 18/05/2026
Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
View of the Chicago skyline in the distance looking south from Evanston, IL. // Image captured at: 2026-05-18 11:30:06 UTC (about 6 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Evanston: 74 F | 24 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: SSW at 2 mph | 3 kph // Humidity: 71%
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/05/2026
$5+ gas in Evanston, Illinois. Woof.
Mobil gas station price sign displaying three fuel grades:

	•	Regular Cash: $5.09 9/10 per gallon
	•	Regular Credit/Debit: $5.19 9/10 per gallon
	•	Diesel Efficient: $5.99 9/10 per gallon

Sign is mounted on a white pole. Background includes black iron fencing and green trees.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Reports MY INCREDIBLE FRIEND, who teaches #Chicago middle-schoolers English: A student who used to make some of the most severe racist and sexual comments, once grabbed my neck and caused neck pain for a week, and even threatened me with scissors, now says I am his favorite teacher! HIDDEN HEROINE.
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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 17/05/2026
“In the wake of … the overt gerrymandering and dilution of the Black vote that the Supreme Court now says is legal, protestors marched today.”
open.substack.com
Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 16/05/2026
We can’t wait for politicians in DC to fix the broken system they created. So we’re taking matters into our own hands, starting here in Alaska. It’s time for our state legislature to pass term limits on our federal delegation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Relevance of MLK Jr's work and struggles in the current era is the topic of this community conversation w/ Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life set for May 27, 6-8 pm in #Evanston. Expect to be inspired. Reserve your seat at bit.ly/42l9HP4 .
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Talk MLK Jr w/ Jonathan Eig in #Evanston, Illinois on May 27. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-compli...
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The Complicated King: A Conversation about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join the Rotary Club of Evanston for a conversation about Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Eig.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
With fellow #Evanston Rotarians, I'm organizing this conversation about MLK Jr. w/ Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life set for May 27, 6-8 pm in Evanston. Expect to be inspired. Reserve your seat at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-compli...
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
April 28, 1926: A kite flying contest in Evanston, Ill.
Mid-Week Pictorial; Moline, Ill., Dispatch
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 04/05/2026
Daniel Kraus, the prolific Evanston novelist, best known for his many horror novels and high-profile collaborations with filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro and George Romero, won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for fiction on Monday, for “Angel Down,” his stylishly audacious World War I novel.
chicagotribune.com
Evanston’s prolific horror novelist Daniel Kraus wins Pulitzer for fiction
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Good Kings.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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