Mara Shalhoup
@mshalhoup
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South Editor, @ProPublica. Formerly @AtlantaMagazine @LAWeekly @Chicago_Reader @CL_Atlanta. Author, BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech & the Black Mafia Family
Atlanta, GA
Joined March 2007
"Black protesters are trying to survive two threats of execution: one by a disease of nature, the other by the disease of racism." A must-read by @DavidDTSS on Ahmaud Arbery's murder, its aftermath, and the significance of his death and life.
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RT @eisingerj: 1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works. Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish. We were recently look…
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RT @davidmcswane: Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denia…
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I've been such a fan of @AmyYurkanin's work, especially relating to the criminalization of pregnancy, for @aldotcom. Now I get to be a fan of her work for @ProPublica!
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“Election deniers are intentionally creating a failure point in the process where they can interfere if they don’t like the results of an election.” Another great scoop from @DougBockClark
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RT @DougBockClark: 1. A new webportal had what experts describe as a serious security flaw that would’ve allowed anyone to submit a voter c…
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Yikes: “as bad as any voter cancellation bug could be” and “incredibly sloppy coding.”
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RT @DougBockClark: Days after GA Democrats warned that bad actors could abuse the state’s new online portal for canceling voter registratio…
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@JenBerryHawes Note that it's not impossible to integrate schools in the Deep South. Case in point:
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Dear journalists eager to do high-impact investigative work in the South, at the country's preeminent nonprofit newsroom: There's still time to apply for the opening on @ProPublica's South Team.
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RT @AliyyaSwaby: Tennessee is pushing zero tolerance as the answer to dealing with threats of mass violence against schools. That approach,…
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Big-time ATL movie industry guy on his podcast: "I grew up thinking like I had no racial prejudice of any kind. I thought we were beyond all that stuff” Same guy's texts: "Fucking Black People", "Teeniest tiniest Jew" Bravo @NicoleFCarr @MichaelBJordan
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RT @annaleighclark: That's "billion," with a "B." Truly remarkable impact from reporting by @IdahoStatesman / @propublica.
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RT @TaliaBuford: 🚨The deadline to be a @ProPublica Immigration Reporter is Friday, March 15 @ 5 p.m. ET 📚 5+ years experience covering imm…
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RT @msanchezMIA: We are hiring an immigration reporter. Come join us! DM me with questions :-) I want an amazing new colleague 😍
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RT @otraletra: we built something special, something only possible through the trust of 60 families willing to share their utter grief and…
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Your infuriation-building weekend read:
🧵: How many of your state’s lawmakers do you think are women? If you live in the Southeast, it might not be even 1:5. Policy about issues like abortion, maternal health & pay equity is controlled by vastly male legislatures across the region.
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@propublica @SethFW @NYTmag @cow_portal @AliyyaSwaby @mrsimon22 @JenBerryHawes In this final piece in her scathing series about chaos at school board meetings across the country — including threats, violence and 59 arrests — @NicoleFCarr detailed how a security guard who enforced a mask mandate ended up facing a criminal charge.
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