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Ted Alcorn

@tedalcorn.bsky.social
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Reporting on health + justice in NYTimes, NM in Depth, more • Teaching @ Columbia & NYU Wagner • Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC • tedalcorn.org

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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I was trying to figure out the safest driving route from my house to the grocery store and accidentally went down a rabbit hole and built a nationwide map of 843,530 fatal car crashes since 2001. It’s kind of cool? 🤷‍♂️ tedalcorn.github.io/the-deadlies...
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
It’s always striking how the decline in alcohol consumption is covered as a business problem instead of a win for public health.
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Can the World Cup Help the U.S. Beer Industry Kick Its Slump?
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Journalism from @nytimes international articles since 2000 (n≈199,000) turned into a map. We see which topics were covered disproportionately. HT @tedalcorn
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Nora's Guide to the Galaxy @ngttg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yep this tracks
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
*stares at "home" state of Nebraska* That is accurate and depressing.
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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is such fascinating analysis as says much about the NYT and how this plays into the perception of each state, as much as what it says of what goes on in each state.
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Becca @sciencelizard.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I do think that even though other states are caricatured here, NJ as viewed from NY might be the most pigeonholed
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Such a great use of AI. Fantastic project
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Ben 🔔🧑🏻‍💻 @beninquiring.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yeah yeah I’m aware of what you all think of us
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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 14/05/2026
Allow me, former pledge master of Penn’s 2008 Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge class and WHYY transportation reporter who now covers election administration, to take a bow.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
With data from the @nytimes.com API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224,000 articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Earlier this month, I posted a dashboard for exploring 2.2 million New York Times articles going back to 2000. I’ve now added a way to explore all 29,000 obituaries the paper has published during that period, and it reveals a lot about who makes history.
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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 29/04/2026
26 years of New York Times articles in a single database with a beautiful interface. I will have to set time aside to explore this. 📊 By @tedalcorn.bsky.social
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Below the Fold — A New York Times X-Ray Dashboard
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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Wonderful to see a really artful/ useful application of AI tools to a news archive. (Also super cool that it started in @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Lede program …h/t @dangerscarf.bsky.social )
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes.com coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world’s preeminent attention-gathering org not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. tedalcorn.github.io/nyt/
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Below the Fold — A New York Times X-Ray Dashboard
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National Press Club Journalism Institute @npcinstitute.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
⏰ Applications are due MONDAY for the 2026 Public Health Reporting Fellowship! This opportunity will award up to $7,500 each to five mid-career journalists to support reporting projects on the intersection of public health policy & health care delivery.
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Apply Now: 2026 Public Health Reporting Fellowship is open - Journalism Institute
The National Press Club Journalism Institute, in partnership with the Common Health Coalition, is excited to announce the 2026 Public Health Reporting Fellowship, a six-month, fully remote opportunity...
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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The world's food supply depends on agriculture science to protect crops & livestock from disease, of which the USA was a major supporter—until the dismantling of USAID last year. My story in @nytimes.com about how wavering US support could imperil what we eat. nytimes.com/2026/01/15/s...
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For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
finally, we're living through precedented times
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The movie star I most want to hear speak at length. David Marchese and Kristen Stewart out on the wire. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/m...
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Kristen Stewart Wants to Blow Up the Myth of the Brilliant Male Actor
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Strong contender for fav. headline of the year @emilyanthes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/s...
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Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Read @tedalcorn.bsky.social on how two big @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ideas have gotten a test run in New Mexico, of all places — with lessons worth learning being surfaced along the way. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/dep...
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Vital City | New Mexico: Surprising Proving Ground for Two Big Mamdani Ideas?
What the mayor-elect can learn from the Southwest state
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Albuquerque police make front-page news with successful hoof-chase. Full footage: www.facebook.com/reel/1590537...
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
GUN CITY: there’s been a nearly ten-fold uptick in New Yorkers seeking concealed carry permits since 2022, per a new analysis of NYPD data. I tracked down the city’s most prolific instructor to see what it's all about. Today in @thecity.nyc& @thetrace.org. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/12/n...
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New Yorkers Fill Gun Classes as Concealed Carry Applications Surge
Would-be gun owners seeking a concealed carry permit are required to take a safety training course, but with few rules on how they are taught, gun aficionados have stepped in to run them.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Smart take: Mamdani met voters where they were at, listened to them, centered them. To the extent he had social media “magic,” it was his “understanding that the masses are the message.”
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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I am looking forward to being done with an election and a lame duck disgraced mayor so that city government can get to fixing big problems out there, including this one exposed by my colleague @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social.
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NYCHA Boiler That Exploded Was One of Dozens With Expired Permits
Machinery at The Bronx’s Mitchel Houses did not get inspected for 17 years, despite a pact to get all public housing heating plants checked for environmental safety.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
In New Mexico at an interim committee on Monday, lawmakers reviewed their three-year-push to raise alcohol taxes — good coverage by @sourcenm.com. sourcenm.com/2025/10/28/n... Just a few additional observations threaded below 👇
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New Mexico legislators float alcohol tax reform proposals for 2026 session • Source New Mexico
As New Mexico maintains the highest rate of deaths from alcohol misuse, lawmakers are again considering changes to state liquor tax policy.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
DOJ altered the Biden admin's signature gun violence prevention grant program for "Community Based" interventions to make it inaccessible to...communities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A gunmaker redesigning its products to address safety concerns does not happen even in a blue moon. The power of legal and commercial pressure: thereload.com/glock-to-red... @thereloadteam.bsky.social
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Glock to Redesign Pistols as Lawsuits and Legislation Pile Up
One of the country’s most popular handgun makers will soon entirely overhaul its commercial lineup of iconic pistols.
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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Inside the alcohol industry’s global campaign to delay Ireland’s world-first health labels New documents reveal an organised effort by alcohol giants to pressure the Irish government into delaying landmark cancer warnings.
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Inside the alcohol industry’s global campaign to delay Ireland’s world-first health labels
New documents reveal an organised effort by alcohol giants to pressure the Irish government into delaying landmark cancer warnings.
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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 16/10/2025
Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. aid agency, committed $420 million to provide clean water in East Timor. Now, M.C.C.’s board wants to pull out of the agreement, with the project already underway. Story by grantee @tedalcorn.bsky.social for @nytimes.com. bit.ly/4oqA9zX
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In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan To Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant
A U.S. aid agency had committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the project, which could help provide clean water. Now its board wants to pull out of the agreement. Ravaged by a brutal military...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
google reviews for a tailor in my neighborhood are something else
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
In Albuquerque, where @mayorkeller.bsky.social is cruising towards re-election, his 1st TV ad gives top-billing to his non-police emergency response dept, what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is promising for NYC. Just to say, it's possible to run on community safety. www.facebook.com/reel/1486960...
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Today’s insane stat about Chinese renewable energy installation: “Every three weeks.” 🤯 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Much hue & cry at the end of USAID but Trump admin is also quietly terminating half the grants of Millennium Challenge Corp including $420 million for a water treatment system in East Timor, where nearly half of kids are stunted from waterborne illness. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...
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In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 25/09/2025
remember when we had the hatch act
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 23/09/2025
More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff... Do you support or oppose "defund the police"? Support - 21% Oppose - 74% Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services? Support - 54% Oppose - 41%
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Have always thought real estate interests could be leveraged to invest *in advance* in local, evidence-based gun violence prevention strategies, since they stand to make some of the largest, most direct financial gains from safer streets. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
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The People Betting on a Baltimore Comeback
The city’s violent reputation has long hurt its economy. But crime is finally waning.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
“I think the main thing that’s caused so much confusion is that he was always generally apolitical for the most part,” the friend told me. “That's the big thing, he just never really talked politics which is why it's so frustrating.”
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Interesting to see @gabbygiffords.bsky.social & former Sen. Jeff Flake co-author this. In 2013 he broke a promise to her to support a background check bill, essentially dooming the once-in-a-generation effort. The loss galvanized her to start @giffords.org. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
If the federal show of force in Washington has had a deterrent effect on crime, it appears to have deterred entirely normal aspects of city life, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The US govt. is burying a major report linking alcohol with cancer, as it prepares to water down dietary guidelines advising stricter moderation. Good review of the industry campaign to kill it, with bipartisan help (👀 @mikethompson.house.gov ). @dylanlscott.bsky.social www.vox.com/health/46008...
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Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Inbox: The city Correction Department just announced another death on Rikers Island, the 12 this year and third over the past week. The judge overseeing the department is currently looking over candidates for a “remediation manager” role. She’s taken the entire summer and no deadline on the books.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Deaths at Burning Man are exceedingly rare, and none to my knowledge have been violent. If this turns out to be, it couldn’t occur at a worse time for the organization behind the event, which has been struggling to fundraise to keep up with its expenses. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
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Burning Man death investigated as homicide after attendee found in ‘pool of blood’
Authorities are investigating a man’s death at Burning Man as a homicide after he was found in a “pool of blood” Saturday night in Black Rock City.
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Sarah Knight @sarahrknight.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Arkadi Gerney and I argue for maximum deterrence as our best path forward in @washingtonpost.com
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Last week, I became someone who knew someone killed in a mass shooting. Here's my remembrance of Wesley, across the decades. www.newyorker.com/news/postscr...
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Remembering Wesley LePatner
I met Wesley in 1985, during the summer we both turned four. Until last Monday, our lives always seemed to run on parallel tracks.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Practical and evidence-based: Johnson City, TN considers shortening hours of alcohol sales to cut crime, a strategy Baltimore has adopted with success (I reported on it last year for @thetrace.org). www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/busines...
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City leaders say curbing hours of alcohol sales is practical
Johnson City commissioners believe an ordinance to cut off the sale of alcohol in bars at 1 a.m. is a practical approach to dealing with public safety issues in the downtown.
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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
So grateful for this opportunity, which allowed me to report on a novel anti-cancer effort in rural Kentucky. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/c...
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Kentucky’s campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress
Improvements in rural cancer care in Kentucky could be imperiled by President Trump's tax and domestic policy bill.
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