Grace Kennedy
@gracekennwrites.bsky.social
West Coast journalist with an East Coast journalism degree
Contact me: [email protected]
Words in @fvcurrent.bsky.social, Agassiz-Harrison Observer, North Delta Reporter, Cloverdale Reporter
New book from @nimbuspub.bsky.social coming Spring 2026
Contact me: [email protected]
Words in @fvcurrent.bsky.social, Agassiz-Harrison Observer, North Delta Reporter, Cloverdale Reporter
New book from @nimbuspub.bsky.social coming Spring 2026
I have literally been thinking about this all day. How unbelievably depressing.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I have literally been thinking about this all day. How unbelievably depressing.
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It's ... alive!
After hours of work on the words from me and on the images from @midnightoilalex.bsky.social, my first book is starting to come together!
CANADA'S ENDANGERED ANIMALS (@nimbuspub.bsky.social) will be out Spring 2026 -- and rumour has it you can preorder early in the new year.
After hours of work on the words from me and on the images from @midnightoilalex.bsky.social, my first book is starting to come together!
CANADA'S ENDANGERED ANIMALS (@nimbuspub.bsky.social) will be out Spring 2026 -- and rumour has it you can preorder early in the new year.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's ... alive!
After hours of work on the words from me and on the images from @midnightoilalex.bsky.social, my first book is starting to come together!
CANADA'S ENDANGERED ANIMALS (@nimbuspub.bsky.social) will be out Spring 2026 -- and rumour has it you can preorder early in the new year.
After hours of work on the words from me and on the images from @midnightoilalex.bsky.social, my first book is starting to come together!
CANADA'S ENDANGERED ANIMALS (@nimbuspub.bsky.social) will be out Spring 2026 -- and rumour has it you can preorder early in the new year.
One of my dreams is to write a romcom about a female journalist in which her job is integral to the plot, but the plot does not require her to compromise her journalistic integrity in any way.
You know, the way most of us female journos live every day.
You know, the way most of us female journos live every day.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
One of my dreams is to write a romcom about a female journalist in which her job is integral to the plot, but the plot does not require her to compromise her journalistic integrity in any way.
You know, the way most of us female journos live every day.
You know, the way most of us female journos live every day.
If any former @fvcurrent.bsky.social readers are missing a @tyolsen.bsky.social rehash of the FV floods and the current state of disaster prevention in BC, you can find it over at @thetyee.ca
BC’s Flood Prevention Promises Remain Unfulfilled | The Tyee
After the 2021 atmospheric river, governments preached averting over recovery. Locals remember. Do politicians?
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If any former @fvcurrent.bsky.social readers are missing a @tyolsen.bsky.social rehash of the FV floods and the current state of disaster prevention in BC, you can find it over at @thetyee.ca
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really excited to launch the newest residency at Upstart & Crow, which is specifically for parent-writers and includes a childcare stipend in addition to a residency grant and space to work. the residency I have dreamed of! applications open this weekend: upstartandcrow.com/programs/par...
Parent-Writers' Residency | Upstart & Crow
upstartandcrow.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
really excited to launch the newest residency at Upstart & Crow, which is specifically for parent-writers and includes a childcare stipend in addition to a residency grant and space to work. the residency I have dreamed of! applications open this weekend: upstartandcrow.com/programs/par...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
This bandwagon is too stressful, I would like to get off now.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This bandwagon is too stressful, I would like to get off now.
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Thanks to this tool, I just listened to a city official say "there will still be marmots breeding in the cemetery."
Today, @nationalobserver.com is launching a tool to search municipal meeting transcripts across Canada. The tool has already helped us unearth a climate denial network targeting towns and cities, report on AI data centers, measure our impact and more.
Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!
Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!
Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation
Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thanks to this tool, I just listened to a city official say "there will still be marmots breeding in the cemetery."
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Today we launch Civic Searchlight, a tool for searching local government meeting transcripts across 550 municipalities in Canada.
Access is open for researchers and journalists:
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
Access is open for researchers and journalists:
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
CivicSearchlight - by Canada's National Observer
Search transcripts of municipal meetings across Canada. Find discussions about topics that matter to your community with Canada's National Observer's search tool.
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today we launch Civic Searchlight, a tool for searching local government meeting transcripts across 550 municipalities in Canada.
Access is open for researchers and journalists:
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
Access is open for researchers and journalists:
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
Happy #HobbitDay to those who celebrate! Pics from the weekend’s bi-annual Hobbit Party.
September 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy #HobbitDay to those who celebrate! Pics from the weekend’s bi-annual Hobbit Party.
I had a dream I was a reporter working in an intergalactic news agency writing an investigative story on alien poaching and now I need @matthewclaxton.bsky.social to write the story please and thanks.
September 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I had a dream I was a reporter working in an intergalactic news agency writing an investigative story on alien poaching and now I need @matthewclaxton.bsky.social to write the story please and thanks.
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There are folks who like to take "sides" in local media, cheering for or against organizations or journalists like they're heroes or villains in the ongoing struggle for truth.
But in B.C., it's more like an ecosystem. There are places you might like less or more, but they all contribute.
But in B.C., it's more like an ecosystem. There are places you might like less or more, but they all contribute.
Global is a really important part of BC’s news ecosystem
Just to name one example, they were able to break a series of important stories about the Noelle O’Soup case globalnews.ca/news/9032414...
Just to name one example, they were able to break a series of important stories about the Noelle O’Soup case globalnews.ca/news/9032414...
September 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
There are folks who like to take "sides" in local media, cheering for or against organizations or journalists like they're heroes or villains in the ongoing struggle for truth.
But in B.C., it's more like an ecosystem. There are places you might like less or more, but they all contribute.
But in B.C., it's more like an ecosystem. There are places you might like less or more, but they all contribute.
I’m a young woman who inherits/wins a dilapidated house. I make zero rezoning and/or building permit and/or business license applications to the local council while I turn it into a B&B.
July 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m a young woman who inherits/wins a dilapidated house. I make zero rezoning and/or building permit and/or business license applications to the local council while I turn it into a B&B.
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We can't even boycott the USA in peace, they're dragging us over the border now.
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We can't even boycott the USA in peace, they're dragging us over the border now.
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"elbows up" (tread water while the US coast guard drowns you for fishing in Canada)
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"elbows up" (tread water while the US coast guard drowns you for fishing in Canada)
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Personal news: In this morning's newsletter, I announced that I'm leaving FVC (and Overstory Media) at the end of the week.
My reasons include general burnout, personal living circumstances, and the challenges that come with operating a publication, especially one part of a larger media business.
My reasons include general burnout, personal living circumstances, and the challenges that come with operating a publication, especially one part of a larger media business.
July 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Personal news: In this morning's newsletter, I announced that I'm leaving FVC (and Overstory Media) at the end of the week.
My reasons include general burnout, personal living circumstances, and the challenges that come with operating a publication, especially one part of a larger media business.
My reasons include general burnout, personal living circumstances, and the challenges that come with operating a publication, especially one part of a larger media business.
Almost done my second full week of Not Doing Journalism, and let me tell you, sleeping in rocks.
I haven’t totally abandoned FVC though—I spent part of today at the Chilliwack Archives helping figure out how best to archive our work for the future.
I haven’t totally abandoned FVC though—I spent part of today at the Chilliwack Archives helping figure out how best to archive our work for the future.
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Almost done my second full week of Not Doing Journalism, and let me tell you, sleeping in rocks.
I haven’t totally abandoned FVC though—I spent part of today at the Chilliwack Archives helping figure out how best to archive our work for the future.
I haven’t totally abandoned FVC though—I spent part of today at the Chilliwack Archives helping figure out how best to archive our work for the future.
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Important: Lytton is not "on fire" or "evacuated."
A fire that erupted on June 30 is now being classified as "being held" at six hectares. Which is pretty tiny for a BC wildfire.
There's another wildfire to the north, but it's far from Lytton. Over-dramatizing isn't helpful.
A fire that erupted on June 30 is now being classified as "being held" at six hectares. Which is pretty tiny for a BC wildfire.
There's another wildfire to the north, but it's far from Lytton. Over-dramatizing isn't helpful.
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Important: Lytton is not "on fire" or "evacuated."
A fire that erupted on June 30 is now being classified as "being held" at six hectares. Which is pretty tiny for a BC wildfire.
There's another wildfire to the north, but it's far from Lytton. Over-dramatizing isn't helpful.
A fire that erupted on June 30 is now being classified as "being held" at six hectares. Which is pretty tiny for a BC wildfire.
There's another wildfire to the north, but it's far from Lytton. Over-dramatizing isn't helpful.
Doing research for my book today, and came across this absolutely bonkers NPR story on horseshoe crabs, blue blood, and a massive resource exploitation industry.
Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability
Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic coast.
www.npr.org
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Doing research for my book today, and came across this absolutely bonkers NPR story on horseshoe crabs, blue blood, and a massive resource exploitation industry.
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Hello, FoodSky! I have a relatively simple question about U.S. grocery supply chains that is not really a google question, it's an ask-an-expert question. Literally just one question, could be answered by email or a five-minute phone call. Can anyone point me to someone who could help? For a story.
July 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hello, FoodSky! I have a relatively simple question about U.S. grocery supply chains that is not really a google question, it's an ask-an-expert question. Literally just one question, could be answered by email or a five-minute phone call. Can anyone point me to someone who could help? For a story.
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You can build a good, sustainable outlet from scratch *very* slowly. But If you're an existing outlet that is failing, it's very, very hard (impossible?) to reverse a decline with the incremental benefits that come from good journalism. The bad legacy economic forces outweigh the good quality forces
This is really bad. But the economic realities of journalism are really bad and those realities then, in turn, select for people interested in doing the things that the economic realities demand, thus reinforcing a terrible cycle.
June 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You can build a good, sustainable outlet from scratch *very* slowly. But If you're an existing outlet that is failing, it's very, very hard (impossible?) to reverse a decline with the incremental benefits that come from good journalism. The bad legacy economic forces outweigh the good quality forces
My thread did not mention Joti, who was my first real colleague, and not just an editor. Having another reporter felt like such a luxury, and I’m so glad we got to work together. Ditto for Josh and Grace 2—they made FVC a better place to be.
I also should mention that FVC would not have done what it did without the considerable efforts of Joti Grewal, who left in maternity leave and decided to continue raising her kid, along with @joshkozelj27.bsky.social, Grace Giesbrecht and company colleagues like Nikki Gill.
June 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My thread did not mention Joti, who was my first real colleague, and not just an editor. Having another reporter felt like such a luxury, and I’m so glad we got to work together. Ditto for Josh and Grace 2—they made FVC a better place to be.
Every time I have sat down to write my “Goodbye @fvcurrent.bsky.social” thread, I have been interrupted by my children. Which feels like an appropriate cap to my FVC experience. Today was my last day at The Current, after four years of helping create the local newsletter.
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June 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Every time I have sat down to write my “Goodbye @fvcurrent.bsky.social” thread, I have been interrupted by my children. Which feels like an appropriate cap to my FVC experience. Today was my last day at The Current, after four years of helping create the local newsletter.
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