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Stefania Lugli

@steflugli.bsky.social
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senior reporter @ klcjournal.com • mostly ✍🏼 about homelessness • florida grown • venezuelan american • signal: stefania.10 • chat open

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Homelessness Beat Reporters Collective @homelessbeatrc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey media folk: Have questions about covering homelessness? We’ve got a new guide to help you navigate the avalanche of information, competing perspectives and political narratives surrounding the topic. Check it out: shorturl.at/JDQet
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HBRC Guide_8.31.26.pdf
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/07/2026
Please avoid all salads, including word.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
sashaying back into the professionally online lifestyle after a year and half running, screaming in the other direction
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
He died at Irwin, the detention center made notorious by allegations of unwanted gynecological procedures, and that Biden had shut down. Trump reopened it. Now it’s the site of yet another death in ICE detention following claims of medical neglect.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
*taps microphone* is this thing on
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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NE Ohio NewsGuild @neohionewsguild.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Signal Ohio workers across the state walked off the job for two hours! We're still demanding that our CEO & board members recognize us as one bargaining unit. @newsguild.org Show your support by sending an email to them here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-... 📸: Reporters in Akron & Cleveland
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Scoop! Kansas housing programs lost $2.3 million in federal funds, forcing some providers to close programs, eliminate jobs or work at a financial loss. Read more about how these cuts hurt vulnerable Kansans and those serving them: klcjournal.com/doge-federal...
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Vulnerable Kansans already struggled to find housing. Federal funding cuts will make it even harder.
When a Kansas state agency was told to cut $2.3 million in housing programs, some closed their doors while others found temporary life rafts.
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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
For the last several months, I've been digging through endless scientific literature on what happens when pregnant mothers are exposed to plastic chemicals in their food, water, and everyday household products. The result is this story. I hope you'll take the time to read. wapo.st/4g3ZoFc
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The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about
Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Scoop! Kansas housing programs lost $2.3 million in federal funds, forcing some providers to close programs, eliminate jobs or work at a financial loss. Read more about how these cuts hurt vulnerable Kansans and those serving them: klcjournal.com/doge-federal...
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Vulnerable Kansans already struggled to find housing. Federal funding cuts will make it even harder.
When a Kansas state agency was told to cut $2.3 million in housing programs, some closed their doors while others found temporary life rafts.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The National Weather Service will hire as many as 450 people after Elon Musk's DOGE gutted the agency, leaving it dangerously understaffed.
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After Dangerous Understaffing Due To DOGE, National Weather Service Hiring 450 People
Meteorologists and climate scientists have warned of consequences with fewer workers in crucial positions.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Second Light, Wichita’s emerging homeless shelter, is a haven from the elements and a place where you know when you’ll have your next meal. The residents are grateful for that. But they wait for more.
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Kansas Leadership Center @theklc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Second Light, Wichita’s emerging homeless shelter, faces steep challenges—building a campus while housing residents, uncertain funding, little state support, and earning trust from homeless Wichitans. ✍️ @steflugli.bsky.social 📸 Jeff Tuttle
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‘We cannot fail’: Wichita’s emerging homeless shelter is finding its footing
The former winter shelter transitioned to a privately-run operation on April 1. Operators are optimistic about its future while shelter residents express frustrations.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
oh ok
screenshot from pharmacy for a med not covered by insurance costing $2,478.99 for a 30 day prescription
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Sophie Culpepper @speppered.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
If you are involved in trying to make nonprofit news sustainable, I wrote and reported this story for you! So much news that deserves our attention right now, but I hope you'll spend some time with my Houston Landing retrospective for @niemanlab.org (1/3) www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/what...
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What went wrong at the Houston Landing?
“We tried to be too much, too fast, for too many people.”
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
So Kristi Noem now requires that any FEMA contracts over $100K get her personal signoff. She didn't authorize search and rescue teams in Texas for more than 72 hours. www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
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In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Musk may have left Washington, but DOGE is continuing its assault on the federal government unabated. More incredible reporting from the all stars of DOGE reporting @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/next-s...
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This Is DOGE 2.0
Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government.
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Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"Shortly after 10 a.m., Orozco Forero texted her family member: 'They are going to deport us' 'Nicolle what happened? Nicolle answer me,' they texted back. 'What do I do?'" An important yet heartbreaking read. 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...
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After a child care worker is detained by ICE, a community is left reeling
Nicolle Orozco Forero is one of the thousands of immigrant women who provide child care for American children, and one of the few who cares for children with disabilities. Now she and her seriously il...
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 10/07/2025
More than 1,000 U.S. counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist. www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
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New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
my desk neighbor asked if I got a bad phone call because she heard me "muttering" at my desk ... I was not-silently mouthing along to the Wicked soundtrack
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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
NEW: Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam - these first-hand accounts from immigrant families are offering a glimpse at conditions in TX detention centers. according to court filing. apnews.com/article/migr...
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New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
A new court filing in an ongoing legal dispute with the federal government reveals the psychological and physical trauma endured by children and families held at Texas family detention centers.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I know a lot of people just don't really know much about foreign cities, but please imagine how it would go if someone told all of NYC to evacuate "immediately," and then add two million more people to that scenario
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"Tear gas is banned in international warfare, but it is classified as a 'riot control agent' that law enforcement can use for crowd control."
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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 15/06/2025
Thousands of Kansans rallied today at the Statehouse in Topeka as part of a nationwide backlash to President Donald Trump, hoisting signs, joining in pro-democracy chants and speaking out against immigration raids. Via @kansasreflector.com: lawrenceks.news/400zXxl
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‘Our nation is in distress’: Thousands protest Trump in ‘No Kings’ rally at Kansas Statehouse
Thousands of Kansans rallied Saturday at the Statehouse in Topeka as part of a nationwide backlash to President Donald Trump, hoisting signs, joining in pro-democracy chants and speaking out against i...
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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Strib lifts paywall for this critical story: www.startribune.com/brooklyn-par...
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Live: Rep. Melissa Hortman assassinated, others shot in ‘targeted’ attack
Authorities said suspect impersonated a police officer, and a “manifesto” was recovered with lawmakers’ names.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
White House: "Violent mobs have attacked ICE officers and Federal Law Enforcement Officers." LAPD: "Today, demonstrations across the City of Los Angeles remained peaceful."
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I was invited to write about art! "On the day of my visit, there was a makeshift bed a dozen feet away. Its maker was absent, but it made me wonder, where do your eyes go in a tunnel like this? Left to glyphics you don’t understand? Or right to a stranger you think you do?"
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‘Hobo codes’ public art tracks the past alongside the present
In downtown Wichita, Jeff Best's Hobo Code Railings is tucked beneath an underpass. The art piece celebrates past nomadic life but permanently sits in a place where homelessness is present.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
One attorney, Lizbeth Mateo, said ICE officials slated several of her clients for check-ins at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown L.A. but when they showed up on Tuesday, they were detained and immediately escorted to the basement.

Mateo said a couple and their two children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, spent the night in a room with no beds and limited access to food and water. Mateo said the father had previously been issued a stay of removal, barring him from deportation but he and his family were detained anyway. His wife was released Wednesday evening along with their children since she needed medical attention due to a high-risk pregnancy. He was still being detained early Friday, Mateo said.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The "fact sheet" associated with this executive order is of course even more deranged and preposterous than the executive order itself. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin: - Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela - Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard - Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.
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Minh Ngo @minhtngo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Yes, robots can do some things better than humans — none more so than spread disinformation." Let that sink in.
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The very best #writing advice, perhaps the only advice a fledgling writer needs, is to read as many books as possible. Let the rhythms of fiction soak into you, and you can figure out the rest from there.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/05/2025
When a homeless man questioned the Phoenix police’s authority to stop him in Feb. 2020, an officer knelt on his neck while another shocked him with a Taser. Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”
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DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People
The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in Phoenix and five other jurisdictions. Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to…
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
NEW: Citations in the MAHA Report have telltale signs of AI chatbot use -- we reviewed all 522 of the listed citations, and at least 37 of the footnotes appear multiple times in the citations with another 21 having dead links w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I'm glad to see a journalist put what I've been feeling in words. It is, actually, extremely disheartening to read a deeply reported story about someone's plight and see a slew of comments only asking "who did they vote for" Victims of government cruelty are still victims, regardless of their vote
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Brandon Carter @brandonetc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
your dose of joy and hope this morning: our feature on the effort to adopt dogs on the Ukrainian front lines. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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Rescuing Ukraine’s lost war dogs
Adopting dogs abandoned on the battlefields has become a national duty in Ukraine.
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A must-read report form @dmehro.bsky.social that @wired.com made free to read because it is based on government documents (it's their policy to make FOIA-based reporting free as well). Thank you for making important journalism based on public records available to all.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/05/2025
very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
writing is going well
screenshot of a google search for "word for this is as bad as it gets"
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Later today I'll be live with the Solutions Journalism Network (@soljourno.bsky.social) to talk about the intersection of solutions and investigative journalism! Noon central time, come through www.linkedin.com/events/73291...
LinkedIn post from Jaisal Noor, democracy manager at the Solutions Journalism Network about the LinkedIn live: "Very excited to share that this SJN event happening Thursday that will feature Stefania Lugli, who has done fantastic reporting on housing and homelessness. Her behind-the-scenes essay, “Why I Traveled 1,400 Miles to Research Homeless Solutions Influencing Wichita,” explores the challenges and potential of reaching functional zero on homelessness.

Stefania’s story was produced through the Solutions Journalism Network’s Building Democracy Fellowship and was featured in the Solutions Worth Sharing Democracy Newsletter—where it became it's most-clicked story to date!

I'm excited to hear Stefania reflect on her reporting journey, what she learned on the road, and what solutions-focused journalism can contribute to our communities."
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"People here are exhausted by the endless cycle of exile, with no safe place left to go. How many times must we abandon the places we love — filled with our memories and our lives — only to be cast into the unknown?"
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Amid Starvation, People in Gaza Are Choosing Death at Home Over Displacement
Only two bags of infested flour are left in my house. I interviewed others also facing starvation and ground invasion.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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Mara Shalhoup @mara-shalhoup.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Standing in awe of the @propublica.org team helmed by @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social that pulled off this journalistic feat: a stunning narrative that painstakingly captures Helene’s tragedies and NC’s missed opportunities. www.propublica.org/article/hurr.... www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
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Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
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Stefania Lugli @steflugli.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
new trail of tears
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The Appeal @theappeal.org · 15/05/2025
These are the kinds of stories few others will tell. And they’re at risk of disappearing. The funding landscape is bleak. Some foundations are afraid to support work that challenges power. Despite The Appeal’s enormous success, our own funders are clawing back support.
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The Appeal @theappeal.org · 15/05/2025
🚨 Our newsroom is in crisis. Without urgent donations, The Appeal may not be able to keep publishing.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
You can be evicted for: calling 911 too many times; being wrongly accused of shoplifting; having a son with a disability who needs help; being a victim of domestic violence. This is "crime-free housing" in America. A searing, crucial investigation by Sidnee King Pineda:
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Under ‘Crime-Free Housing’ Laws, Families May Be Evicted for Minor Offenses
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