Erisa Apantaku @_erisaja

creator / storyteller || currently journalist & podcast producer @invinst || formerly @southsideweekly linktr.ee/_erisaja Joined March 2023

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Emeline Posner @emelpos

a year ago

chicago again! some of the best damn audio storytelling i've ever listened to, what a well-deserved honor. congrats to the whole team @YohanceLacour @_erisaja @chicagoan @sarahegeis

The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes

a year ago

chicago again! some of the best damn audio storytelling i've ever listened to, what a well-deserved honor. congrats to the whole team @YohanceLacour @_erisaja @chicagoan @sarahegeis

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Invisible Institute @invinst

a year ago

@trinattrill @sarahanneconway @city_bureau You Didn't See Nothin revists the 1997 hate crime against Lenard Clark. YDSN team is: @YohanceLacour, @chicagoan, @brozost, @_erisaja, @sarahegeis, @FlowersAlison, @jeven_stackson, Phil Dmochowski, Taka Yasuzawa, Alex Sugiura, Jamie Kalven, & @JoshuaBloch for USG Audio.

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Congrats 🎉 to @YohanceLacour (New Voices’ 22), @chicagoan, @_erisaja + @sarahegeis + @invinst for their @PulitzerPrizes in Audio Reporting. Watch them talk about the making of the investigative memoir “You Didn’t See Nothin” on SoundPath. Watch now: ow.ly/gKCk50RzCz5

Invisible Institute @invinst

a year ago

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Transom.org (also: @transom.bsky.social) @Transom_org

a year ago

Do not miss this epic manifesto from @invinst on making the smart, cinematic stunner, "You Didn't See Nothin." 🧠 +❤️ +💪 + 👂transom.org/2024/yohancifi… @UCP @YohanceLacour @sarahegeis @chicagoan @_erisaja @brozost

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Erisa Apantaku @_erisaja

a year ago

just bought! and psyched for this event at Women and Children First eventbrite.com/e/in-person-ev…

Arionne (Are-REE-ahn) Nettles @ArionneNettles

a year ago

just bought! and psyched for this event at Women and Children First eventbrite.com/e/in-person-ev…

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Erisa Apantaku @_erisaja

a year ago

Our podcast YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHIN from @invinst is in 5th place (?!?!) in #Webbys People’s Voice! PLEASE RT + VOTE: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/… @YohanceLacour @sarahegeis @chicagoan @brozost @JoshuaBloch

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Chenjerai.bsky.social @catchatweetdown

2 years ago

Crucial Read: "It’s not that these people don’t know that an industrial-scale killing machine whirs just beyond their garden wall. They have simply learned to lead contented lives with ambient genocide." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Bring Chicago Home @BringChiHome

2 years ago

It’s simple. Voting YES on March 19 will help thousands of homeless Chicagoans get out of the cold and into a home. Voting YES means: ✅ EXPANDING affordable housing. ✅ CUTTING taxes for 93% of homebuyers. ✅ The rich pay their FAIR share. Vote YES to #BringChicagoHome!

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kyle cL @kycarrerolopez

2 years ago

if you do like this piece & wish to support it in place of institutions, my pay info is below.

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kyle cL @kycarrerolopez

2 years ago

THREAD / i recently made the difficult decision to withdraw a poem from future publication in POETRY Magazine called ‘One Day I’ll Run for POTUS,’ says the Young Poet. it was difficult bc i’ve been navigating a layoff for several months & this one pub would have earned me ~$600.

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Invisible Institute @invinst

2 years ago

We’re happy to share that the @IDAorg selected You Didn’t See Nothin as the best multi-part audio or documentary series of the year! Stream all episodes of You Didn’t See Nothin at the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Soraya Shockley @sorayashock

2 years ago

I was working @nytimes on The Daily in May 2021 when Israel began another deadly bombing of Gaza While recording the show, I pushed back, called out the wishy washy pro-Israeli slant. In response, an editor outright said “you shouldn’t work on this bc you’re Palestinian” 🧵

Democracy Now! @democracynow

2 years ago

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Erisa Apantaku @_erisaja

2 years ago

SUCH an honor to have won an IDA award with the Invisible Institute audio team and USG!

International Documentary Association (IDA) @IDAorg

2 years ago

SUCH an honor to have won an IDA award with the Invisible Institute audio team and USG!

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International Documentary Association (IDA) @IDAorg

2 years ago

Congratulations to ‘You Didn't See Nothin,’ winner for Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary or Series at the 39th IDA Documentary Awards. #idaDocAwards @YohanceLacour

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South Side Weekly @SouthSideWeekly

2 years ago

"I learned one major lesson after having spent much of the last decade researching and working in refugee camps in Jordan: a camp is an easy response to mass displacement, but never a solution." Read this Op-Ed by Melissa Gatter southsideweekly.com/op-ed-a-camp-i…

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Jess Shane @iamjessshane

2 years ago

My piece Accounts and Accountability was featured this week on German radio @DLF! Thanks to producer extraordinaire #IngoKottkamp for expanding some of the piece’s central questions in conversation with other documentarians hoerspielundfeature.de/accounts-and-a…

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Erisa Apantaku @_erisaja

2 years ago

I learned so much story editing this episode! Check it out!

The Alaska Myth @thealaskamyth

2 years ago

I learned so much story editing this episode! Check it out!

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Natalie Y Moore @natalieymoore

2 years ago

🧵about common misperceptions about chicago's migrant crisis. i've heard folks say shelters aren't in white neighborhoods. untrue. wbez.org/stories/tempor…