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Michael Williams
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Editor at Reuters. Plus other things.
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Reuters set out to craft the perfect phishing scam. Major AI chatbots were happy to help. - www.reuters.com/world/we-set...
We wanted to craft a perfect phishing scam. AI bots were happy to help
Reuters and a Harvard researcher used AI to plot a simulated phishing scam and tested it on senior volunteers. It worked–showing how AI arms criminals for fraud
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September 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Great new job here at Reuters: Visual Investigations Editor.
London or NY preferred. Apply here:
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Visual Investigations Editor, Reuters
Reuters is seeking a creative editor with impeccable news judgment, spellbinding storytelling skills and a thirst and aptitude for innovation to produce engaging and ground-breaking visual investigati...
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March 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Great idea, Bill and Sewell!
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Longtime readers of @columjournreview.bsky.social will remember "Darts & Laurels," a column that pointed out journalists' triumphs and failures. We're resurrecting it, but w/ an emphasis on good stuff (hence, "Laurels & Darts").

Submissions welcome, email at end of this: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Introducing Laurels and Darts
CJR’s longtime column of criticism and praise is being revived—with a twist.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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New: A 2nd DOGE staffer has amplified extremists online, including Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate

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Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online
One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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OnlyFans is among the world's most successful social media platforms – but a secretive one. Reuters traces its rise from an obscure, porn-free site to an adults-only phenomenon turbocharged by erotic performers and influencers.
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How OnlyFans turned into an empire bent on redefining porn
Reuters traces OnlyFans' journey from an obscure, porn-free site to an adults-only social media phenomenon turbocharged by erotic performers and influencers.
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December 28, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Why are fentanyl deaths declining? Maurice Tamman and Shannon Stapleton find answers in a beaten-down neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.
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A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn‘t ending the crisis
The US death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities hand out overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Behind the good news, opioids remain rife - and users report harrowing effects from the antidote.
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December 21, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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New: Chemical brokers are the supply chiefs of the illicit fentanyl trade, funneling Chinese ingredients to Mexico's producers. Industry insiders tell @Reuters how they use bribery, tricks and violence to feed the pipeline.
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The shadowy ‘brokers’ smuggling fentanyl chemicals for Mexican cartels
Chemical brokers are the supply chiefs of the fentanyl trade, smuggling key ingredients from China to Mexico. Bribes, trickery and violence help them feed the pipeline.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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New in Musk’s SpaceX: Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by Trump’s NASA nominee www.reuters.com/technology/s...
Exclusive: Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by NASA nominee
A September power outage at a California facility of SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, caused a loss of ground control for at least an hour during a mission that included the first private spacewalk in history, according to three people familiar with the problem.
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December 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Scoop: Myanmar's military has detained food-security researchers and warned aid workers not to release information revealing that millions are experiencing severe hunger. Fearing retaliation, aid organizations have suppressed their findings. via @reuters.com
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Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis
Myanmar’s army has warned aid workers not to release data showing millions are hungry. Fearing retaliation, aid groups have held back publicizing their findings
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December 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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The new Treasury Secretary's hedge fund was a terrible performer.

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Exclusive: Fund manager Bessent scores double on Trump victory
As a money manager, Scott Bessent's years of inconsistent performance have contributed to a nearly 90% decline in his hedge fund's assets. Now, with other business lines expanding, he has scored on perhaps his biggest bet yet: President-elect Donald Trump.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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Timely: how Trump’s team plans to turn up the heat on China over fentanyl. It’s not just tariffs. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump camp says China is ‘attacking’ U.S. with fentanyl. A fight looms
President Joe Biden‘s fentanyl diplomacy with China is under scrutiny as President-elect Donald Trump’s team seeks a harder line to stop the flow of Chinese-made chemicals powering America’s epidemic.
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November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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"Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation, torment and sexual servitude" ... Here's our latest harrowing look inside the billion-dollar porn platform.
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Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation and torture
OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Another big hire at Reuters: AP investigative journalist Lori Hinnant is joining us as EMEA investigations editor ... www.reutersagency.com/en/media-cen...
Lori Hinnant named Reuters EMEA investigations editor | Reuters News Agency
Reuters Global Enterprise Editor Mike Williams today shared the below note with staff, announcing the appointment of Lori Hinnant as EMEA investigations
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November 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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The Kremlin signals what it wants. Via Reuters Moscow bureau chief Guy Faulconbridge. Exclusive: Putin, ascendant in Ukraine, eyes contours of a Trump peace deal - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: Putin, ascendant in Ukraine, eyes contours of a Trump peace deal
Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO, five sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
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November 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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Great news at Reuters: Sally Buzbee is joining us as News Editor for US and Canada bit.ly/3Od4Etb
Reuters taps Sally Buzbee to be News Editor for US and Canada
Sally Buzbee, most recently the executive editor of the Washington Post, will join Reuters as News Editor for the United States and Canada, overseeing the global news agency’s coverage of a second Donald Trump presidency, among other priorities, Reuters said on Tuesday.
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November 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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In echo of Soviet era, Russians are informing on each other over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 15, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Scoop: Trump team plans to kill Biden’s EV tax credit. What does it mean for Elon?

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Exclusive: Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling

Definitely go read the investigation an Indian court censored for almost a year.

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Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling
Reuters found that Appin grew from an educational startup to a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians and wealthy elites around the globe.
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October 26, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Exclusive: Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say
Exclusive: Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say
Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon.
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November 14, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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Here's Reuters' Pulitzer-winning look at Elon Musk's companies www.reuters.com/investigates...
The Musk Industrial Complex
Reuters exposes grave harms to consumers, workers and laboratory animals across Elon Musk’s manufacturing empire, resulting in investigations by U.S. and European regulators and calls for action from U.S. lawmakers.
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November 12, 2024 at 2:16 PM