Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 16/09/202615 likes vs. 6.2k likes. It's rhetoric like this that continues to turn everyday ppl away from anyone who works for a MSM outlet regardless of how good they are as a journalist. the silly part: you can have an interesting debate abt when as a journo you shld choose to break rules for greater good. 1103
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The nuance of this convo is that video is not allowed in that part of the Capitol, that's why you only see stills from those press conferences. You could argue about whether someone should choose to break the rule and get their pass revoked, this is different from ppl self-censoring due to content. 2267
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Scenes from outside of the midterm RNC in Dallas last week. Photos by me ( @leahmillis.bsky.social ) for @bloomberg.com 092
Reposted by Leah MillisProtect The Press @protect-the-press.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For journalists covering protests and civil unrest: I made a PPE guide for you considering affordability. It's divided into "GOLD STANDARD $$$$", "MORE AFFORDABLE $$$" and "LAST RESORT (but likely stupid)". #safety #journalism #protectthepress #protest #freepress 122
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.instagram.com/reel/Db6fTem...instagram.comProtect the Press on Instagram: "PPE guide for journalists covering protests and civil unrest in the US broken down by item and affordability is up. I am a real mouth breather in this video. I charge...protectthepress on August 11, 2026: "PPE guide for journalists covering protests and civil unrest in the US broken down by item and affordability is up. I am a real mouth breather in this video. I ch... 093
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Dude says it's not in the news... but where did he get this info from? Was it... the news? He didn't provide sources. 320
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I still feel that the fact that most photojournalists were never given access to hospitals/treatment spaces had a profound effect on the public's understanding of the numbers. Some PJs got access, but most of us were shut out. Private hospitals. Hospitals afraid of losing federal funding... 093
Reposted by Leah MillisLeah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Hello everyone complaining about the media and the perceived lack of good journalism! Anyone have a thought in good faith? 292
Reposted by Leah MillisLeah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Thinking out loud about how to sustain not just local but national journalism... there are so many people making things, putting them up online on social media apps, they are at the mercy of these huge companies... 252
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Hello everyone complaining about the media and the perceived lack of good journalism! Anyone have a thought in good faith? 292
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Thinking out loud about how to sustain not just local but national journalism... there are so many people making things, putting them up online on social media apps, they are at the mercy of these huge companies... 252
Reposted by Leah Millismadi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026and a shoutout and thank you to @leahmillis.bsky.social for capturing this important photo of ChongLy Scott Thao, which encapsulates the brutal tactics used by immigration agents in minnesota during operation metro surge.minnesotareformer.comRamsey County sues DHS over failure to hand over evidence in potential kidnapping of U.S. citizen • Minnesota ReformerRamsey County officials are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, seeking evidence related to potential crimes committed by federal agents against a St. Paul man during Operation Metro Surge... 24713
Reposted by Leah MillisLeah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Photos from the past week photographing the U.S. Justice Department's so-called “summer surge” of thousands of National Guard troops and additional federal law enforcement ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations in Washington, D.C. Photos: @leahmillis.bsky.social for @reuters.com 4178
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Photos from the past week photographing the U.S. Justice Department's so-called “summer surge” of thousands of National Guard troops and additional federal law enforcement ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations in Washington, D.C. Photos: @leahmillis.bsky.social for @reuters.com 4178
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I spent all week photographing National Guard & federal law enforcement in DC. More photos incoming... 530336
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026National Guard troops keeping an eye on the fenced-off reflecting pool in DC last night. Photos: @leahmillis / @reuters 2934383
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026DC: it's primary day, voters are out, I'm out and about covering it. Anyone see any National Guard/LE near any voting centers? #june16 #voting #electionintegrity 031
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 07/06/2026DC beginning to feel like the previous surge with Federal LE all over the place. 0145
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Was almost just in a head on collision with a vehicle that was being pursued down 11th St NW by US Park Police and two unmarked SUVs with no plates. #DC 270
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I always kind of joked with my loved ones that if I ever died in an Osprey accident while in the WH Press Pool they should prepare themselves for a lot of jokes and cheering. This scene here tonight is pretty bleak. I hope you can heal whatever pain is pushing you to post such things. 070
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I was at Jan 6 and a lot of people who weren’t there knew a lot more than me and my journalist colleagues that day because they weren’t pinned to one specific spot with one view and they weren’t dealing with the stress, either. Lotta ppl missing the point which is that good journalism during 1316
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I was at Jan 6 and I had much less info than people not on the ground. It’s chaos. The fact that you weren’t getting definitive info quickly actually points to the amount of professional journos there. Many couldn’t confirm anything, thus they weren’t putting out rumors. 1173
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Maybe don’t add to the normalization of violence in this country by making light of a traumatic situation. 182
Reposted by Leah MillisClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/04/2026People here are being really shitty, including at fellow journalists who've been traumatized, and you will regret those posts. Or should. Also this does not help your political cause, whatever that might be. 144965
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Taken by Salwan Georges, photojournalist recently fired from the Washington Post. 532076498
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Thinking of my colleagues who were at WHCA tonight. 151
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I've always struggled with self promotion, but I have learned that there is an argument to be made not only for getting the stories out there & educating the public about who we are and that we exist. Here's my intro video I made for TT. #photography #photojournalism #media #news music by @SunsO 0152
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 19/04/2026And side note: can we stop teaching each other to walk with keys between our fingers? It can actually hurt your hand worse than it does damage to an attacker. Also pepper spray can incapacitate you as well, so know how to treat it. Carry on. 180
Reposted by Leah MillisKelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026One of the most impactful workshops I ever went to was hosted by Leah on this subject. 172
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Journalists: have y'all heard of this? I just got a promo email for it. It comes across like something written by AI with some weird claims and numbers that don't seem to add up. Also, their one image is AI and they sent this to me, a professional photographer. www.moxy.live/journalistmoxy.liveMOXYMOXY Social Ecosystem - Feel the Power of Democracy in the 21st Century. 021
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Two days left to register! Join us, some of the things we will cover are LE tactics, weapons, PPE, IFAKs, mental health and digital security basics. #journalism #safety #protests #photojournalism 131
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Four days left to register! Link in bio! Join us, some of the things we will cover are LE tactics, weapons, PPE, IFAKs, mental health and digital security basics. #journalism #safety #protests 142
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Join us before you’re in a panic about having to cover your first protest after things start popping off in your city/town 083
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Journalists! I’m teaching a workshop THIS WEEKEND APRIL 19th on the fundamentals of covering protests and civil unrest safely via Protect the Press. docs.google.com/forms/d/1W2B... 1178
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026A day after I took this photo & Thao had been released, we returned & met the family. A few hrs later, ICE vehicles showed up outside of their home again. I returned & stayed with the family as they waited in terror. I was scared to leave, thinking I needed to be there if they came in again.nytimes.comMinnesota Investigates ICE Arrest of Man in His Underwear on Frigid Day 1114
Reposted by Leah MillisCengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 07/04/2026According to an Iraqi official, American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released by her kidnappers.apnews.comAmerican journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the APAmerican journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped in Baghdad last week, has been released. That's according to an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation. 0185
Reposted by Leah MillisGypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This week, Shelly Kittleson, an American journalist with deep knowledge and experience reporting in the Middle East, was abducted in Iraq. The culprits must be found and Shelly must be freed. See @pressfreedom.bsky.social reporting to learn more. 👇 cpj.org/2026/04/race...cpj.orgRace on to find US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq - Committee to Protect JournalistsSulaymaniyah, Iraq, April 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Iraqi authorities to take all necessary measures to secure the release of U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapp... 031
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026For a short time on Saturday, the No Kings protest, the Blossom Kite Festival and the peak cherry blossom blooms all converged on the National Mall in DC. @leahmillis.bsky.social for @reuters.com 1103
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I imagine the newsrooms of the future that are successful will be ones that are built without any AI and advertise that fact far and wide. “100 percent pure, old fashioned, home grown human”, as Tank would say. 2103
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026It’s too bad the public doesn’t know more about good journalism and newsrooms. Example: whenever Bezos came to the Post, he usually had reporters following him around, trying to ask him questions. 031
Reposted by Leah MillisCengiz 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
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"The unexamined life is not worth living"— Socrates, 399 BC 612129
Reposted by Leah MillisGypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The free press, finding the facts, doing the work. #PressFreedom #ThisIsJournalism 👇 021
Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Yet again, I am begging y’all to credit the content you are sharing. Aside from it being the right thing to do, in this day and age, it really helps with media literacy and AI fakery. The CNN watermark is not enough, IMO. Took me abt 30s in Google to find Kenny Holston/NYT/Pool 063
