Melody Joy Kramer
@mkramer.bsky.social
engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
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Intro: Hello! I’m a librarian and journalist who has also spent time with demographers, Wikipedia, and 18F. I care about hyperlocal information ecosystems, new models of information sharing, the South, digital archiving practices, hound dogs, and walking in the woods without headphones.
me: should we bundle the kids up and go to franklin street?
7-year-old: no.
7-year-old: no.
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
me: should we bundle the kids up and go to franklin street?
7-year-old: no.
7-year-old: no.
my children have surrounded themselves with a circle of tar heels paraphernalia.
just passed a bus that had a tiny flashing sign that said “beat dook”
February 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
my children have surrounded themselves with a circle of tar heels paraphernalia.
I once worked on a big analytics project for a different newsroom and we worked very, very hard to not have takeaways come from raw data - because it would have made us a viral-only outlet. www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/buil...
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I once worked on a big analytics project for a different newsroom and we worked very, very hard to not have takeaways come from raw data - because it would have made us a viral-only outlet. www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/buil...
Highly recommend Point Salad. Excellent fun game - works for 7 and up.
February 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Highly recommend Point Salad. Excellent fun game - works for 7 and up.
somehow five 8-year-olds are all watching me play nintendo and I am killing it.
a pixel art of mario on a motorcycle
ALT: a pixel art of mario on a motorcycle
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
somehow five 8-year-olds are all watching me play nintendo and I am killing it.
Date night: opening ceremonies, Thai food, and a roaming ukulele player.
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Date night: opening ceremonies, Thai food, and a roaming ukulele player.
Planning a family vacation to Omaha - aside from the zoo and the massive park, anything else to see? We love everything.
February 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Planning a family vacation to Omaha - aside from the zoo and the massive park, anything else to see? We love everything.
just passed a bus that had a tiny flashing sign that said “beat dook”
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
just passed a bus that had a tiny flashing sign that said “beat dook”
Reposted by Melody Joy Kramer
When I was in 8th grade I decided to become a journalist and I had a wonderful US history teacher who gave me this book as a gift at the end of the year.
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
When I was in 8th grade I decided to become a journalist and I had a wonderful US history teacher who gave me this book as a gift at the end of the year.
playing chopped against my 8-year-old. dessert round begins now.
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
playing chopped against my 8-year-old. dessert round begins now.
spouse has started ukulele lessons and practice this week is roam around home while playing ukulele.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
spouse has started ukulele lessons and practice this week is roam around home while playing ukulele.
the blogblog helped increase voter participation in a local election cycle by 30%. maybe a model to replicate!
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
the blogblog helped increase voter participation in a local election cycle by 30%. maybe a model to replicate!
Reposted by Melody Joy Kramer
What we loved about Dan McQuade:
What We Loved About Dan McQuade | Defector
Today is Dan McQuade’s funeral. To celebrate our friend, we wanted to give the people he worked with a place to explain what they loved so much about him. If you would like to support Dan’s widow Jan,...
defector.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
What we loved about Dan McQuade:
Lego is hiring a TikTok lead in Denmark www.lego.com/en-us/career...
Creative Lead, TikTok, Our LEGO Agency - Careers - LEGO.com
Creative Lead, TikTok, Our LEGO Agency: Job Description Are you ready to be one of our key creative drivers in the development of LEGO Social content and campai...
www.lego.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Lego is hiring a TikTok lead in Denmark www.lego.com/en-us/career...
Reposted by Melody Joy Kramer
Today, the Washington Post laid off more than 300 people.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Today, the Washington Post laid off more than 300 people.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
When I was in 8th grade I decided to become a journalist and I had a wonderful US history teacher who gave me this book as a gift at the end of the year.
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
When I was in 8th grade I decided to become a journalist and I had a wonderful US history teacher who gave me this book as a gift at the end of the year.
going out to dinner to celebrate school taking place tomorrow.
a man in a suit and tie with glasses says yes
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with glasses says yes
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
going out to dinner to celebrate school taking place tomorrow.
Reposted by Melody Joy Kramer
In this weekend’s @propublica.org Dispatches, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I wrote about our experiences in Minnesota in the days surrounding the killing of Alex Pretti. www.propublica.org/article/minn...
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
In this weekend’s @propublica.org Dispatches, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I wrote about our experiences in Minnesota in the days surrounding the killing of Alex Pretti. www.propublica.org/article/minn...
it is day 7 of not having full school days (one teacher workday, one snow day, three remote learning days, two 2-hour delays)
today my children are doing their assignments in a giant fort that they’ve built from bedsheets and pillows and various furniture items.
today my children are doing their assignments in a giant fort that they’ve built from bedsheets and pillows and various furniture items.
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
it is day 7 of not having full school days (one teacher workday, one snow day, three remote learning days, two 2-hour delays)
today my children are doing their assignments in a giant fort that they’ve built from bedsheets and pillows and various furniture items.
today my children are doing their assignments in a giant fort that they’ve built from bedsheets and pillows and various furniture items.
hello! it brings me great joy to do ridiculous projects and this is my jazz car.
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
hello! it brings me great joy to do ridiculous projects and this is my jazz car.
i have special interests
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
i have special interests
ok the school district automated message saying another remote learning day tomorrow, then noting it’s groundhog day, then repeating the message made me laugh.
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
ok the school district automated message saying another remote learning day tomorrow, then noting it’s groundhog day, then repeating the message made me laugh.
A remote learning day has somehow doubled the number of children in my home.
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
A remote learning day has somehow doubled the number of children in my home.