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Co-owner/Projects Editor/podcasts @DefectorMedia. Writing a book on black life in MN for @Harperbooks. Priors: @JigsawProds, @ProblemareasHBO, @ESPN justinellis.substack.com Minneapolis/New York Joined March 2008-
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Coming out of journalism conference retirement just for you, Canada
This was wonderful. Truly the holiday that says “that’s some nice plans you got, be a real shame if the moon changed on you.” Eid Mubarak!
This was wonderful. Truly the holiday that says “that’s some nice plans you got, be a real shame if the moon changed on you.” Eid Mubarak!
Slowly and carefully we will turn Normal Gossip into an EDM festival before anyone knows
Slowly and carefully we will turn Normal Gossip into an EDM festival before anyone knows
Touring across this great nation, healing our fractured psyche with petty, weird and hilarious stories you only share with your closest friends. Will @mckinneykelsey use a T-shirt cannon? Will @alexlaughs get too pumped on Liquid Death? GET YOUR TICKETS normalgossiplive.com
Come for the roommate mystery, stay for @CiaoSamin breaking down the subcultures and dynamics in every farmers market PERFECTLY.
Come for the roommate mystery, stay for @CiaoSamin breaking down the subcultures and dynamics in every farmers market PERFECTLY.
Wild how organizations claim they want work from marginalized voices and they cut it when budgets go south, or just don’t spend the money they say they’ll spend bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The hardest part is that our szn is about misogynoir queer, trans, Black women face in hip-hop. Yet w/in NPR, the majority impacted in these layoffs were queer, poc staff & programs. NPR has claimed qtpoc ppl are the same ppl they are trying to reach with their "North Star". 3/4
What in the actual fuck
I wrote about grief, and that place where love and trauma make remembering the past feel impossible. defector.com/what-happens-w…
When we brought Alex onboard we knew she was an incredible producer, but her love for graphic design truly makes her a double threat
The rumors are true: Normal Gossip has joined Radiotopia, the network for independent creators! Co-created by @mckinneykelsey and @alexlaughs for @DefectorMedia, the acclaimed podcast delivering juicy, funny, and utterly banal gossip returns April 5! bit.ly/3xXjKe6
Introducing the Twin Cities Media Group – a collaborative effort from a few independent local media organizations working together to build thriving, resilient local media in the Twin Cities. southwestvoices.news/posts/introduc…
180 (and counting) past and present New York Times contributors have signed an open letter to the paper’s standards editor condemning the ongoing unethical anti-trans bias in its coverage of trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people. Read it here nytletter.com
Folks, I am hiring! If you are a software engineer who is interested in New York, trains, or public service, shoot me a DM or just apply at the MTA website. I have two positions open as of today: 1/4
It's been a rough few weeks in terms of media layoffs so I want to flag a job I'm helping hire for: @prisonjourn, which trains incarcerated people as journalists and helps them get published, is hiring a managing editor to run all of its editorial strategy prisonjournalismproject.org/job-posting-ma…
There ain't enough black video essayists, bloggers, or pundits in the game to unpack how a D tier rapper singer from Canada not named Drake got most of hip hop culture to side with him against a megastar who we at a minimum know was definitely shot in the foot.
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10K Followers 536 Following The beautiful game ⚽️ + I Think You Should Leave, that is a good idea!It’s 2024, if ur not vers, what are you doing? This has been a PSA.
Your girl's heading to the streets of Brooklyn, where I can only imagine no one will think twice about stepping to the woman in the Frasier shirt
You know what, let's watch some Knicks/Sixers Game 4.
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Oh My Gossip! I'm on this week's episode of @NormalGossip! What a dream come true. We talk friend-DAs, cocaine teens, showbiz secrets, and the normal gossip of two dads embroiled in the petty drama of a local Shakespeare group 🎭 MESSS. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nor…
Justin!!!!!
After a mass walk-out at their old gig, the co-owners of Defector Media built a successful, subscriber-driven co-operative. In a must-see #CAJ24 keynote, @JustinNXT will share how they did it and what they've learned along the way. Get your tickets: caj.ca/caj24/
Of everything good that has happened career-wise, this is top five FR. please listen and let me know what you think!
NORMAL GOSSIP is back and pettier than ever with season 6! We're joined by the host of Radiotopia's Weight for It, @OhitsBIGRON, who joins @mckinneykelsey for a story about the ridiculous things we do when we fall in love with familiar strangers. Listen: bit.ly/3W9CRPc
After a mass walk-out at their old gig, the co-owners of Defector Media built a successful, subscriber-driven co-operative. In a must-see #CAJ24 keynote, @JustinNXT will share how they did it and what they've learned along the way. Get your tickets: caj.ca/caj24/
I'm excited to be co-chair of my first CAJ conference w/@evaholland. We have a🤩lineup of workshops & keynotes: Cabin Radio's @OllieW (whose newsroom survived a literal wildfire) & Defector Media's @JustinNXT (a worker-owned newsroom that created Normal Gossip!) See y'all there!
The #CAJ24 conference is next month and you can buy tickets now! The theme: ‘Journalism and How to Survive It’. The goal: solutions and how we can work together through these dark times. See you there. caj.ca/programs/confe…
I try not to do much tweeting, which is probably professionally counterintuitive, but socially and psychically essential. Today I want to send a handful out into the Universe. Firstly: @BillyHaisley put me on to @hamrahrama and I'm reading all I can now: nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…
Had to fire my newsletter editor due to her being an Islamophobe; we hate to see it! But I'm hiring now if you edit and want some work: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Listen I don’t make the rules but imagine how quick the Phillies would win the World Series if they kissed just a little
Episode 1 of “The Story of Diamonds and Pearls” is out now. To begin, we learn how Prince mined the Minneapolis scene to form the New Power Generation—a band that first gelled in the studio during an impromptu recording of the song “Diamonds and Pearls.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pri…
Inside you there are two lesbian aunts
Being in podcasting when it transitioned from a newsroom editorial model (in-house producers, editors, etc) to the more TV-style external production houses... seeing TV execs switch over to podcasting and apply TV industry standards to podcast creatives and their ideas...
We lose one of the only true Minneapolis summer staples that is: - not centered around alcohol - not catered to the pickleball class - requires no money to access - not corporatized (TC Pride) or tourist-ified (Taste of Mpls) - unapologetically car-free
What do we lose if we lose Open Streets MPLS? Quote tweet with your answer.
The way this game is actually about the police using its expanding budget to surveil “disorderly” pokémon (many of whom are dark types) in order to keep arrest rates up is kind of *great*
Now that the game is out, it’s extremely important you all see this Detective Pikachu Returns screenshot
I’m thrilled to announce that I will be writing a free, weekly email newsletter for the @StarTribune about legal cannabis in Minnesota. It’s called Nuggets, and I really hope you’ll subscribe. startribune.com/star-tribune-m…