Stephen Starr@stephenstarr

Journalist | Read me @natgeotravel @BBCWorld @guardian etc Lived in Turkey til '17; Syria til '12, wrote book ⬇️ Gmail: kilruanesstar

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Joined June 2009
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Jumping this sinking ship for BlueSky. Check me out here: @stephenstarr.bsky.social
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In honor of Mary Evans, the Journalism Lab is proud to announce a $2,000 stipend awarded to a journalist working on a story about Returning Citizens. Deadline August 1. Details here: thejournalismlab.org/mary-ev…

Mary Evans — The Journalism Lab

Remembering Mary Evans — our talented colleague and friend, whose reporting and generosity touched the Miami Valley.

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Tonight in Dayton:
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#Dayton #Ohio friends, join us for the 2026 Dayton Journalism Summit in January: thejournalismlab.org/dayton-…
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Letter from our corner of Ohio. Unease, insecurity as shutdown continues. From ⁦@stephenstarr⁩ theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

Near Ohio air force base, food pantries and businesses grapple with effects of shutdown

As tens of thousands of military personnel work without pay and others are furloughed, a local pantry sees its numbers increasing as restaurants are losing customers

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30 Oct 2025
Haitian Springfield update from ⁦@stephenstarr⁩ Clock is ticking on a February deadline as businesses, Haitians struggle. theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

Haitians helped boost Springfield’s economy – now they’re fleeing in fear of Trump

Ohio city’s economic fortunes spiral and local businesses suffer as Haitians leave due to administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies

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3 Nov 2025
Great piece by @stephenstarr on the burgeoning tariff impacts -- was delighted to participate. theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

Trump policies spur economic anxiety in US Republican heartland: ‘Tariffs are affecting everything’

Rural US towns reel as policies like tariffs cause global manufacturing companies to reconsider major investment projects

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Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vance’s home town theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vance’s home town

The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold

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The desperate drive to secure passports for thousands of US-born Haitian kids – before it’s too late

Advocates in Springfield, Ohio – a city thousands of Haitians now call home – fear the fallout of Trump’s DHS revoking temporary protected status for Haitian nationals

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Ohio’s foreign-born population has grown by 30% over the last decade, helping to offset a decades-long population decline that was fueled by the offshoring of manufacturing and the Great Recession of 2008. ⁦⁦@stephenstarr⁩ theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

How refugees have helped save these midwestern cities: ‘That’s really something we celebrate’

In places like Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, blighted neighborhoods and economies have been transformed

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Farmers hope Trump has their back but many voice misgivings as tariffs loom

Farming groups are starting to voice concerns for Trump’s tough approach at a time when they face many challenges

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JD Vance’s home town is bouncing back – and it’s largely thanks to immigrants

Immigrants have played a central role to the revival of Middletown, Ohio, while the vice-president has made criticizing immigrants a main theme of his political career

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Delays and uncertainty dog Intel’s dream of Rust belt manufacturing hub

The company is hanging on by a thread amid rumors it may be broken up and sold – an instability keenly felt in Ohio

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The 'least spectacular' of the Great Lakes is a devastating snow machine nationalgeographic.com/envir…

The 'least spectacular' of the Great Lakes is a devastating snow machine

Lake Erie's devastating lake-effect snow storms can smother communities with collapsed roofs and impassable roads. Could these storms get worse?

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Two non-profits in Ohio are settling some of the $220bn in US medical debt

Spouses of deceased Medicaid recipients report repayment demands for medical costs, trapping them in a cycle of debt

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Midwestern cities fear fallout of Trump revoking Haitian residents’ status

Looming end of TPS could wreak havoc in Ohio urban areas revitalised by immigrants from the Caribbean country

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US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration fears theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration...

President’s anti-immigrant actions fuel a heartland battle between middle-ground Republicans and extremists

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20 Feb 2025
#Syria: The Director of Endowments in #Damascus has requested the Minister of Endowments to issue a law banning public eating during #Ramadan, with penalties for violators, citing respect for those fasting. #Ramadan_2025 #Ramadan1446
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Trump threats to revoke status unsettle Ohio’s Ukrainians: ‘The stress is real’

Thousands of Ukrainians who call Cleveland home are in limbo as fate of temporary protected status remains murky

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Solar has taken off in red states. Trump’s funding freeze is causing panic

On his first day in office, the president paused billions of dollars in funding for clean energy projects initiated by Biden

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