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I’m here on the Westside where 100+ are protesting a homeless shelter set to occupy the gym at Silverado Park. Residents want to preserve the gym for neighborhood children, who use the facility for P.E. class, basketball practice and more.
@LongBeachPost
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I’ve just been laid off from
@LongBeachPost
because I stood in solidarity with my colleagues. I was not originally to be laid off and was told initially that my job was safe. I wasn’t the only one. This is blatant retaliation.
@LBMGuild
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I’m here in North Hollywood where hundreds have gathered to protest.
#GeorgeFloydprotest
@ladailynews
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Good morning the result was NEGATIVE. 👏👏👏
I‘m getting tested this afternoon for COVID-19 after I was exposed to mass crowds while covering five different
#GeorgeFloydProtests
over the past several days. Follow along for updates.
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Good morning Long Beach ~ in case you were wondering — yes, I have bought coffee with the kindly donated proceeds from the coffee button in my Watchdog stories. I also paid my gas bill so, thank you. ✨🙏
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Ventura’s protest saw dancing from local American Indian groups.
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fact: journalists who are nerdy about journalism insist on using “lede” not “lead.” 🤷♀️
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Long Beach! We’re still kindly asking that you NOT cross the digital picket line — don’t read
@LongBeachPost
/
@LBBizJourn
‼️
@LBMGuild
has still not been given the opportunity to return to the bargaining table with the board of directors. We’re ready and waiting for a response.
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It’s my first time at
@LBAirport
. I have never seen this level of chill at an airport in my life. 💯👌
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Today we’re asking you not to cross the picket line because
@MelissaEvansLBP
is going ahead with layoffs. Please do not engage with social posts and no clicking links from
@LongBeachPost
,
@theHiLoLBP
or
@LBBizJourn
. We hope you’ll stand with
@LBMGuild
during this critical time.
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This is a photo of a 14-foot "cake" at Long Beach's invite-only 125th birthday party. It cost the public (you) $40,000. Read the full piece from
@jeremiahdobruck
about one of the city's most powerful figures and the misconduct he is accused of.
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I’m here in Altadena at Loma Alta Park where about 100 residents are beginning to gather for a horseback friendly protest.
#GeorgeFloydprotest
@ladailynews
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In big cities like Long Beach, public libraries are a lifeline for the vulnerable. But they are chronically underfunded, understaffed, and struggling to face the needs of a growing unhoused population. That’s why I spent months working on this story.
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I’m here in Norwalk where a dozen protestors have gathered in front of city hall.
#GeorgeFloydprotest
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Air Force One in Long Beach today. More photos to come when I can get back to my computer.
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Friendly reminder‼️ We are on strike ~ do not cross the picket line / do not click on any
@LongBeachPost
/
@LBBizJourn
articles. 🙏
@LBMGuild
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"I'm marching so that my children will never text me from under a desk," Jennifer Allen,
#LB
resident.
#marchforourlives
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This week I profiled a revered local artist. Craig Stone is retiring from
@CSULB
after 39 years, but the mark he's left on Long Beach, the American Indian Studies Program and the Pow Wow at Puvungna, as an artist and an educator, is profound.
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I’ll admit that my camera is not the best but here are some shots of
@POTUS
and
@GavinNewsom
arriving at
@LGBAirport
tonight.
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It’s been 1 week since 9 of us were laid off. 3 reporters remain on strike with us today. We’re determined to see this through and it’s made our message so much stronger knowing we’ve had your support.
If you can, please donate to our fund — even if it’s $1. Every bit helps. ✊
Happy Friday! We are all so very grateful for the support and solidarity from our community and all over the country. ✊
We’re in it to win it, so we’ve stretched our relief fund goal to keep our laid off workers in this fight.
Please give what you can:
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I just arrived in downtown LA where thousands are protesting police brutality.
#GeorgeFloydprotest
@ladailynews
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There’s a new platform for media in town and they’re 100% run by volunteers. You can check out their new home beneath
@ShannonsOnPine
this weekend.
Check out my story and video on
@KLBPFM
for
@theHiLoLBP
🗞
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It's this part
@BenBurgis
so astutely pointed out in his piece for
@jacobin
that has been pulling at me every day throughout this fight. I think we need to ask ourselves what real victory could look like for ALL of the embattled workers holding up America's crumbling media
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How is it that I cringe at the sound of my own voice when I transcribe interviews but I still want to host a podcast?
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By the way ~ laid off
@LongBeachPost
&
@LBBizJourn
staff did not receive a severance package 🙃
@LBMGuild
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We are fighting to be reinstated — and not without foresight. We have a plan to move forward. Please sign here to help bring us back to the bargaining table.
🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨
After
@LBMGuild
went public with their union, CEO
@MelissaEvansLBP
began making calls to lay off 60% of staff who signed unionization cards.
Email the CEO and board asking them to rescind the layoffs and stand with local journalism 👇
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I‘m getting tested this afternoon for COVID-19 after I was exposed to mass crowds while covering five different
#GeorgeFloydProtests
over the past several days. Follow along for updates.
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I had so much fun shooting a video and writing this piece about bra fitting at Lucy’s Boudoir for
@theHiLoLBP
. Read up on Crystal Rogers’ journey from corporate America to “bra-fessional.” Sorry not sorry about the cheeky pun.
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they don’t know that the serious journalist on the other side of the telephone interview is wearing a fuzzy cat robe and cup noodles slippers.
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This doesn't have to be "the world we're in now." Please subscribe to
@LATACO
, not only because they're a great publication but because they've been transparent about the situation they're facing and they included their staff in the tough decisions they've had to make.
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Event organizer Trevor Schnack, 17, is busily writing down his speech for today's
#marchforourlives
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so, i just tried one of those AI transcription services for an interview today and i just want to know WHY i have been torturing myself in the age of modern technology 😩
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*sigh*
the “i want to be a music journalist” to news reporter pipeline.
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Hey Long Beach, my neighbor kindly compiled this list of takeout and food delivery options available in the city. 💛 Go off.
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I’ve been covering crime for a wire service in LA this week. I think the biggest story however, is the insane reduction in crime and traffic accidents over the last few days. To say the least, my shifts were fairly uneventful.
#coronapocalypse
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Stumbled upon this small village a kid in my neighborhood must have set up. Can I pls move here?
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This article is by “QuakeBot.” RIP to our journalism careers.
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SCOOP: A 25-year-old summer tradition of showing movies on the sand in Long Beach was narrowly rescued by
@LongBeachMayor
with a city sponsorship today. The first showing will go on as planned July 9.
Details:
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There are a lot of unknowns surrounding
#COVID
ー19 and plenty of fear around its impact on the elderly. So, FaceTime your grandma this weekend. She may be feeling isolated and need some reassurance. 👇Read my story here.
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Don’t enable bad actors by crossing the picket line. I understand what it is to be desperate for a job in this industry, but applying for these positions will hurt us all in the long run.
The
@LongBeachPost
is interviewing to replace our reporters who are on strike against the company and CEO’s unfair labor practices. We know jobs for reporters are scarce but crossing the picket line is never the right choice.
SCABBING HURTS EVERY WORKER.
Don’t be a scab.
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Also flagging that
@MelissaEvansLBP
laid off the entire
@LBBizJourn
staff during our print production week, leaving tens of thousands of dollars in advertising on the line. If she was concerned about money or our donors, this move didn’t add up.
@LBMGuild
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Join us as
@LBMGuild
protests 9
@LongBeachPost
/
@LBBizJourn
workers who were wrongfully fired in the middle of a unionization effort and after raising concerns about working conditions. Help us by showing up and speaking out against the decimation of LB’s biggest newsroom‼️
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@MelissaEvansLBP
@LongBeachPost
@theHiLoLBP
@LBBizJourn
@LBMGuild
Although this fight is far from over, I am heartbroken. I love(d) my job. It was my dream job while I was in college and I’ve loved every minute of it.
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An older gentleman just came raging into Rite Aid wearing a mask yelling “six feet people, follow the state law you stupid shits!” 😶 y-yes sir.
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Check out my latest contribution to
@LBMediaCollab
’s series on housing. I talked to two
@CSULB
students about their living situations, and
@PresConoley
about some of the efforts the university is making to help students access affordable housing. 🏠
Our housing series today looks at the creative ways students are coping with the housing crisis, and how the university plans to help.
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This week in Off the Clock, I'm going to be sharing where to make poolside plans in LB. It's gonna be HOT tomorrow—we're talking bikinis and martinis, er maybe just poolside martinis.
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I just made myself hot chocolate and I’m playing Kingdom Hearts II...so basically time doesn’t exist and I’m 14 again.
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California is set to receive 320,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week, a spokesperson from
@CAPublicHealth
confirmed with me.
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My grandma just called to ask me why I am looking for a full time job when I could be looking for a full time man to pay my bills.
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You might see a lot of these "watchdog" PFPs pop up today as the
@LongBeachPost
/
@LBBizJourn
staff declare an effort to unionize. If you love our coverage and don't want to see it go away — death by a million cuts — please sign the
@LBMGuild
's petition and share our mission.
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A presentation from the city was cut short by angry community members, who say this is the only gym and park in the area available for seniors and children.
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I keep getting the hysteric “you’re a reporter so you must have inside knowledge of COVID-19.” Listen up, I don’t have any information that you don’t already have access to from publications locally and worldwide. So relax, wash your hands AND
👏support👏local👏 journalism👏
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The chair of the Long Beach Journalism Initiative threatened striking and laid-off journalists with a frivolous lawsuit after they started raising awareness about a federal investigation into the
@LongBeachPost
.
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In this week's Off the Clock, I explored the Westside and the Wrigley neighborhoods of Long Beach and discovered some of my new favorite places to drink and eat.
Here's a photo of my new favorite adult beverage at my new favorite bar in LB: The Wrigley Tavern.
@LongBeachPost
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⚠️Reminder⚠️
@LBMGuild
is still asking you not to read the
@LongBeachPost
while 3 reporters are on strike.
They have hired freelancers and are in the process of "permanently replacing" striking reporters.
Please read instead.
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Riverside resident Donata Smith says she’s out here today because “this year more than the previous two, things are way more messed up.”
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so yesterday i just listened to an audio loop of rain to pretend it wasn’t sweltering. make it stop.
#CaliforniaHeatWave
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Just another little reminder from your friendly neighborhood LBW editor ~ PLEASE do not read
@LongBeachPost
. 3 Post reporters remain on strike and are working without pay for LB Watchdog. Please follow our coverage instead:
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We’ve all heard of student loan forgiveness...but what if we had...street sweeping fine forgiveness? 😬
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I would give anything to have been a journalist in the 1970s. Or maybe just before the internet...
#AllThePresidentsMen
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Marchers make a pit stop to watch Gary Ferrer & St. John’s Angels dance at the
#womensmarch2019
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Pssst, I moonlight as a DJ 🤫 Come see me in action, enter to win prizes and drink some dranks 🍹🍹🍹
Friday, May 10 LUCKY STRIKE! returns for a fundraiser benefitting laid off and striking Long Beach Media Guild workers. Join us at Rosemallows for happy hour with food, drink specials, prizes, DJs Lovecat
@katjournaling
and Mikki Sudden + more!
$10 suggested donation, 21+.
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Riverside resident Samantha Gonzales brought her children out to “make them aware...so they can fight some of these same issues someday.”
#womensmarch
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I think
#COVID2019
Twitter is becoming a little overwhelming for all of us.
This is a friendly reminder to take a deep breath, limit your screen time, and wash 👏🏼 your👏🏼 hands 👏🏼 !
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Customer: What even is left in here?
Trader Joe’s Employee: Corona beer. That shit’s untouched.
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In less than three weeks,
@LBMGuild
laid-off and striking reporters have built the Long Beach Watchdog — the local news phoenix that has risen from the ashes of a toxic workplace at
@LongBeachPost
.
We've got the stories, now we just need the eyeballs:
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*taps mic*
Sooooo...
No traveling to Europe.
Tom Hanks has
#coronavirus
.
The NBA season has been suspended.
This is not a drill.
*wipes off mic*
#lysol
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We are here at the University Theater for a
@daily49er
conversation with lauren woods, where managing editor
@samanthadiaz98
will be speaking with woods about the sudden termination of University Art Museum Director Kimberli Meyer. Follow this thread for live updates.
#49ernow
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Tweeting from my “office” because I’ve come down with the sickness. Anyway, please help striking and laid off workers of the
@LBMGuild
by NOT crossing the “clicket” line. And if you are able, please (pretty please) donate to our relief fund:
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The Nugget Pub and Grill was evacuated and closed after a professor lost consciousness and died in the dining area Tuesday afternoon.
#49ernow
@daily49er
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@alexpiscatelli
Probably around 70 or more over the course of a year? Yeah. I just landed a job last week though and today is my first day. It took me almost exactly a year, so it’s tough but not impossible. I was extremely discouraged for a long time, but don’t give up hope.
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Is it just me or should we maybe rethink a few of these...reopening plans? Because you know...mass amounts of people have been protesting for almost two weeks straight.
Why isn’t this being considered as NYC enters Phase 1?
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I just realized the “🥴” emoji finally left my frequently used. Things must be looking up. 😂
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now that we’ve all been working from home for a year...can you even IMAGINE wearing shoes while working?
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Me: I need to write this story right now. 😤
Also me: Maybe I’ll just rearrange my entire apartment real quick. 🤡
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sooo since everything is cancelled can we just cancel April rent too? 🥶 i can’t wait tables from home.
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