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Marcia Brooks

@marciabrooks.bsky.social
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Protect/support press freedom, free speech, independent and local journalism, rule of law, and civil liberties. Believe in our shared humanity and our nation's highest ideals. Prior: Perkins School for the Blind, GBH, PBS.

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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
With appreciation and admiration for the truth-tellers www.rtdna.org/2026-nationa...
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2026 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners - Radio Television Digital News Association
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Bravo, with appreciation -
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2026 Prize Winners and Finalists | The Pulitzer Prizes
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WBUR @wbur.org · 26/12/2025
In a tumultuous year where new graduates are facing a downtrodden job market and high student loans, WBUR set out to find how some students spent the money and what causes they donated to.
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A billionaire gifted them each a surprise $1,000. How these Bridgewater State grads kept their pledge to donate half
In a tumultuous year where new graduates are facing a downtrodden job market and high student loans, WBUR set out to find how some students spent the money and what causes they donated to.
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Listen to this meaningful interview full of wisdom, humanity and hope - reporting from Lisa Mullins and @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social @wbur.org
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Gazan father and 2 children build new life in Mass. after losing family members in war
Jaser AbuMousa lost his wife, two of his children, a nephew and other family members in an Israeli airstrike on his home a week after the war started in 2023. In July of this year, he lost his mother,...
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Bravo to the 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards winners, honored for their outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism. A free press/truthful reporting are critical to democracy. See the full list of winners here:
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2025 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners - Radio Television Digital News Association
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Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard @niemanfoundation.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Meet the new class! We’re pleased to introduce the 2026 Nieman Fellows, 22 accomplished journalists who cover stories around the globe. They’ll join us at @harvard.edu this fall to study, investigate and collaborate. Welcome to all. nieman.harvard.edu/the-nieman-f...
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The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 88th class of fellows - Nieman Foundation
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 22 accomplished journalists from around the world as members of the class of 2026.  The new cohort, representing nine countries, includes reporters, e...
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Bravo and appreciation to the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social #Pulitzer www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
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Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Happy World Press Freedom Day! #HoldTheLine #ReclaimOurRights @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @rappler.com.web.brid.gy
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Informative panel discussion at @cendemtech.bsky.social for the first stop of FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social’s newly announced 1st Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdcz...
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Who Will Fight for the First Amendment? Protecting Free Expression at a Critical Time
YouTube video by Center for Democracy & Technology
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Lovely interview with up and coming band Palmyra, from Lisa Mullins on NPR and WBUR's Here and Now. Her words “generous, kind, authentic” are spot on to showcase these real deal good people making great music, with their first album just out. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Virginia band Palmyra is 'Restless' for success
The Richmond, Virginia, band has just released its first full-length album, "Restless."
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Twenty Lessons on Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder - read by John Lithgow open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Honoring this well written, evenly reasoned, and deeply humane accounting from Boston school teacher @jenniferdines.bsky.social - grateful for such meaningful and important insights.
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The duPont awards have honored journalistic excellence since 1942. Gratitude to these 2025 winners and finalists, and those who uphold the highest standards of journalism that are vital to uphold democracy and inform free society. #duPont2025 #PressFreedom dupont.org/2025-winners...
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2025 Winners & Finalists — duPont-Columbia Awards
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Grateful for credentialed journalism that informs and enriches our lives with important truths - www.niemanlab.org/collection/p...
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Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
So much to love in this - especially generosity and goodwill for our fellow humans, seen and supported without having met. wapo.st/48sHy9S
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Perspective | Boxes kept coming from a mystery donor. An obituary revealed her name.
She sent gifts and food for families in Virginia. But the notes that came with those packages identified her only as E. A. Raven.
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Marcia Brooks @marciabrooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Kindness comes in all sizes ❤️
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Inspired by man on TV news, boy commits to 10 kind acts for 10th birthday
“I hope what I’m doing inspires lots of people in my generation by the time I’m 11,” said Maxx Raser.
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