I still feel that the fact that most photojournalists were never given access to hospitals/treatment spaces had a profound effect on the public's understanding of the numbers. Some PJs got access, but most of us were shut out. Private hospitals. Hospitals afraid of losing federal funding...

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d ago

Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...

Hello everyone complaining about the media and the perceived lack of good journalism! Anyone have a thought in good faith?

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · last wk.

Thinking out loud about how to sustain not just local but national journalism... there are so many people making things, putting them up online on social media apps, they are at the mercy of these huge companies...

Thinking out loud about how to sustain not just local but national journalism... there are so many people making things, putting them up online on social media apps, they are at the mercy of these huge companies...

Hello everyone complaining about the media and the perceived lack of good journalism! Anyone have a thought in good faith?

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · last wk.

Thinking out loud about how to sustain not just local but national journalism... there are so many people making things, putting them up online on social media apps, they are at the mercy of these huge companies...

Thinking out loud about how to sustain not just local but national journalism... there are so many people making things, putting them up online on social media apps, they are at the mercy of these huge companies...

and a shoutout and thank you to @leahmillis.bsky.social for capturing this important photo of ChongLy Scott Thao, which encapsulates the brutal tactics used by immigration agents in minnesota during operation metro surge.

Ramsey County sues DHS over failure to hand over evidence in potential kidnapping of U.S. citizen • Minnesota Reformer

Ramsey County officials are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, seeking evidence related to potential crimes committed by federal agents against a St. Paul man during Operation Metro Surge...

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Photos from the past week photographing the U.S. ‌Justice Department's so-called “summer surge” of thousands of National Guard troops and additional federal law enforcement ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations in Washington, D.C. Photos: @leahmillis.bsky.social for @reuters.com

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · last mo.

I spent all week photographing National Guard & federal law enforcement in DC. More photos incoming...

Photos from the past week photographing the U.S. ‌Justice Department's so-called “summer surge” of thousands of National Guard troops and additional federal law enforcement ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations in Washington, D.C. Photos: @leahmillis.bsky.social for @reuters.com

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · last mo.

I spent all week photographing National Guard & federal law enforcement in DC. More photos incoming...

I spent all week photographing National Guard & federal law enforcement in DC. More photos incoming...

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last mo.

What an image

National Guard troops keeping an eye on the fenced-off reflecting pool in DC last night. Photos: @leahmillis / @reuters

DC: it's primary day, voters are out, I'm out and about covering it. Anyone see any National Guard/LE near any voting centers? #june16 #voting #electionintegrity

DC beginning to feel like the previous surge with Federal LE all over the place.

Was almost just in a head on collision with a vehicle that was being pursued down 11th St NW by US Park Police and two unmarked SUVs with no plates. #DC

I always kind of joked with my loved ones that if I ever died in an Osprey accident while in the WH Press Pool they should prepare themselves for a lot of jokes and cheering. This scene here tonight is pretty bleak. I hope you can heal whatever pain is pushing you to post such things.

I was at Jan 6 and a lot of people who weren’t there knew a lot more than me and my journalist colleagues that day because they weren’t pinned to one specific spot with one view and they weren’t dealing with the stress, either. Lotta ppl missing the point which is that good journalism during

Steven Rich@datab.ae · 3mo ago

this is a good example of why breaking news situations are difficult. this one happened in a room full of journalists and i’ve seen at least three different and conflicting narratives

I was at Jan 6 and I had much less info than people not on the ground. It’s chaos. The fact that you weren’t getting definitive info quickly actually points to the amount of professional journos there. Many couldn’t confirm anything, thus they weren’t putting out rumors.

August J. Pollak@augustjpollak.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

Maybe don’t add to the normalization of violence in this country by making light of a traumatic situation.

People here are being really shitty, including at fellow journalists who've been traumatized, and you will regret those posts. Or should. Also this does not help your political cause, whatever that might be.

Taken by Salwan Georges, photojournalist recently fired from the Washington Post.

Thinking of my colleagues who were at WHCA tonight.

I've always struggled with self promotion, but I have learned that there is an argument to be made not only for getting the stories out there & educating the public about who we are and that we exist. Here's my intro video I made for TT. #photography #photojournalism #media #news music by @SunsO

And side note: can we stop teaching each other to walk with keys between our fingers? It can actually hurt your hand worse than it does damage to an attacker. Also pepper spray can incapacitate you as well, so know how to treat it. Carry on.

Kaz@kazlefay.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Dudes. As a society we taught young women to walk with keys between their fingers in dark parking lots and to carry pepper spray in their purse. So yes. I’m asking you to be responsible for the actions of other men. After all, that’s what you’ve asked of women for centuries. It’s your turn.

One of the most impactful workshops I ever went to was hosted by Leah on this subject.

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Four days left to register! Link in bio! Join us, some of the things we will cover are LE tactics, weapons, PPE, IFAKs, mental health and digital security basics. #journalism #safety #protests

Journalists: have y'all heard of this? I just got a promo email for it. It comes across like something written by AI with some weird claims and numbers that don't seem to add up. Also, their one image is AI and they sent this to me, a professional photographer. www.moxy.live/journalist

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MOXY Social Ecosystem - Feel the Power of Democracy in the 21st Century.

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Two days left to register! Join us, some of the things we will cover are LE tactics, weapons, PPE, IFAKs, mental health and digital security basics. #journalism #safety #protests #photojournalism

Four days left to register! Link in bio! Join us, some of the things we will cover are LE tactics, weapons, PPE, IFAKs, mental health and digital security basics. #journalism #safety #protests

Join us before you’re in a panic about having to cover your first protest after things start popping off in your city/town

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Journalists! I’m teaching a workshop THIS WEEKEND APRIL 19th on the fundamentals of covering protests and civil unrest safely via Protect the Press. docs.google.com/forms/d/1W2B...

Journalists! I’m teaching a workshop THIS WEEKEND APRIL 19th on the fundamentals of covering protests and civil unrest safely via Protect the Press. docs.google.com/forms/d/1W2B...

This took like 5 tries to post, apologies.

Leah Millis@leahmillis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A day after I took this photo & Thao had been released, we returned & met the family. A few hrs later, ICE vehicles showed up outside of their home again. I returned & stayed with the family as they waited in terror. I was scared to leave, thinking I needed to be there if they came in again.

A day after I took this photo & Thao had been released, we returned & met the family. A few hrs later, ICE vehicles showed up outside of their home again. I returned & stayed with the family as they waited in terror. I was scared to leave, thinking I needed to be there if they came in again.

Minnesota Investigates ICE Arrest of Man in His Underwear on Frigid Day

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