Christine Zhu
@christinezhu142
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covering north carolina politics @ncnewsline | maine & maryland grown 🦞🦀🐢 | @aaja | formerly @politico , @blaw , @environment , @thedbk | she/her
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Career news: It’s my first day as a reporter at
@NCNewsline
! I’m based in Raleigh, covering North Carolina politics and government.
Super excited to head to the
@statesnewsroom
network. Send tips and let’s chat: czhu
@ncnewsline
.com.
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📢🚨🗞️ Some professional news:
My work laptop arrived today, so it seems appropriate to make the announcement…
Happy to share that I’ll be joining
@politico
’s breaking news desk for the spring! Many thanks to all those who helped me get there. I start next week and can’t wait!
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EXCLUSIVE: Trader Joe's College Park location opens Thursday at 8 a.m.
Here's a look at the store ahead of its opening 🧵 photo essay TK
@thedbk
.
The walls are adorned with murals of College Park and the University of Maryland's campus, painted by Trader Joe's crew members.
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🚨📢 Some career news: absolutely thrilled to share I'll be joining
@BBGIndustry
this summer as the
@environment
desk intern! Send story ideas and/or Arlington/Capitol Hill/Foggy Bottom food recs.
Thank you to everyone who's helped me get to this point. Can't wait to start!
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dc's hottest club is maxwell frost's office
It’s happening... Congressional mini concert in my office. Unveiling a bill that would offer critical support to independent artists and the economies they support. Come for a different kind of press conference.. Today, Longworth 1224 @ 12:30 PM.
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Update: packed house for
@MaxwellFrostFL
’s concert with
@VentureMotel
, a band from his district.
It’s the first time a member has done a musical press conference like this. Original plan was the House Triangle, but it turns out rules forbid that.
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FIRST IN CHRISTINEBOOK — Christine Zhu graduated from the University of Maryland this week with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
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Some personal news: delighted to share that I'll be interning at
@BethesdaBeat
this summer as part of
@MDDCPress
's Reese Cleghorn internship program.
I'm thrilled to cover my home county and learn alongside professional journalists!
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BREAKING: Prince George's County's first Trader Joe's will open Thursday, Oct. 27, according to a Trader Joe's spokesperson. Operating hours will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
More to come
@thedbk
.
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Belatedly, Friday marked the end of my internship on the breaking news desk at
@politico
. It was fun! I’m grateful for the opportunity to cover so many different topics, and to learn from so many talented reporters and editors across the newsroom.
More on what’s next soon 👀
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My parents immigrated to the U.S. to attend graduate school at the University of Texas. We moved away after they earned their degrees.
Many years later, I’m back in Austin for
#AAJA24
. Thrilled to return to my birth city and learn from countless talented journalists!
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🚨📢 Some career news: Excited to share it's my first day
@marylandmatters
as a part-time database editor! Thank you to
@DanielleEGaines
for this opportunity.
📊📬 Let me know what stories related to data/healthcare/politics you want to see — my DMs/replies are open.
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📍 Washington, D.C.
Visited the White House this morning! Thank you to
@courtneyrozen
for giving us a tour of the press area.
Future White House correspondents coming your way 🗞️👀
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crazy how there are places in maryland named after umd dorms
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With Angela Alsobrooks, April Delaney, and Sarah Elfreth projected to win their primary races, Maryland's 10-member congressional delegation could go from no women to three in November.
The last woman to represent Maryland in Congress was Barbara Mikulski in 2017.
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Won an award from
@MDDCPress
in the local election coverage category!
Spearheading the primary voters guide was a wonderful experience and I'm glad I was able to contribute to a valuable resource for Marylanders.
Thank you to
@MoCo360Media
for all the guidance last summer!
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Very excited to announce I'll be leading
@thedbk
's news desk this fall with
@shifradayak
, and
@hannahzziegler
&
@shreyavut
are joining us as assistant news editors!
Can't wait to see what the semester has in store for us 🥳
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SCOOP: Trader Joe's is projected to open its first Prince George's County location in College Park on Oct. 1, according to a spokesperson for real estate company Bozzuto. The store will be part of the Aster residential community on Baltimore Avenue.
Story to come for
@thedbk
.
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We had one last late night in the
@thedbk
newsroom earlier this week: signing our blocks.
So, so grateful for all this paper has meant to me for the past four years. I wouldn’t be the journalist I am today without it.
Support student journalism, always. 🗞️❤️
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Today was the last day of my
@BethesdaBeat
internship. It's been fun, and I've learned more than I could've ever dreamed. I wound up with nearly 70(!) bylines over the past 12 weeks. I'll keep freelancing for the Beat and
@Bethesda_Mag
, so stay tuned!
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📍 Washington, D.C.
First trip out to the Hill as a reporter! Thank you to
@bydanielmoore
for showing me around.
Feeling lucky to have one of the coolest jobs in the world — this is a dream.
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Here’s the scene at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, where
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
and other Democratic leaders will speak at a rally this evening.
@Steve_Bohnel
and I will have updates for
@BethesdaBeat
.
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Wrapped up my first day
@BBGIndustry
@BLaw
@environment
! Super excited to work with an incredible team and learn as much as I can this summer.
Reach out with tips, story ideas, and food recs: czhu
@bloombergindustry
.com
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update
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Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh today. She’s set to address lowering costs for American families via housing, medical costs, grocery prices, and child tax credits. More to come
@NCNewsline
#ncpol
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happy first umd farmers market wednesday of the semester to those who celebrate <3
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nothing brightens my day like a cherry blossom train 🌸
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It's been a fantastic first three weeks on
@politico
's breaking news team!
📢👋We are excited to welcome our Spring 2024 editorial interns!
We are lucky to have you and look forward to seeing your incredible work over the next couple of months!
Check out their bios🔗
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just turned in my last assignment of undergrad… wrapping up college on a random monday afternoon 🤨😵💫🥳
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The last time I was at the legislative complex, I spent a lot of time thinking about how the next time I walked around here would be as a reporter.
Good morning, Annapolis 🌸
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Tonight I'm at the Prince George's County Council meeting, where 151 people are on the speakers list to testify on the proposed redistricting map. More to come for
@thedbk
.
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Happy to be at
#AAJA23
this week! Can’t wait to hear from all of the talented panelists and meet some amazing journalists!
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I've been working on some freelance assignments over the past few weeks, but today's my official first day & byline at
@BethesdaBeat
!
Absolutely stoked to be here. Send me tips, food recs, and stories you'd like to see: christine.zhu
@bethesdamagazine
.com
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making my technical directing debut today for one of my favorite sports! maryland gymnastics goes up against michigan state at 1 p.m., live on
@BigTenPlus
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📍 Bladensburg, MD
My field producing debut and
@keara_bruno
’s first live shot tonight for our
@CNSmd
TV newscast!
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Enzo Alvarenga would DJ for parties.
They weren’t the typical parties that a teen might be expected to attend, though. They were parties for elementary schoolers hosted by Alvarenga’s former teachers at Lycée Rochambeau.
For
@BethesdaBeat
:
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tonight’s testudo highlights:
-a chandelier
-a ladder
-two couches
-two bales of hay
-three veo scooters
-several street signs & traffic cones
-a small town’s worth of wet floor signs
-a nicolas cage pillow (the sequin kind)
-the entire cold brew/iced coffee section of target
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Wrapped up the best 10 weeks with
@BLaw
! Learned so much from the incredibly talented
@environment
team under the guidance of
@ZackSherwood
@jo_from_theGO
@ReneeSchoof
.
Linking some of my favorite pieces 🧵:
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BREAKING: Prince George's County will lift its indoor mask mandate on Monday, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced at a press conference. More to come for
@thedbk
.
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Got the privilege of lead producing our last
@CNSmd
TV Tuesday newscast of the semester!
It's been a fun ride and I'm glad I've had the opportunity to work with such an amazing group of producers, reporters, and production crew.
Thank you to Cindy Wright for all the guidance!
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📍 Inner Harbor
Good morning Baltimore! The (very blurry)
@merrillcollege
@HowardCenterUMD
@thedbk
delegation has made it to
#NICAR24
.
Ready to learn all about data and investigative journalism in our home state over the next few days! 🦀📊🗞️
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i wrote this headline as a joke i didn’t expect
@shreyavut
to run with it 😭😭😭
The delay is mostly due to contract negotiation and supply chain issues.
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if anyone’s wondering how the last week of classes is going… i just got hit by a scooter while walking across campus to pick up grad regalia 😵💫
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I filed while hotspotting my laptop from my phone in a patch of grass across the street, so you know this is good
Mostly quiet outside of the Supreme Court right now ahead of historic oral arguments today re: whether Trump can remain on the ballot.
There are a few dozen anti-Trump protesters gathered here.
Live updates:
📷
@christinezhu142
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Wrapped up
#NICAR24
! Spent the past few days learning from phenomenal journalists and reevaluating the way we think about data.
Loved catching up with old friends, making new ones, and sharing our passion for journalism.
Until next time, Charm City 🦀📊✌️
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Here's the first-ever
@thedbk
sports translation, and also my announcement that I'm the new
@dbkenespanol
editor!
DBK en español wouldn't exist without
@sofgaray
or
@amandavhernan
. Grateful for the opportunity to continue their work!
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this is the best headline i've ever written
Panera Bread, a bakery-café style casual restaurant, is set to open at the Stamp Student Union in the fall.
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Made the same
@mdreporter
roundup section as some of the reporters I've looked up to for so long ☺️✨
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BREAKING: UMD winter commencement is canceled, according to a Thursday email from President Darryll Pines. Students and faculty must wear KN95 masks for all in-person finals.
More to come for
@thedbk
.
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did not have the bidens going to my former high school on my bingo card
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I spent more than eight hours at the Prince George’s County Council meeting for this, and so did around 150 speakers waiting to testify. It’s an issue that matters to a lot of people.
For
@thedbk
:
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It’s Frances Tiafoe Day in Prince George’s County! I’m at the
@JTCCtennis
in College Park for his homecoming after the U.S. Open with
@shifradayak
.
Updates to come
@thedbk
.
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my friend told me they’re doing a five year phd program at umd and one of my first reactions was “oh my gosh you’ll actually be able to use the purple line!”
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happy first day of classes!! pick up your copy of
@thedbk
’s welcome back guide around campus 🥳
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just turned in my last final exam & about to go to summer internship orientation 🥳🥳 peace out sophomore year
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just got rejected from not one but two summer 2023 internships 🥳🥳
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Good morning! I’m on the scene at the Supreme Court. Dozens of people are gathered outside ahead of a day where the justices will grapple with former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on ballots.
Arguments will begin at 10 a.m.
More to come for
@politico
🗞️
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Today the Maryland General Assembly convened for its 2022 session.
It was also my first day as a legislative intern.
Very excited to learn as much as I can over the next 90 days.
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happy maryland day to those who celebrate 🦀🐢❤️💛🤍🖤
📍 annapolis, baltimore, and college park
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bye annapolis! huge thank you to everyone who made this session such a memorable experience <3
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Good morning from the Atlantic Building, where Gov. Larry Hogan joins state and university leaders to announce the Maryland Mesonet Project, a weather monitoring system.
"We're laying out a roadmap for a more weather resilient Maryland," Hogan said.
Updates to come
@thedbk
.
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happy farmers market wednesday to those who celebrate <3
(alternatively titled: seeing everyone i’ve ever met on campus in the bread line)
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just logged into my new work email for the first time send me tips & hot goss christine.zhu
@bethesdamagazine
.com
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It's the last sine die for
@KumarBarve
and
@DelDBarnes
, and the first for freshman lawmakers — including
@SarahSWolek
, who was sworn in last week.
Cheers erupt as
@iamwesmoore
and
@arunamiller
stop by.
(Sadly, I'm in the gallery and didn't see the visit.)
For
@CNSmd
:
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noah’s farmers market haul — a crazy amount of popcorn
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Spent the past month contacting more than 200 candidates for the questionnaire portion of
@BethesdaBeat
's primary election voters guide, and it's out now! Huge thank you to
@erin_roby
,
@anne3000
and Julie Rasicot for all their work and support on this.
Find out everything you need to know about local, state and federal candidates for the July 19 primary election in Bethesda Beat's expanded voters guide.
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going back to my roots (sitting in the rockville town center library, waiting for my mom to pick me up)
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Asian students make up roughly 6% of
@merrillcollege
undergrads, with 25 students in fall 2021. 🧵
Last November,
@GovLarryHogan
announced the intent to create a scholarship at Merrill to encourage Asian American students to pursue journalism.
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so, so excited to work with all of these incredible people this semester 🤩🥳
I am delighted to share that I will be co-news editor with
@amandavhernan
for
@thedbk
news desk in the spring semester😊 But there's more exciting announcements on the news desk, so peep the thread (and gif) for our new dream team🌟🧵
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i’ve never ordered merch faster in my life than with this 🦀 see y’all in baltimore!
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Happy sine die eve to those who celebrate! Tomorrow I’m taking over
@thedbk
’s instagram page to bring you behind-the-scenes content of the Maryland General Assembly’s last day in session. Follow along for updates!
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Lunar New Year is a significant holiday among many East Asian cultures. Its celebrations, which begin with the second new moon rising after the winter solstice, are meant to bring luck and prosperity to the new year.
For
@thedbk
:
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up until now my in person college classes have been 20-25 people at most and now i am in a 300 person lecture and idk how to react
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