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Saba Long

@sabalong.bsky.social
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host Where The Party At podcast. interested in media, civic engagement, comms, transportation, global affairs, and exceptional eats.

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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
From a messaging standpoint, this new White House site attacking the press is rather brilliant. And it’s why I wrote in @niemanlab.org last year that the industry must adopt an insurgent strategy and go on the offense. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
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Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
For nearly their entire lives, teen have heard repeatedly that the news is fake and journalists are the enemy of the people. And no one has pushed back with equal or greater urgency. So, it's no surprise that most teens in this survey have a negative view of the media.
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“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
tonight I attended the @ajc.com live taping of Politically Georgia, which featured key Democrat and Republican gubernatorial candidates (minus Burt Jones and Ruwa Romman). nearly all candidates, regardless of party, agreed that the cost of living is the top issue facing Georgians.
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 07/04/2025
In Atlanta for the #ABFE Harambee Conference? ACC's @sabalong.bsky.social will join @thepivotfund.org and others for an important conversation on the state of Black media, combatting misinformation, and funding journalism that serves the community.
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 01/04/2025
Federal policy changes—such as funding freezes, executive orders, firings, and other actions—are directly impacting metro Atlanta organizations and households. ACC has two surveys live to gather objective insights on what's happening on the ground locally. DETAILS: bit.ly/4ji2t58
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
a defense contractor is bringing Christ to Silicon Valley. he believes in his cause so much he turned down an opportunity to serve as defense secretary under Trump 47. intriguing @wired.com piece. www.wired.com/story/christ...
wired.com
The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’
Is work religion, or is religion work? Both.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
HB 147 would require state agencies to report to the Georgia Technology Authority which AI tools they're using and how AI influences their decision-making. A related bill to propose a statewide AI board for state and local governments did not make it past Crossover Day. #gapol
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Georgia lawmakers weigh how to regulate AI for state agencies. What about local governments?
A state senate committee weighed how to regulate state agencies’ use of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 17/02/2025
Manigault has come under fire for how her office issued third-party subpoenas to banks for financial records pertaining to investigations. The city's attorney issued a cease and desist order that accused the OIG of violating state law by not notifying account-holders in advance of the subpoenas.
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Atlanta Inspector General Shannon Manigault resigns amid attacks on her office
In addition to Manigualt, five OIG governing board members have resigned since December.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
if you don’t share your successes, your opponents will share your losses –– and that becomes the public narrative. the CFPB has saved taxpayers ~$21B but the only people who know that are policy wonks & media. if folks learns anything from this slash & burn era, it is you must tell your story first.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
haven’t seen this law enforcement statement about the J6 pardons circulated much. I cannot overstate how rare it is for the IACP and the Fraternal Order of Police (!) to speak out and criticize a Republican president.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
We are really leaning into community in 2025. That’s why I’m so excited to launch “Community On Tap” this MLK Monday. If you care about building a city and metro region that feels like Dr. King’s “beloved community” then this is the event for you.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
WSB's (metro Atlanta's no. 1 TV station) traffic helicopter is officially no more due to budget/costs. I'm assuming Atlanta's TV stations will now rely on drones for aerial footage of our notorious traffic. Drone journalists...is that a thing?
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Gridlock Guy: Cheers and farewell to the WSB Skycopter
This one may be harder to write than my farewell to 95.5 WSB from last September. It certainly is a bigger deal. The famed WSB Skycopter took its last flight on December 30th, ending nearly 65 years o...
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 10/01/2025
When snow blanketed Atlanta this morning, most of the city shut down. Schools and businesses closed, the roads emptied, and children found the nearest fluffy white hill to sled down. But not Atlanta’s unhoused residents. That’s where the city’s emergency warming centers come in.
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How Atlanta's warming centers work when temps plummet
When temperatures dip below 40 degrees, the mayor's office sets up cots and heaters in some rec centers.
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 30/12/2024
Our top non-election story of 2024 made the rounds in education, nonprofit, and government circles. This story was also a great example of how our newsroom relies on data to help paint a clearer picture of a particular challenge: 12,000 metro Atlanta students are homeless.
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Nearly 12,000 metro Atlanta public school students are unhoused
Nearly 2% of the 631,274 public school students in the five-county metro area are living on the streets, in shelters or extended-stay motels, doubled up with other families, or couch-surfing.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
WSJ: Rural Chinese migrant workers have severe reservations about starting a family. And a big reason appears to be China’s household-registration system, which since the 1950s has divided the population into rural or urban and makes it hard for rural workers to take their children with them.
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The ‘Invisible Wall’ Amplifying China’s Population Doom Loop
A two-tier system that has long made workers leave children behind in villages is cutting into birthrates.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Far more people trust and have faith in their local government than the folks in D.C. Over the years, in Atlanta, we’ve have moments that have hurt that trust – corporate giveaways, unkept promises, corruption, etc. The future of the OIG is worth paying attention to, esp. ahead of an election year.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
why do I voluntarily put myself through the suffering that is Atlanta Falcons football? I’m tortured enough being a nonprofit executive director.
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
There’s still a lot Joe Biden can do in his final days as president, including: ▪️ Pardon people convicted of nonviolent marijuana offenses ▪️ Make the Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution ▪️ Protect vulnerable federal land
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Biden Should Spend His Final Weeks in Office
The president can still do a lot before he leaves the White House.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 12/12/2024
"Rather than playing by the rules of dominant platforms and entrenched forces," @sabalong.bsky.social writes, "media organizations will redefine the battlefield, leveraging unconventional approaches to disrupt the status quo and reclaim their relevance." www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
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The media industry adopts an insurgent strategy
"Insurgents succeed because they know exactly what they are fighting against."
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
‘Murica 🫡
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Large publishers like the Associated Press and Wall Street Journal are part of the Alexa query system (and paid to do so). 🤔How can local newsrooms be part of the action? Alexa, tell me who's on my runoff ballot and where they stand on [insert local issue]. www.axios.com/2024/12/03/a...
axios.com
Scoop: Amazon eyes news partners for revamped AI Alexa voice assistant
Amazon wants its updated version of Alexa to be able to answer more complex user queries.
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 03/12/2024
Want to stay informed about the issues that matter—housing, labor, and democracy in our community? This #GivingTuesday, your support ensures we can keep delivering the stories that matter most. Donate now and your gift will be triple-matched! atlantaciviccircle.org/donate/
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
@kawamataryo.bsky.social : having issues with sky follower bridge plugin. using chrome. it's not detecting any users/handles from X -> Bsky. extension permissions seem to be in order. what am I doing wrong?
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
took a tumble down the stairs today. and it was while I was in the middle of being a smarty pants about something. all I could do was say “ouch” and laugh. 😝
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a blurry picture of a person walking up stairs
ALT: a blurry picture of a person walking up stairs
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Saba Long @sabalong.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
i've been thinking a lot lately about words, information, access. about how i consume news, what I retain, what I share, and what I keep in. these reflections from the great Toni Morrison's 1993 Nobel Prize lecture are helping me figure it all out.
An excerpt from Toni Morrison's lecture while receiving the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.  From the Nobel Prize website: All Nobel Laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1993. From left: Physics Laureates Russell A. Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor Jr, Chemistry Laureates Kary B. Mullis and Michael Smith, Medicine Laureates Richard J. Roberts and Phillip A. Sharp, Literature Laureate Toni Morrison and Laureates in Economic Sciences Robert W. Fogel and Douglass C. North. Photo from the Lars Åström archive
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