Jireh’s dropping truth bombs straight out the gate in the first answer of this #NLGJA26 panel, where they tell us including trans people in your coverage helps you add depth and nuance to how you tell stories that affect *all* of your audience.

Jireh Deng@bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social · last wk.

Today at @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social at 3-4pm I’ll be talking about trans and gender-expansive communities in my reporting as a journalist. I’m joined by amazing colleagues @petrinkae.bsky.social, @lexmcmenamin.com, and @drewcostley.northsky.social. I hope to see you all there!

For the #NLGJA26 crowd, here’s my usual wording for the lesson @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social just gave about interrogating the meanings behind the phrases we regularly see and publish:

Justin Myers@justinmyers.net · 2y ago

As an editor, I consider one specific question to be my sidearm—the piece of kit I trust more than any other to get me and my team out of a jam: “What do you mean by that?” Today, @chicago.suntimes.com columnist Natalie Moore applies it skillfully: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

Today at @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social at 3-4pm I’ll be talking about trans and gender-expansive communities in my reporting as a journalist. I’m joined by amazing colleagues @petrinkae.bsky.social, @lexmcmenamin.com, and @drewcostley.northsky.social. I hope to see you all there!

Yo-Yo Ma and other musicians are hosting pop-up concerts along the Los Angeles River to highlight people’s relationship with nature. As always, river restoration efforts are fraught with tension: www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social

As L.A. River morphs into impromptu stage for nature-loving musicians, gentrification fears remain

Yo-Yo Ma recently performed an intimate show on the L.A. River, highlighting a growing movement of musicians seeking to spotlight the beauty of the complex waterway.

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Musicians have been performing along the L.A. River to spotlight its beauty. "If the river is properly activated as a green and cultural landscape, then Angelenos will fundamentally also get to experience Los Angeles in a different way." @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

As L.A. River morphs into impromptu stage for nature-loving musicians, gentrification fears remain

Yo-Yo Ma recently performed an intimate show on the L.A. River, highlighting a growing movement of musicians seeking to spotlight the beauty of the complex waterway.

latimes.com

I'm going to be on a panel tomorrow with these amazing journalists talking about the importance of investing in queer news. I'm so excited for you all to hear from these industry leaders and honored to be in conversation with them.

The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education@maynardinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo ago

JUNE 25, 10:30 a.m. PDT: Join the Maynard Institute for a panel discussion on the State of Queer News and how news outlets can truly invest in LGBTQIA+ stories and communities Register through Zoom: https://bit.ly/Belonging-Queer-News

Here’s a birthday blog from me to you on my angst about breaking my nose, AI taking all of our jobs. Then finding the antidote in the amazing art of my friends 🫶 open.substack.com/pub/pacificb...

Scenes from Election Day in Southeast LA in the city of Huntington Park. Latino voters were worried about immigration, local corruption and the middle class squeeze of living in California. Read @lapublicpress.bsky.social’s Election Day coverage at lapublicpress.org/2026/06/la-e...

It's true, LA is busted. I just wrote 2,800 words about why the city can't seem to fix our parks, sidewalks, and lights for @lapublicpress.bsky.social. I'm trying to see something 👀 share pics of the ugliest potholes and sidewalks in your neighborhood! lapublicpress.org/2026/05/la-e...

Sick of busted streets, LA people are voting for change

Potholes go unfilled and street lights remain dark as budget woes plague LA. These issues could fuel political change to overhaul City Hall.

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National media outlets are withdrawing their investment in LGBTQ+ news and queer reporters at a time when trans rights are being increasingly targeted, @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social reports. objectivejournalism.org/2026/04/equa...

Layoffs at Them reduce diverse trans reporting as anti-trans bills rise

Resources to cover U.S. queer and trans news are shrinking as the number of anti-trans bills outpaces last year.

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Ahead of the 2028 Olympics, sex work has garnered more attention and surveillance. For @lapublicpress.bsky.social I spoke to one of the few sex worker-led mutual aid orgs that fills an important service gap that neither charity nor government services can meet. lapublicpress.org/2026/04/la-s...

LA sex workers keep each other safe through community, not charity

Through peer-to-peer mutual aid, the Sex Worker Outreach Project fights for bodily autonomy and human rights as surveillance of sex workers mounts in LA.

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It's kind of an iconic Friday workday when you get to interview an anti-corruption blogger, a drag queen who knows everything happening in city hall, and a sex worker mutual aid organizer in one afternoon. I love LA.

There were some technical difficulties last night as people tried to tune in for the first mayoral debate. Lucky for you all, I wrote a summary of the main highlights for @lapublicpress.bsky.social. Stay tuned! I'll be covering this mayoral election cycle. lapublicpress.org/2026/03/la-e...

5 takeaways from the first mayoral debate of 2026

Three out of the top five candidates showed up to discuss their policy vision on transportation, housing affordability and infrastructure.

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Over the past five years, LAUSD's Black Student Achievement Plan has weathered DEI backlash and improved academic metrics that activists say prove Black students are succeeding because of intentional support. Here's the latest from me for @lapublicpress.bsky.social: lapublicpress.org/2026/03/la-l...

How LAUSD’s Black Student Achievement Plan has persevered despite DEI backlash

Activists and students say BSAP is closing academic gaps by supporting Black students’ learning and lowering chronic absenteeism over the past five years.

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President Trump has replaced Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma. Revisit Graham Brewer's 2019 profile of the controversial Indigenous lawmaker.

Markwayne Mullin is for Trump – and Indian Country - High Country News

The Cherokee congressman, who is hard-right and white-passing, may not seem like an Indigenous lawmaker, but he’s no anomaly.

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Kristi Noem is out, and Senator Markwayne Mullin seems to be in. If you're wondering who he is, check out this 2019 @highcountrynews.org profile. @grahamleebrewer.bsky.social dove into Mullin's Cherokee upbringing, his voting record, and more as an Oklahoma lawmaker. www.hcn.org/issues/51-21...

Markwayne Mullin is for Trump – and Indian Country - High Country News

The Cherokee congressman, who is hard-right and white-passing, may not seem like an Indigenous lawmaker, but he’s no anomaly.

hcn.org

Just devastating. A landslide triggered by heavy rains appears to have killed over 200 people, including 70 children, at a mine in the DR Congo. This is about a month after a *different* landslide killed over 200 people at the same mine www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

More than 200 killed in landslide at DRC coltan mine

Congo’s Mines Ministry said about 70 children were among the victims.

aljazeera.com

I finally have a photo that's not from the 90s (thank you, @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social), and I have finally broken my X habit. Maybe it's time I actually posted something. Hello, Bluesky.

also a great day to revisit another @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social piece! @raeforla.bsky.social may be everyone's favorite "no one's heard of her" candidate but this article was the beginning of her breaking through the noise

LA Public Press@lapublicpress.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This single mom is squeezed by LA’s cost of living. Now she’s running for mayor. Progressive housing advocate Rae Huang is challenging Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, promising free transit and social housing.

new mayoral list just dropped 🗞️ @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social

LA Public Press@lapublicpress.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here are the front runners for LA’s mayoral race In a political upset, Councilmember Nithya Raman joined the race at the last minute, challenging Karen Bass’s previously smooth sailing toward re-election.

Climate change contributes to the dangerous working conditions faced by California farmworkers. Uprooter @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social for @sierraclub.org www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids

Here's how communities take care of their own in California's Coachella Valley

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Who is Rae Huang, the challenger seeking to oust Karen Bass from the left? I get into the meat and bones of her campaign promises and whether she can actually meet the moment that LA is in right now. More in my latest for @lapublicpress.bsky.social and @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/12/rae-...

This single mom is squeezed by LA's cost of living. Now she's running for mayor.

Progressive housing advocate and single mom Rae Huang is challenging Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, promising free transit and social housing.

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In September, I spoke to farmworkers in the Coachella Valley who are not only faced with deadly heat and pollution at their jobs, but also ICE raids. I'm very grateful to the @sierraclub.org for commissioning me to write this story for their Winter print issue. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids

Here's how communities take care of their own in California's Coachella Valley

sierraclub.org

Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids—Climate change is contributing to the deadly working conditions. According to @noaa.gov the summer of 2024 was the Golden State’s hottest on record… www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-... @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social @sierraclub.org

Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids

Here's how communities take care of their own in California's Coachella Valley

sierraclub.org

NEW ANALYSIS: Over half of reported assaults against journalists this year happened in Los Angeles. Powered by data from @freedom.press, my latest for @lapublicpress.bsky.social dives into the challenges freelance journalists face reporting on ICE resistance. lapublicpress.org/2025/11/indy...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War

Attended Queersurf camp (🥰) in San Diego last month, and had the opportunity to learn from the writer (@bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social) of this article about the pollution in the Tijuana River -- sharing here to spread the word about this still-ongoing crisis in SoCal! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Polluted Tijuana River gets more attention, but anxious residents want more urgency

Gov. Gavin Newsom faces mounting pressure to declare a state of emergency over the Tijuana River pollution as officials seek Superfund status for the site.

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Allegations of mismanagement, overspending in California fire cleanups raised in whistleblower trial: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Allegations of mismanagement, overspending in California fire cleanups raised in whistleblower trial

Current and former state officials alleged mismanagement, overspending and lingering contamination in lucrative debris removal operations following large California wildfires.

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new job alert! 🚨 I'm going to be working at @lapublicpress.bsky.social through the California Local News Fellowship where I'll be writing stories about issues that matter the most to Angelenos. Tips? You can reach me at jdeng@lapublicpress.org. fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/cafellows/ne...