Heather Mongilio
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@USNINews reporter | past: @capgaznews @report4america @frednewspost | Chair: @TheEagleOnline alum board | MS: @mit_sciwrite BA: @AmericanU | hmongilio @usni .org
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Fellow journalists, if you report on something you first saw in a student publication, please give them the first reported line and link. They deserve the respect we would give any other colleagues.
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Always representing newspapers, even during a pandemic.
#supportlocalnews
Subscribe to your local newspaper.
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As the Virginia coastline came into view, sailors about
@TheCVN69
pulled out their phones to make calls to love ones. After nine months, most of it in the Red Sea, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was home.
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Damn, how do I break it to my fiancé that after 11 years we’re going to have to end things because I’m not planning to change my name? Is that something you do over text or…?
A listener wrote to ask if it’s a “red flag” that his fiancé doesn’t want to take his last name. No it’s not just a red flag. It’s a dealbreaker. Men, don’t marry women who won’t take your name. That’s a wall of separation she wants to keep between you. It won’t be the only one.
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Hello journalists: let’s talk about an issue in our field. We have all determined unpaid work is unacceptable. Yet, we’re perfectly fine with college newspaper reporters working for free. (Some people even take their work without credit.)
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It’s always weird to announce personal news during a pandemic, but....
Some personal news: I’ll be joining
@capgaznews
in June to cover military affairs, including the Naval Academy and Fort Meade.
So what does this mean? 👇
2/ Our corps member class will cover important and under-reported issues in their communities like: COVID-19, healthcare, rural issues, income inequality, minority issues, military and veteran affairs. Read the full press release here:
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@MattWalshBlog
Or, it could be thanks to Ellis Island “Americanizing” our last name, there’s only one of me. It’s the name I was born with, the name I earned my degrees in and the name that I use on all my hard earned bylines. I’m my own person, not property.
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This has got to be the weirdest piece of spam email I have ever received.
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This is my last week as a reporter with
@frednewspost
. I start as a military affairs reporter and
@report4america
corps member for
@capgaznews
on June 1. I'm excited about my new reporting adventure, but before I move on, I'm going to look back at some of my favorite stories.
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Today, in covering a court-martial, I wrote over 1,000 words by hand. You can see some of my editing process here. Story soon
@capgaznews
. Thanks to
@Report4America
for th awesome press badge that I wore for the trial.
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Just putting it out there, but if you subscribe to your local paper, you probably won’t be asking why “the media” isn’t covering something. 🤷♀️
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Looks like today’s attempt is a go.
@TheCVN69
looking forward to hearing all about the deployment
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Today marks five years since the shooting at The Capital in Annapolis. I want to take a minute to talk to journalists because in five years, it seems we forgot all the lessons the Capital survivors and staff have been trying to teach us.
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A bit of personal news: Today is my first day as the health/Fort Detrick reporter for
@frednewspost
. Happy to join a long list of
@TheEagleOnline
alumni to work at the paper. Have tips? Send them my way at hmongilio
@newspost
.com.
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When a source gives you the perfect quote & says what you needed him to say.
#partylikeajournalist
@JournalistsLike
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I’m officially
@capgaznews
’s military affairs reporter/
@Report4America
corps member. Have a tip, story idea, comment, want to say hi?
Here’s my contact info:
Email: hmongilio
@capgaznews
.com
Cellphone: 443-355-6720
I’m also on signal. And DMs are open as well.
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In some personal news, this is my last week at
@capgaznews
and
@Report4America
. I’ve loved every minute of my time at the paper and as part of
@ChesapeakeGuild
. Make sure to subscribe to this great newspaper and support the team there.
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I grew up reading
@baltimoresun
and
@HoCoTimes
. Today, one of my stories for
@capgaznews
was featured on the front page of The Baltimore Sun. So that's pretty much a childhood dream come true.
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Breaking: The Naval Academy has rescinded an offer of appointment to an incoming student from Montgomery County after evaluating "racist and inappropriate remarks" the student made on a chat platform. via
@capgaznews
@Report4America
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Today is my first day as a
@report4america
corps member and military affairs reporter for
@capgaznews
! I am so excited to get started. As soon as I get my new contact information, I'll share it, but in the meantime, my DMs are open for tips/story ideas. 1/n
Welcome
@HMongilio
, who joins
@capgaznews
today to cover military affairs,
@NavalAcademy
and Fort George G. Meade
@ftmeadeMD
. Thanks to
@report4america
and its donors for keeping journalism strong.
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If I had all the money in the world, I would start a local paper to cover Howard County, Maryland. One of the richest counties in the world, a good school system, a local Main Street that had two historic floods, and there is pitiful news coverage.
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“It’s not just the two individuals and how you feel about them or this situation; it’s the cultural collateral damage.” From
@MonicaLewinsky
for
@VanityFair
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I’m trying to learn more about military spending and how contracts are granted. I’m learning a lot so far.
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Journalists/society, it's time we talk about unpaid work at college newspapers. When I was elected EIC
@TheEagleOnline
10 (!) years ago, I was given a $4,000 stipend, pretax. Over the years,
@AmericanU
cut the stipend down until two years ago when AU took it away completely. 🧵
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It just hit me that for the first time in my journalism career, not including internships, in reporting directly to a female editor. That’s wonderful. But it took me four jobs to get that.
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If your character is a female journalist, SHE DOES NOT NEED TO SLEEP WITH HER SOURCE. (Please stop writing characters who do this. It’s unethical and unprofessional.)
Every TV writer with a journalist/aspiring journalist as a character needs to take a class.
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Dear
@nytimes
, I really love your new tool for finding local newspapers to support. It's really appreciated. But please include
@frednewspost
. We're a local paper in Frederick, Md. You've even referenced some of the stories we broke in your paper.
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As I didn’t believe when I got in, I’m not 100 percent sure I believe this. But it was verified!
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At the beginning of June, I asked alumni of
@TheEagleOnline
to help me secure
@IRE_NICAR
memberships for all of the current staffers. In less than a week, thanks to alumni, friends and the AU community, we were able to get memberships. Here's a thread to thank everyone:
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Theaters are also making it difficult to see these movies. I wanted to see “She Said” in theaters. I couldn’t find it playing at a theater within 30 minutes of my house 2.5 weeks after it was released.
"One after another, films for grown-ups have failed to find an audience big enough to justify their cost....'Tár' cost at least $35 million; ticket sales total $5.3 million. Universal spent $55 million [on] 'She Said,' which also took in $5.3 million."
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@memangrum
I learned this in j-school, but also I cannot stress enough the importance of being on your college newspaper. It teaches you how to do local coverage like nothing else.
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How to help prevent
#COVID19
: wear a mask, even outdoors if social distancing isn’t possible, and
#supportlocalnews
.
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I'm so excited to be joining the team at
@USNINews
. I'm officially starting Monday, but feel to start sending me your tips.
Some
@USNINews
personnel news. On Monday, the very talented Heather Mongilio, most recently on the military beat for
@capgaznews
, will be joining our news team as we expand our coverage in new areas.
Give her a follow
@hmongilio
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Remember when we said never again after Sandy Hook… and Parkland… and every other school shooting.
Horrible news: Fifteen have died in a shooting at Robb elementary school, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who said there are 14 students and one teacher killed. The shooter is dead.
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Today marks two years since a person killed five people in the
@capgaznews
. My newsroom. I wasn’t part of the newsroom then, but I continue to be inspired by the reporters, editors and staff.
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Life of a Navy reporter: wake up at 7. Drive to Norfolk. Get to airfield at 1:30. Sit. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Find a hotel because you’re definitely not flying out to a ship tonight.
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I wanted financial security and a job that would have set hours, allowing me to enjoy things like leaving early on Fridays and going to happy hours.
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Hello journo friends and the greater Twitterverse. We need to have a discussion about the role and value of local news. Here’s a thread to start as a jumping point:
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Given what has happened with
@BaltimoreBanner
, I really think it's time to get rid of op-eds. A thread on why.
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Covered a school event and no one asked if I was a student.
#journogoals
#partylikeajournalist
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Today my
#healthcarehero
is my mom, a pediatric nurse who has been working for at least 30 years. Here she is in her cloth mask and face shield that she has to wear at work.
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If you are a reporter or publication that published an article headlined “chilling photos” or something similar about shooting at The Capital. Take a minute, pause and ask yourself if that is how you would like someone to cover your newsroom. I bet not.
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US expected to take home silver in the Ice Skating Team event in
#Olympics2022
. Karen Chen helping the US to that medal with a beautiful freestyle skate.
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Someone in my new apartment's building named their WiFi "Dunder Mifflin." I now want to change mine to "Michael Scott Paper Company." Is this how you make friends?
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Thank you
@Report4America
for my care package. I’m so excited to have a press badge. And a hard copy of the handbook and field guide!
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Today is day two of the now four-day Induction Day process at
@NavalAcademy
. Here the new plebes carry their bags to Mitscher Hall where they will get more gear and sign the Oath of Office.
@capgaznews
@Report4America
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An interesting note about this coverage: Zach’s been reporting on Sarah McBride since he was in college, and McBride was a student government leader.
Sarah McBride, who in 2020 became the first openly transgender state senator in US history, is “quite likely” to run for Delaware’s lone House seat in likely event Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester runs for Senate, a McBride adviser tells me.
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When
@APStylebook
decided to change percent to %, a decision that just hurt,
@AllenWEtzler
decided
@frednewspost
would not follow suit. But then I went to
@capgaznews
, which does use %. Folks, this is going to be a tough adjustment.
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When you go to cover an assignment at a high school and they ask you if you're late to school.
#partylikeajournalist
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Sorry for the self-promotion, but a series I worked very hard on just won a
@MDDCPress
’s Best of Show award, my first. The story itself is pretty incredible, like a local Dirty John. If you haven’t read it, it’s the quarantine distraction you need.
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Hello from my childhood bedroom, or as I like to call it, my new office. I’ll be writing all future
#COVID19
stories from this.
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I work for a newspaper that lost five members of its staff just over two years ago in a mass shooting. Mr. President, it’s not a “beautiful sight” when journalists are hurt or killed.
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My husband and I got a Lego typewriter for Christmas, and while it is not truly functional, it does move! My little journalist heart is so happy.
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I’m looking to report on mental health at the Naval Academy. If you are willing (current or former students, professors, etc) to talk, I’m always reachable at hmongilio
@capgaznews
.com or 443-355-6720 (that number works on Signal, too.) or DM me here or on Instagram.
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This is how I want
@Jarias_Prime
remembered. So full of life and about to do something he loved, run into freezing cold water to support Special Olympics. Please take a moment to think of the staff of
@frednewspost
, Jeremy's friend and family. We're all reeling from his loss.
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Mid. Nixon Keago has been sentenced to 25 years confinement, all pay forfeited and dismissal from the military. Story to come
@capgaznews
.
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I’m back in Carroll County, Md., where I developed my reporting chops. I can’t help but be sad about how much Tribune/Alden has destroyed the paper here.
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I will say this, it has been very interesting to be part of a newsroom during an outbreak, especially as the health reporter. I'm exhausted from trying to keep up with the coverage, but this has 1100 percent affirmed why I became a reporter. Journalism is so important.
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A quick break from my usual tweeting to bring you newspaper-themed desserts in honor of
@hannah_himes
’s last day at
@frednewspost
and
@busybusybeckybe
’s last day next week. (We were so lucky to have them. And when they graduate, HIRE THEM.)
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Kamala Harris is likely the first woman to deliver the keynote speech at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony. My latest for
@capgaznews
@report4america
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There should be a rule that if you pay for Twitter Blue, you also have to subscribe to your local newspaper.
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Today my
#HealthCareHero
is my sister
@takeaSAMple
. She’s an occupational therapist. Part of her job includes working with
#COVID19
patients. I haven’t seen her in at least a month.
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In the past two weeks, the staff of
@capgaznews
said goodbye to two editors and a reporter, all pillars of the community, and then remembered the 3rd anniversary of the shooting. And every day, we continued to put out "a damn paper." And we will continue to do so.
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The Blue Angels performed over Annapolis yesterday. Here are some of my favorite shots.
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To add to this: you can do extremely meaningful work at a local paper. You don’t have to be at the Washington Post or New York Times or ProPublica or any other national outlet. (They do good work too)
I’ve spent the better part of the last two years trying to shed the mindset that in journalism (or maybe life) you can’t do meaningful work unless you live in NYC/DC/LA.
Reject that idea. It’s as toxic as it is pervasive. That’s about the only advice I can give from my career.
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Interrupting your Saturday with pictures of this sweet boy. He loves his lamb chop toys so much, so I bought him one his size.
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A lot of you are probably reading about Fort Detrick right now. (If you're in Maryland,
@frednewspost
has the story. So does
@baltimoresun
) But what is Fort Detrick? Here's a quick guide from a former Fort Detrick reporter.
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Taking a break from the coronavirus coverage. Trying “I’m Tryna Nap,” a new beer from
@HysteriaBrewery
and
@clsands
. I’m not an IPA fan but have to represent the podcasts made by
@frednewspost
staff.
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I’m packing up my apartment and going through all the
@washingtonpost
’s delivered over the year. I brought the comic pages back to my parents. We’ve been passing them around and sharing our favorites. Just another way newspapers bring families together.
#savelocalnews
#subscribe
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There will be an in-person Induction Day at the Naval Academy, along with a swearing-in ceremony. And this year, families can attend the ceremony per
@NavalAcademy
release. Story to come for
@capgaznews
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It's been just over eight months since we lost Jeremy Arias. Today, one of my last stories with him (and
@FNP_Cullen
) won first place for Best Use of Interactive Media from the
@MDDCPress
.
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When news breaks, as it does so often now, on your drive home, you find a gas station and get to work.
#coveringcovid19
#marylandcoronavirus
#supportlocalnews
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Things that encourage me: student journalists who do an amazing job covering their communities.
Things that discourage me: universities that make it difficult for student journalists to do their job (esp. while also using them as promotion material for the school)
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Good morning, as a reminder of how long this year has been, the impeachment trials of President Donald Trump and the massive bushfires that killed at 500 million animals in Australia also happened in 2020. Today is Thursday, April 9.
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Wrote my first front paper story for
@frednewspost
. More importantly, check out the video I did where a dog sneezes on command.
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It’s an unusual year at the Naval Academy. And restrictions to liberty and lack of communication, among other concerns, have led to low morale and mental health. My latest for
@capgaznews
,
@Report4America
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These journalists work just as hard, if not harder, than every other journalist. So why are we so comfortable with them working for free?
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There are going to be a few reporters in Annapolis covering the trial. Please make sure you're first reading and following
@alex_mann10
and
@lillyptweets
. And please listen to the survivors. Don't share pictures of the murderer.
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USAMRIID, the Army's laboratory that handles dangerous pathogens on Fort Detrick, announced it will begin operations in its biosafety level 3 and 4 laboratories on a limited scale.
(
@frednewspost
)
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And you can now read this story without a subscription. The Frederick News-Post dropped its paywall while we cover
#COVID19
. You just need to register. But here’s the thing... we do good work all the time. So why not subscribe?
Here's the latest:
Hogan announces 'extreme' measures in wake of community transmission of COVID-19
via
@HMongilio
#COVID19
#coronavirus
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Today I witnessed a pretty horrible crash on I-295, on my way home from the Navy Yard. It happened right in front of me. I am in awe of the number of people who jumped from their cars and ran to help the victim. A nice little reminder that there are still good people.
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I found the old newsletters I created when I was 11 and decided I wanted to be a journalist. Once a reporter, always a reporter.
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I’m just a reporter, standing in front of the Navy, asking them to please stop dropping news releases after 6 p.m.
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Another big mistake: I chose not to use a recorder for an interview with a professor. Then she wrote a blog post mischaracterizing my questions. Of course, I had no recording to set the record straight. Led to protests on campus against the paper & lots of nat’l coverage. 🤦♀️
Writing this piece got me wondering ... What was your most formative mistake as a young journalist? Fess up and I’ll round them up for
@Poynter
!
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As pro-Palestinian protests continue to pop up on college campuses, please make sure you are following the college newspapers and their reporters. They know these campuses and administrations better than any other reporter.
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Midshipman Nixon Keago is guilty of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, burglary and obstruction of justice. He is not guilty of one charge of attempted sexual assault. Story to come for
@capgaznews
.
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