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Thanks for the shoutout Prof. @samuelautman!
For everyone out there in @DePauwU land. @debofficially our Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism is everywhere in American journalism right now! @DePauw_English @thedepauwnews
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☀️ It’s Pub Day for the @MoonGuides U.S. Civil Rights Trail book. It’s the second edition of my award-winning book visiting the people and places that made the movement. If ever we needed a roadmap to freedom and justice, we need it now.
youtu.be/KhB-p4Zus0w?si=3CAx…
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Join award-winning author, journalist and professor Deborah D. Douglas at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday, Jan19 at 5 p.m. in conversation with John Spann, Mississippi Humanities Council.
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This Saturday, I’ll be talking about the second edition of my @MoonGuides U.S. Civil Rights Trail at the legendary Square Books in Oxford, MS, at 5 p.m. Stop by!
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Join me at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta on 1/21 for a conversation about the second edition of @MoonGuides U.S. Civil Rights Trail: I'll be in conversation with @DelanoMassey, Managing Editor of Axios Local. eagleeyebooks.com/event/2026…
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Medill Hub Launches Rapid Response Toolkit for Solutions-Oriented Crisis Coverage - Medill - Northwestern University medill.northwestern.edu/news… via @MedillSchool @soljourno
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RT @D_Stieber: Trump is not sending the National Guard to Chicago anymore. This is due to many Chicagoans loudly saying we don’t want Trump…
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
No disrespect, but that’s an extremely stupid take. I need you to compare her experience to everyone else’s. The real diversity hire as you all think of it is Amy Coney Barrett.
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
“When I see there are efforts to keep us from our history, I see there are other ways and other means.”
Powerful #Juneteenth piece by my brilliant @TheOpEdProject colleague @kayjaykelly, with insights from the equally brilliant @debofficially
washingtonpost.com/travel/20…
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@instagram I signed up for the mandatory 2-factor authentication today. I can't log on to any devices now. I planned to boost some adds this week, and this is a hassle for my program planning. What's the issue?
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Your documentation only allows me to troubleshoot if I can log in and go to Settings. If I am locked our because I followed your steps, does that mean I am not an @instagram user any longer. I've got a conference to plan and need to find other apps that don't create problems.
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant to the @LocalNewsIni at @NorthwesternU to expand the University’s work to strengthen local news and scholastic journalism in Illinois. Read more: spr.ly/60104GAaA
ALT Purple graphic with fractals on the left side and a photo of the Local News Initiative on the right.
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🎯 Ready to transform conflict into constructive change? Join us at the @MedillSchool Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub Summer Summit on Friday, June 27. Free of charge; preregistration required. Supported by @FieldFoundation @soljourno @McCormick_Fdn
bit.ly/4drgrzT
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
In ‘We Tried to Tell Y’All,’ Black Twitter is a case study in digital resistance
Meredith D. Clark says the social media platform was ‘a collective intervention on mainstream media narratives about Black life in America in the early 21st century.’
theemancipator.org/2025/06/0…
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
Sinners may have brought Clarksdale into the national spotlight, attracting thousands of visitors to the small city last weekend.
One thing about my folks back home is that they have always been proactive in creating the change they wish to see.
NEW: capitalbnews.org/sinners-scr…
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
It turns out, who takes public meeting notes DOES matter! A new study found that #DocumentersNetwork notes are:
🧠Easier to read
🗣️True to public comment
🔗Full of links and context
📝Clear & consistent
Learn more at our Documenters Showcase: citybureau.org/notebook/2025…
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🎯 Ready to transform conflict into constructive change? Join us at the @MedillSchool Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub Summer Summit on Friday, June 27 in downtown Chicago. This event is free of charge; preregistration required:
bit.ly/4drgrzT
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
Hey, audio and political lovers. Come out to this free event I'm helping organize.
eventbrite.com/e/what-does-f…
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Deborah Douglas retweeted
Trump's attempt to bully Harvard will just make Harvard stronger. It gives them an opportunity to distinguish themselves from the appeasement artists at Columbia, and show their quality.
My latest in @thenation
thenation.com/article/politi…
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