Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Rebecca Woolington @rwoolington.bsky.social · Aug 14

So thrilled to be joining The Post’s incredible investigations team as a deputy editor!

www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/08/1...

Rebecca Woolington Named Deputy Editor of the Long-term Investigations Team

www.washingtonpost.com

2 4

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Lisa Gartner @lisagartner.bsky.social · Aug 14

Beyond thrilled to share that @rwoolington.bsky.social is joining The Washington Post's investigations team www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/08/1...

Rebecca Woolington Named Deputy Editor of the Long-term Investigations Team

www.washingtonpost.com

2 2 4

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Bethany Barnes @betsbarnes.bsky.social · May 30

There are still spots in our Writing The Investigative Narrative class at @ire.org!

Come talk craft with me & @rwoolington.bsky.social ✨📰

Sign up here: www.ire.org/product/ire2...

Image advertising the IRE master class mentioned in the post with headshots of the instructors

1 3 3

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · May 28

A judge blocked enforcement of #Florida’s immigration law as unconstitutional. Police arrested 25 people anyway -- most of them after being stopped by Florida Highway Patrol for minor traffic violations. www.tampabay.com/investigatio... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

A judge blocked Florida’s immigration law. Police arrested 25 anyway

Most were arrested after being stopped by Florida Highway Patrol for minor traffic violations. Some ended up in ICE custody.

www.tampabay.com

4 17 20

Rebecca Woolington @rwoolington.bsky.social · May 28

After a judge blocked Florida's immigration law, police arrested dozens.

Most were pulled over for minor traffic infractions. One was arrested after he was an apparent victim in a hit-and-run crash. Many are in ICE custody.

A must-read from this amazing team:

www.tampabay.com/investigatio...

A judge blocked Florida’s immigration law. Police arrested 25 anyway

Most were arrested after being stopped by Florida Highway Patrol for minor traffic violations. Some ended up in ICE custody.

www.tampabay.com

1

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

The Sidney Hillman Foundation @sidneyhillman.bsky.social · May 21

Congratulations to Zachary Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru, Bethany Barnes and the whole team at the Tampa Bay Times on winning this month's Sidney for their sweeping investigation of manatee deaths in Florida and the state's declining water quality.

3 8

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

The Sidney Hillman Foundation @sidneyhillman.bsky.social · May 21

The Tampa Bay Times wins the May Sidney for their first-of-its-kind investigation into the water quality crisis that is killing the state’s manatees:

Tampa Bay Times wins May Sidney for Sounding the Alarm About Florida’s Manatee Crisis

Zachary Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru and Bethany Barnes win the May Sidney Award for “Wasting Away,” a Tampa Bay Times investigation into the mass die-off of manatees in Florida. The manatee is a gentle ...

bit.ly

6 68 220

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · May 16

ecological catastrophe in florida but no worries they are focusing on the real threats: fluoridated water

project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

120 1K 3.4K

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · Apr 10

A @tampabaytimes.bsky.social investigation found hundreds of #Florida waterways have shown rising contamination over the past 25 years. Here's where to find them. www.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Which polluted Florida waters are getting worse? Find out here

A Times investigation found hundreds of waterways have shown rising contamination over 25 years.

www.tampabay.com

4 15 26

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · Apr 6

The fine folks at The Sunday Long Read let me pick my favorite stories this week—and it was a good week!

The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · Apr 6

Morning! Today we're thrilled to introduce this week’s guest editor, @knguyen.bsky.social. His new book, Mỹ Documents, comes out on Tuesday and is as much about the power and perils of storytelling as it is about several other shockingly timely themes. Enjoy his SLR: mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...

The Sunday Long Read: Kevin Nguyen, The Knot, Financial Crisis

The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.

mailchi.mp

2 9

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Longreads @longreads.com · Apr 4

"Rehabbers dumped box after box of romaine lettuce into the water. The young manatee’s next meal was never in question. But her future is." —Zachary T. Sampson, @shreyavut.bsky.social @betsbarnes.bsky.social @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

longreads.com/2025/04/04/w...

3 6

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Apr 3

To understand the crisis manatees face, @shreyavut.bsky.social, Zack Sampson, & @betsbarnes.bsky.social spoke with over 100 scientists, politicians, & environmentalists.

Here’s how they revealed that decades of pollution pushed Florida’s waterways to the brink. project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: How we analyzed pollution in Florida waters

Reporters reviewed millions of water samples and hundreds of records to assess water quality.

project.tampabay.com

2 6

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Maria Carrillo @havana58.bsky.social · Apr 3

"We have a 5-alarm fire here.”
@tampabaytimes.bsky.social has put together a comprehensive look at the manatee crisis and what it says about efforts to combat pollution. Really impressive work. project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

4 3

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Apr 2

When Florida's manatees started dying @shreyavut.bsky.social, Zack Sampson, & @betsbarnes.bsky.social began to ask, why?

They found that the state's waterways were being polluted by chemicals.

A @tampabaytimes.bsky.social' reporting project. project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

1 6 1

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Ryan Gabrielson @ryangabrielson.bsky.social · Apr 2

In trove of Farmers Insurance internal records,
@susien.bsky.social + @meganmunce.bsky.social found the insurer shut down a probe of inaccurate rebuild estimates when wildfire survivors began to sue.

5 7

Rebecca Woolington @rwoolington.bsky.social · Apr 2

NEW: Florida touts spending millions of dollars to reduce water pollution. But the efforts aren’t working.

Instead, hundreds of waterways have become dangerously contaminated.

From the amazing Zack Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru and Bethany Barnes:

project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

1 4 6

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Mark Katches @katches.bsky.social · Apr 2

The depth of reporting from Tampa Bay Times journalists Zachary T. Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru and Bethany Barnes is stunning and extraordinary. : #WastingAway gets to the heart of why Florida’s gentle giants – the manatees – have been perishing. A MUST READ.

project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

4 9

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Apr 2

👀 Groundbreaking environmental #journalism crunching mountains of data, using scientific experts, to document poorly regulated #Florida water pollution from sewage, fertilizer and manure, and the manatees who died from it. Tampa Bay Times project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

3 1

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Sara Gregory @saraegregory.bsky.social · Apr 2

No one does investigations quite like @tampabaytimes.bsky.social. This latest one will take your breath away: project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

2 1

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · Apr 2

Rampant pollution caused thousands of manatees to starve & conditions in #Florida waterways are getting worse. A special investigation by @tampabaytimes.bsky.social project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

5 14 32

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · Apr 2

“Times reporters conducted a first-of-its-kind statewide analysis, pinpointing alarming levels of chemicals in nearly 1 in 4 waterways. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection touts spending millions of dollars to reduce the contamination. But the efforts aren’t working”

Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

project.tampabay.com

3 3

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · Mar 7

Saw the SpaceX Starship explode during sunset from Key West tonight

1 1 4

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · Feb 25

I’ve been working on this story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social for many months and am so grateful to members of the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation for all that they shared with me. Also so grateful to @epiphany-couch-art.bsky.social for her stunning art. 💜

www.hcn.org/issues/57-3/...

The true cost of the huckleberry industry - High Country News

The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.

www.hcn.org

2 7 21

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Ryan Gabrielson @ryangabrielson.bsky.social · Feb 27

By the time 15-yr-old Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an SF driveway last April, Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino had already spent months investigating California's for-profit psychiatric hospitals.
They soon found her story epitomized the crisis inside these facilities.

4 7 9

Reposted by Rebecca Woolington

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Feb 18

They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum.

Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama.

Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown:

23 540 1.3K