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💊 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀?
🗓️ Thursday, October 1, 2026
🕦 11:30 am PT
🔗 Register: bit.ly/BreakthroughDrugs
#ASCJ #HealthReporting #HealthJournalism #GLP1 #Pharmaceuticals
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GLP-1 medications are transforming care for obesity and diabetes, while doctors are currently exploring new uses. Their potential could be powerful for low-income, disadvantaged patients, who suffer from disproportionately high rates of chronic illness.
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But because of cost or lack of insurance coverage, patients who might benefit most are least likely to get these drugs.
We’ll explore whether these breakthrough treatments widen or narrow chronic disease disparities in America’s vulnerable communities.
🔗 bit.ly/BreakthroughDrugs
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Thank you to all our Domestic Violence Symposium panelists and everyone who attended. We are grateful to the @BlueShieldFound for its ongoing support, which made this symposium possible.
Did you know domestic violence affects more than 10 million Americans each year?
✍️ We invite journalists to attend our virtual Domestic Violence Symposium (8/23) and apply to our Impact Reporting Fund (due 10/21)!
🔗 Register, apply and learn more at bit.ly/2026DVSymposium
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Bookmark the foundation's Journalist Playbook: journalists.letsenddv.org. It provides tools and sources for reporting on domestic violence with care.
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The Center offers reporters with a California-focused idea who attend the symposium to apply for grants of up to $10K from our Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund.
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The deadline is October 21, 2026. See the application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Our final panel is a Q&A on Impact Reporting Fund on Domestic Violence with our founding director @mlevander and manager of projects Jacqueline Stenson. Join the conversation now: bit.ly/2026DVSymposium
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Up next at 1 pm: Restraining Orders are Meant to Halt Domestic Violence. Is the System Keeping Survivors Safe? with Los Angeles Times data reporter
@lamarr_lemee and investigative and enterprise reporter @ConnorASheets
Register to join: bit.ly/2026DVSymposium
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@ConnorASheets shared additional insights on this thread:
nitter.net/ConnorASheets/status/2…
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In April 2024, Nora Villanueva Campanor fled her abusive husband Jesse Carrillo and got a restraining order against him.
Four months later, he shot her and left her dead body on a desert road. LA County’s system for protecting survivors had failed her at every turn.
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Learn more about their reporting process and pose questions to the panelists.
Join now: bit.ly/2026DVSymposium
@ConnorASheets @lamarr_lemee @latimes
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@ConnorASheets and @lamarr_lemee used their @ReportingHealth community engagement grant and mentoring from engagement editor Monica Vaughan to reach impacted community members.
This included a callout published online in English and Spanish: latimes.com/california/story…
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“I used this [investigation] as an opportunity to do something that I had been wanting to do for a couple years now, which was just scrape the whole court system … generating case numbers [for restraining orders] and pulling whatever data came up.” — @lamarr_lemee @latimes
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“The numbers speak for themselves, but the impact of 57% of domestic violence filers not even making it to a hearing, dropping out of the process, that is a lot.”
@lamarr_lemee @latimes
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They are 2025 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund Grantees and Engagement Grantees. Read their series here: latimes.com/california/story…
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They are 2025 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund Grantees and Engagement Grantees. See their Center-funded series here: latimes.com/california/story…
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Starting now!
Trauma-Informed Reporting: Making Sure to Do No Harm for Your Sources with reporters @shannon_h of @MarshallProj and Cristina del Mar Quiles of @cpipr and @clairestremple, Editor-in-chief of @AlaskaBeacon.
Register at bit.ly/2026DVSymposium to join.
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3/ The officers “became very angry, defended themselves, & said that if we published their names, we would be sued. But we still published their names & included their responses. About four years have passed, and we have not been served with any lawsuits.”
@cpipr @MiamiHerald
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4/ “Police officers are public servants and are among the first people called when domestic violence occurs. So that was part of the consideration we took into account for that specific investigation.”
@cpipr @MiamiHerald
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