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Ottavia Spaggiari

@ottavias.bsky.social
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Journalist and writer - Adjunct @CUNY Words in Guardian, New Yorker, The Nation etc... get in touch at spaggiariottavia@gmail.com

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Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thrilled that @ottavias.bsky.social's investigation on TX boarding homes @inthesetimes.com & @typeinvestigations.org won 2nd place in @medillschool.bsky.social's John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Mag. Journalism. This project was years in the making & its recognition is so well deserved.
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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 10/04/2026
We are honored that @ottavias.bsky.social's investigation with @inthesetimes.com into Texas boarding homes was awarded second place from the John Bartlow Martin Awards for Public Interest Magazine Journalism @medillschool.bsky.social: www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2026/ca...
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/04/2026
Congrats to @ottavias.bsky.social on her frightening report on the future of long-term care, co-published with us & @typeinvestigations.org, which won the American Society of Journalists & Authors' 2026 Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism. inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
Graphic on a torn white paper background announcing the Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism. At the top is illustrated cover art for the In These Times investigation “Nowhere to Go: Inside the Texas Boarding Home System Where Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation are Widespread,” showing vulnerable residents inside a house-shaped structure. Below, text names the piece as the winner and includes judges’ comments praising Ottavia Spaggiari’s reporting on abuse and neglect in largely unregulated Texas boarding homes. The ASJA logo for the American Society of Journalists and Authors appears near the bottom, with the In These Times logo at the very bottom.
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Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
If you appreciate investigations like these from @ottavias.bsky.social & @adamfederman.bsky.social, or vital analysis from columnists like @alfatau.bsky.social, please donate or subscribe today, ahead of @inthesetimes.com's 50th anniversary in 2026! Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/eoy_2... Sub:
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Ottavia Spaggiari @ottavias.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congrats!!!
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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"We, the people, and the place are just a decoration.” This is the story of the ugliness behind the Instagram post: tourists abusing locals, beach owners flattening turtle nests and view-seekers trampling plants. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sand groomers v turtles: how wildlife is falling foul of the demand for Insta-perfect beaches
From the turtle-nesting beaches of Italy to Greek island bird havens, across the Mediterranean campaigners are fighting to protect habitats from tourists seeking a picture-perfect holiday
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 15/04/2025
Mining for the clean energy transition is on the rise in the US. With 65% or more of lithium and copper projects within 35 miles of Tribal land, Native American communities worry about damage to public health, biodiversity, and sacred sites. By @ottavias.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social.
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Mining the Past, Threatening the Future - The Margin
Facing the brunt of the mineral rush, Tribal Nations sue the federal government
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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Following a five-year fight, the Hualapai Tribe is the only Indigenous Nation to stop a lithium mine from moving forward in the U.S… At least for now. Check out our latest story by @ottavias.bsky.social themargin.us/features/min...
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Mining the Past, Threatening the Future - The Margin
Facing the brunt of the mineral rush, Tribal Nations sue the federal government
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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Read the full story by @ottavias.bsky.social at www.themargin.us Photos by @ashponders.bsky.social
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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For generations, Hualapai elders passed on traditional stories and songs about Ha’Kamwe’, a place they say is so quiet that it’s possible to hear the water sing. Read our latest story by @ottavias.bsky.social with photos by @ashponders.bsky.social at themargin.us
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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A new story from @ottavias.bsky.social arrives Thursday, April 3rd! Subscribe to our newsletter at themargin.us Photo by @ashponders.bsky.social
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Will Amateurish @willamateurish.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
L'archivista Usa Elizabeth Call spiega su @theconversation.com perché le democrazie hanno bisogno di grandi archivi, come nacquero i National Archives degli Stati Uniti e perché i tiranni non possono amare gli archivi: theconversation.com/fires-wars-a...?
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Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives
Every democracy needs a national archive. Trump’s staffing shake-up is endangering an institution that preserves the nation’s history.
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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Congratulations @ottavias.bsky.social!!! You can check out Ottavia’s work and much more at themargin.us
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/02/2025
President Donald Trump’s administration launched one of its most brazen challenges to Congress’s authority. Many lawmakers offered little pushback.
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Congress is quiet as Trump and Musk take the ax to federal agencies
President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority. Lawmakers offered little pushback.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/02/2025
The chaotic blitz by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has triggered legal objections across Washington, with officials in at least a half-dozen federal agencies and departments raising alarms about whether the billionaire’s assault on government is breaking the law.
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U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
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Isaia Invernizzi @isaiainvernizzi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
La grotta dove è caduta la speleologa Ottavia Piana fa parte di un vasto e complesso sistema carsico, che è importante esplorare e che attraversa il versante occidentale del lago d’Iseo
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100 chilometri di abissi - Il Post
La grotta dove è caduta la speleologa Ottavia Piana fa parte di un vasto e complesso sistema carsico, che è importante esplorare e che attraversa il versante occidentale del lago d’Iseo
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Ottavia Spaggiari @ottavias.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Honored to have the piece I wrote for @aljazeera.com about labor exploitation in the winemaking industry featured as a finalist among such great examples of public service journalism. Thanks @journalismfund.bsky.social for the support.
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Winners and finalists of the 2024 global media competition on labour migration
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