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Nausheen Husain
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writer and professor of journalism | words in The Nation, The Appeal, The HuffPost, Chicago Tribune | send tips: DM or [email protected] | urdu mein bhi nausheenhusain.github.io
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 14d
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.
White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 19d
Journalist must be safely allowed into Gaza as this transition is occurring.

A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.

A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.

A free press is essential to peace.
pocan.house.gov Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 19d
Today is an important day - the remaining Israeli hostages were released, Israel freed Palestinian prisoners, and the bloodshed in Gaza has stopped.

It’s now time to rebuild. As I said before, it can’t go back to an open air prison, it must be a place where Palestinians can thrive.
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 25d
BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]

Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo by Heidi Levine (July 30, 2025) showing an aerial view of Gaza destruction, taken during a Royal Jordanian military flight for a humanitarian aid mission.
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Prism @prismreports.org · Sep 18
📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!

Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Killing the story: Journalists speak on Palestine in U.S. newsrooms October 7 Panelists Aline Batarseh Abdallah Fayyad Eman Mohammed Sana Saeed Hosted by Laura Albast
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26d
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26d
Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · 26d
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29d
If you're interested in Paramount, CBS News, the Free Press, or the right-wing takeover of the media, please help spread this around and let's see if we can find out anything interesting :-)
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Oct 2
If you work at CBS News and have anything you'd like to share, please text me on Signal premthakker.35

Your anonymity will be protected
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Siri Chilukuri @siric.bsky.social · Sep 29
I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at other indie and nonprofit media orgs across the city, when I say this city is extraordinary these are the folks I’m talking about
tiffany.thetriibe.com Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · Sep 29
Still thinking about the way Chicago indie media came together yesterday to demand Steve’s release.

That level of solidarity in such a crucial moment gives me hope.

What’s happening in Chicago is reaching people. Amanda Seales shared it on IG.

Tired, but encouraged to keep pushing.
Amanda Seales shared The TRiiBE story on her Instagram page
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 27
Anyway, alternative media fascinates me so please hit me up if you have found gems like this or know where I can find more alternative/independent, historical publications and archives.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 27
At the bottom of the same page of this issue of Kaleidoscope:
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 27
The Tribune headline, according to this piece, was "You Can Feed A Family On A Welfare Budget," and this piece's critique includes the fact that the four people interviewed for the article were *not* on welfare and "boasted" that they could live on a welfare budget, which was $5.37 weekly per adult.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 27
This is from an alternative magazine called Kaleidoscope Chicago that lasted for less than one year: www.loc.gov/item/sn91055.... Found in JSTOR's 'Independent Voices' collection.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 27
Media criticism, 1969:

"The Chicago Tribune told its readers how to eat well on a welfare budget in a March 7 article that could have been ghost-written by Marie Antoinette. Marie told the bread-starved peasants of France to eat cake. The Tribune told Chicago's welfare poor to try cake mix."
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · Sep 19
If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · Sep 17
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
Advisory to Academic Workers
In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Sep 16
A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and has such called on governments worldwide to stop sending weapons to Israel.

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#Palestine #Israel
UN inquiry finds Israel is committing genocide, calls for arms embargo
A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and has such called on governments worldwide to stop sending...
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 11
Have been trying to formulate some of this for a while and I'm glad I got to write it down, including an interview with Dr. Erin Steuter, for @prismreports.org.
prismreports.org Prism @prismreports.org · Sep 11
Elite American media never had a “war on terror” reckoning. Palestinians are paying the price, writes @nausheen.bsky.social in an op-ed. Western journalists’ coverage of the genocide confirms that agenda-setting newsrooms learned nothing from their harmful post-9/11 reporting.
Media never had a “war on terror” reckoning. Palestinians are paying the price
Western journalists’ coverage of the genocide confirms that agenda-setting newsrooms learned nothing from their harmful post-9/11 reporting
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 10
Today at #datajconf: we talked about what we've learned about pedagogy in the process of running datajournalismteachers.club. Focused on grounding data journalism in tools *and* humanities, teaching with a learner-centered rather than a "banking" model, and how we learn in community. Join the club!
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Lucy Block @lucyblock.bsky.social · Sep 9
I'm speaking today at @datajconf.com to data journalists, and trying to convince them it's a good idea to collaborate with civic sector and advocacy organizations on data-driven news stories! Very excited, a little nervous!
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Sep 8
I’ve heard from a lot of parents who are NOT introducing their kids to generative AI but fewer who are.

If you are using generative AI with your young children and are open to chatting about it, please get in touch!
joolia.bsky.social Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Sep 8
Hello parents! I'm interested in talking to people with kids <8 about how they're thinking about introducing (or not) their kids to Generative AI.

Do you let your kid talk to ChatGPT? Are you trying to keep childhood AI-free?

I'd love to chat! DMs open/Signal in bio/[email protected]
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 9
I'm so excited to use this tool for my own research and writing. You should read more about it here: www.cjr.org/tow_center/u...
Unheard
Using large language models to conduct source audits of the news.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 9
She's partnering with @dmil.bsky.social to build Unheard, which is a source auditing tool for news stories. How many government officials are quoted in a story? How many civilians? How many others? This is desperately needed for elite newsrooms and those of us who study the WoT know that very well.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 9
By far, the most needed AI tool I learned about at #datajconf was introduced by Bette Dam asking: "Can we use an AI tool to investigate ourselves [journalists] rather than someone else?" Bette has reported on Afghanistan for decades and knows intimately how deeply flawed elite news coverage is.
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Nausheen Husain @nausheen.bsky.social · Sep 9
Also learned about Johann Jakob Meyer, one of the first editors of revolutionary Greece, who said, "Publication is the soul of justice."