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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · 1d

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Marie Colvin Journalists' Network @mariecolvinnet.bsky.social · 2d

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · 8d

The Marie Colvin Center is hosting Robin Barnwell, 2025
Scripps Howard Fund award winning
director of A Year of War, Israelis and Palestinians, at the Wang Center, 1pm, Wed October 8, @stonybrooku.bsky.social . All welcome.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 19d

Opinion | The message is clear: anybody who crosses the President does so at their peril

🖋️ @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social ➡️ Read more: trib.al/P0EPsND

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · 29d

As a Sarah…

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Sep 7

Putin denies justice for Marie Colvin by harbouring Assad

www.thetimes.com/article/2471...

Putin denies justice for Marie Colvin by harbouring Assad

French authorities have issued arrest warrants for the former Syrian president, his brother and henchmen over the killing of the Sunday Times journalist in 2012

www.thetimes.com

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Aug 24

Only 25 people can solve Syria’s darkest puzzle. They’re dentists - sobering story about the disappeared by @christinalamb.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/99ad...

Only 25 people can solve Syria’s darkest puzzle. They’re dentists

Tens of thousands of people were tortured and murdered by the Assad regime. Now an unlikely alliance has begun the monumental task of identifying them

www.thetimes.com

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Aug 16

Coy flirting, fraternal greetings and nothing to show for it. Now it's over to Zelensky when Putin could stop the war tomorrow inews.co.uk/opinion/admi...

Plenty of admiration and no deal in sight - Trump's summit was a failure

A red carpet reception and a ride in Trump's car - that's about as much we got from the supposedly blockbuster summit

inews.co.uk

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

cpj.org

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Aug 7

JD Vance has finally made it to South Park as Trump's mini-sidekick in ...here's my column on why he's stuck in the role of puppet in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/jd-v...

JD Vance has a choice: be Trump’s puppet president or become irrelevant

It is greatly in the President's interest to line up an eager and compliant heir

inews.co.uk

Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Aug 2

A Kamala comeback? It's the same-old, same-old from the Democrats. My column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/pers...

The person most excited for a Kamala Harris comeback? Donald Trump

It's the same-old same old from the Democrats

inews.co.uk

Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Jul 27

Syria returns to bloodshed: ‘I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’. A devastating report by @christinalamb.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/eb67...

Syria returns to bloodshed: ‘I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’

Members of the Druze minority are telling of executions, allegedly by gunmen from government forces, after clashes between opposing groups

www.thetimes.com

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · Jul 25

"The American media might have cowed to Trump over Epstein - but the British won't," writes @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

Read more: https://trib.al/qYAmiXk

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Jul 7

How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims - superb investigation by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims

A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar al-Assad.

www.nytimes.com

Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Jun 13

Play nice: then bully. Trump maps out the long game with Iran. My column on the Israeli attacks. inews.co.uk/opinion/play...

Play nice, then bully: Trump maps out the long game with Iran

The US President is positioning himself as the only man who can broker peace, once the bombing stops

inews.co.uk

Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · May 23

Goodbye for now to a very special group of communication and journalism students. I’ll be seeing some if you in Sweden! @stonybrooku.bsky.social

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · May 23

A round of applause for these talented journalism masters students 👏👏👏👏@stonybrooku.bsky.social

Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · May 2

Beware! Trump's critics could look like chumps @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Trump's critics could very soon look like chumps

After hitting the buffers a few times, it's possible we are about to see some of his policies pay off

inews.co.uk

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Apr 29

Trump is itching for the revival of Antifa @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/riot...

Riots would be a gift to Trump - and propel him into an indefinite presidency

The White House is itching for the revival of Antifa

inews.co.uk

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Apr 27

Our now in the stylish new Observer observer.co.uk/news/profile...

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s charming press chief with a mean-girl glint

The White House press secretary is a Maga loyalist who is tipped to become the US president’s chief of staff

observer.co.uk

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Sarah Baxter @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social · Apr 26

Delighted to see @lauracummingart.bsky.social and Robert Harris puffed on the front page. The picture is a work of art in itself…

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · Apr 26

The first Observer overseen by Tortoise Media - and what a picture they got to kick it off.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · Apr 25

Opinion | Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church

Trumpworld thinks it is time to Make the Vatican Great Again

🖋 @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social