Marissa J. Lang ✍🏽🗞️
@marissajae.bsky.social
Local enterprise at @washingtonpost.com. Formerly: housing + gentrification; protests + extremism. @PostGuild.bsky.social organizer. Forever NYer. 🍕 Latina bilingüe. 🇪🇨 Happy to be here. 👋🏽
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
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Really superb piece on kids keeping DC’s go-go music alive, by @marissajae.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
These teens are trying to save go-go. Can the music save them, too?
A new generation of D.C. teens is discovering the power of go-go music, thanks to a revival effort in local schools.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Really superb piece on kids keeping DC’s go-go music alive, by @marissajae.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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These Teens Are Trying to Save Go-Go. Can the Music Save Them, Too?
By Marissa J. Lang
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By Marissa J. Lang
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These teens are trying to save go-go. Can the music save them, too?
A new generation of D.C. teens is discovering the power of go-go music, thanks to a revival effort in local schools.
wapo.st
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
These Teens Are Trying to Save Go-Go. Can the Music Save Them, Too?
By Marissa J. Lang
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By Marissa J. Lang
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So, @marissajae.bsky.social and I knew D.C. was changing up its canopy, but we wanted to explore what which regions of the country would be most represented in the city’s planting strategy.
The data pointed to the midwest and gulf coast.
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The data pointed to the midwest and gulf coast.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
October 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So, @marissajae.bsky.social and I knew D.C. was changing up its canopy, but we wanted to explore what which regions of the country would be most represented in the city’s planting strategy.
The data pointed to the midwest and gulf coast.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
The data pointed to the midwest and gulf coast.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
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Imagine screenshotting an opinion section article that’s not part of the editorial newsroom, misleading people and in the same post claim to believe in democracy. Look, a three reporter byline story with a national slideshow leading the homepage.
October 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Imagine screenshotting an opinion section article that’s not part of the editorial newsroom, misleading people and in the same post claim to believe in democracy. Look, a three reporter byline story with a national slideshow leading the homepage.
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New piece: How the treetop canopy of D.C. is changing due to climate change.
Story by @marissajae.bsky.social , tree illos by Tucker Harris, data by @jdharden.bsky.social , and maps by yours truly.
wapo.st/48ymmCI
Story by @marissajae.bsky.social , tree illos by Tucker Harris, data by @jdharden.bsky.social , and maps by yours truly.
wapo.st/48ymmCI
It’s hard to be a maple: How climate change is remaking D.C.’s treescape
Decisions being made now about what trees to plant in place of dying ones will change how the city looks and feels.
wapo.st
October 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New piece: How the treetop canopy of D.C. is changing due to climate change.
Story by @marissajae.bsky.social , tree illos by Tucker Harris, data by @jdharden.bsky.social , and maps by yours truly.
wapo.st/48ymmCI
Story by @marissajae.bsky.social , tree illos by Tucker Harris, data by @jdharden.bsky.social , and maps by yours truly.
wapo.st/48ymmCI
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OVERNIGHT Federal law enforcement agents dismantled the White House Peace Vigil, the nation’s oldest and longest lasting protest, two weeks after President Trump ordered it taken down. Some sign-wielding volunteers remained @marissajae.bsky.social reports
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The White House Peace Vigil, after standing for decades, is dismantled
Parts of the vigil were removed earlier this month after Trump ordered, “Take it down.” On Thursday night, only the vigil volunteers and some signs remained.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
OVERNIGHT Federal law enforcement agents dismantled the White House Peace Vigil, the nation’s oldest and longest lasting protest, two weeks after President Trump ordered it taken down. Some sign-wielding volunteers remained @marissajae.bsky.social reports
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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‘Nowhere to go’: What Happened After Trump Ordered [D.C.] Homeless Encampments Cleared
By @marissajae.bsky.social and @kyletalking.bsky.social
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By @marissajae.bsky.social and @kyletalking.bsky.social
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August 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
‘Nowhere to go’: What Happened After Trump Ordered [D.C.] Homeless Encampments Cleared
By @marissajae.bsky.social and @kyletalking.bsky.social
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By @marissajae.bsky.social and @kyletalking.bsky.social
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If you snag a copy of today's @washingtonpost.com check out me and @marissajae.bsky.social diving into the results of Trump's push to get the homeless out of DC, on the paper's A1. Spoiler: they're still in DC and homeless.
August 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you snag a copy of today's @washingtonpost.com check out me and @marissajae.bsky.social diving into the results of Trump's push to get the homeless out of DC, on the paper's A1. Spoiler: they're still in DC and homeless.
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Not far from Trump’s White House, immigrants grapple with unknowns: wapo.st/4ge5y44
Grateful for colleagues like @marissajae.bsky.social @teoarmus.bsky.social Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff for deftly capturing how deportation operations can fray the social fabric of a community in my hometown and region.
Grateful for colleagues like @marissajae.bsky.social @teoarmus.bsky.social Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff for deftly capturing how deportation operations can fray the social fabric of a community in my hometown and region.
Not far from Trump’s White House, immigrants grapple with unknowns
What fear has looked like in the Washington region: A restaurant worker stayed home. A food giveaway ended with a warning. A nanny worries about her own kids.
wapo.st
January 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not far from Trump’s White House, immigrants grapple with unknowns: wapo.st/4ge5y44
Grateful for colleagues like @marissajae.bsky.social @teoarmus.bsky.social Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff for deftly capturing how deportation operations can fray the social fabric of a community in my hometown and region.
Grateful for colleagues like @marissajae.bsky.social @teoarmus.bsky.social Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff for deftly capturing how deportation operations can fray the social fabric of a community in my hometown and region.
Starting today, #DC animal services will be split for the first time in 45 years, as the District’s longtime nonprofit partner breaks from the city, which has turned to an SPCA from Delaware to take over its animal control. More in today’s @washingtonpost.com 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. animal services will be split in the new year
Come Jan. 1, the Humane Rescue Alliance, the District’s longtime nonprofit partner, will hand off the city’s shelter and all animal control services to the D.C. government and its new partner, a nonpr...
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January 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Starting today, #DC animal services will be split for the first time in 45 years, as the District’s longtime nonprofit partner breaks from the city, which has turned to an SPCA from Delaware to take over its animal control. More in today’s @washingtonpost.com 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Love to see so many familiar faces from that other site getting set up over here.
Thanks, Eileen 🫶🏽
Thanks, Eileen 🫶🏽
@marissajae.bsky.social now covers D.C. regional stories. She's one of the best and bravest reporters at the Washington Post on any subject. Her Pulitzer is for covering J6 etc.; but she doesn't brag on it. :)
November 21, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Love to see so many familiar faces from that other site getting set up over here.
Thanks, Eileen 🫶🏽
Thanks, Eileen 🫶🏽