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Liz Skalka

@lizskalka.bsky.social
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Society of Professional Journalists is taking a red pencil to its ethics code, shared exclusively with CJR. Read @lizskalka.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/soci...
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The Society of Professional Journalists is taking a red pencil to its ethics code, shared exclusively with CJR.
The Society of Professional Journalists is taking a red pencil to its ethics guidelines—the first update since 2014.
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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Good story from @lizskalka.bsky.social on the state of the WHCA (where yours truly happens to be quoted) www.cjr.org/feature/rest...
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Restraint and Fecklessness: The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?
The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"I don’t think that just letting it pass and letting that be the final word is an option,” the WHCA’s Weijia Jiang tells @lizskalka.bsky.social. But after the breached dinner, the association faces more profound questions. Read this preview from the CJR access issue. www.cjr.org/feature/rest...
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Restraint and Fecklessness: The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?
The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Patch built an AI local newsletter system that now reaches a million people. It’s not hard-nosed journalism, but it’s better than nothing. Read @lizskalka.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/hype...
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Hyperlocal AI with a million subscribers.
Patch built a newsletter system to be not hard-nosed journalism but a community-building tool.
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Aaron Parnas debuted on TikTok posting about pizza toppings and hair loss. Now, at 26, he's pivoted into journalism, landing interviews with leading Dems and becoming one of Substack's most popular creators—while accepting dark money. New @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/aaro...
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Aaron Parnas, the top “news” Substacker, is making his own journalism rules—and taking dark money.
Aaron Parnas, a twenty-six-year-old with a larger TikTok audience than some mainstream outlets and the most popular “news” Substack, is making his own journalism rules—and taking dark money.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Aaron Parnas, the top “news” Substacker, is making his own journalism rules—and taking dark money, by @lizskalka.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/aaro...
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Aaron Parnas, the top “news” Substacker, is making his own journalism rules—and taking dark money.
Aaron Parnas, a twenty-six-year-old with a larger TikTok audience than some mainstream outlets and the most popular “news” Substack, is making his own journalism rules—and taking dark money.
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Patrick Caldwell @patcaldwell.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback? politico.com/news/magazin... Great feature by @lizskalka.bsky.social on Amy Acton, the politician whose campaign is inherently forcing voters to remember life during the early days of the pandemic
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Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback?
Amy Acton oversaw public health for Ohio during Covid. Can she become governor?
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
“I actually just call myself a humble tech support,” the world’s richest man said, chuckling at this little bit of modesty. A few cabinet secretaries laughed along politely. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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Musk’s Cabinet Cameo: The Elephant in the Room Wore Black
At the first cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump asked Elon Musk to speak first. The man tasked with slashing the federal government spoke far more than anyone else, other than Mr. Tru...
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“The contractor had placed her government laptop in her closet at home, underneath a pile of clothes, in case DOGE was using it to listen to her private conversations. She said other colleagues had discussed stowing their laptop in their refrigerator.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This Is What Happens When the DOGE Guys Take Over
Inside the federal agencies where Elon Musk’s people have seized control, fear and uncertainty reign.
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"Our role across the administration, but most especially in legislative affairs, is to be faithful stewards and implementers of that vision, not to contain or otherwise try to ameliorate what he’s trying to accomplish." www.notus.org/james-braid-...
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If Trump Succeeds, This Man May Be Why
James Braid, Trump’s liaison to Capitol Hill, isn’t a household name. But the fate of the MAGA legislative agenda could be in his hands.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
There's on a bomb on a laptop. Once it produces 2000 words/day, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 2000 words/day, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do? That's why I write.
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
DEI disaster doom loop
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“The termination letters all struck the same note: Probationary workers were getting the ax for poor job performance. But many of those fired had just received positive reviews, or had not worked in the government long enough to receive even a single rating.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected.
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Liz Skalka @lizskalka.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Cost of owning backyard chickens: $500 for coop, $20 for food + emotional toll of cleaning chicken poop www.axios.com/2025/02/15/e...
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People not too chicken to have (or rent) backyard chickens
Hatching your own eggs? We break down the ROI.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 12/11/2024
Introducing our HuffPosters Starter Pack! These are the HuffPost reporters and editors you need to follow 👇 go.bsky.app/QXcvrBR
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/05/2023
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana becomes first state to completely ban TikTok; law expected to become litmus test for rest of United States.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/05/2023
👋🏾 This is our official page! — @huffpost.bsky.social
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