It’s been gloomy, non-stop rain all week in DC. But the fringe benefit is this: raindrops sparkling on a perfect peony, spotted on my morning walk today

Hats off to all the The Harvard Crimson alumni who came together on this campaign, to ensure the paper continues to have the resources to cover Harvard, and to train the journalists of tomorrow.
thecrimson.com/article/2024/5…

It is 'the largest publicly reported fundraising effort in collegiate journalism.'

With help from Mike Abramowitz, Joe Kahn, Mary Louise Kelly and Amit Paley, among others, The Harvard Crimson raises more than $15 million in a campaign pegged to its 150th anniversary. thecrimson.com/article/2024/5…

The best colleagues. We 🩷 you, Ailsa Chang!

I missed this and really appreciate the effort NPR has made to be clear to its listeners why and how we are using the words we are using. And upshot: journalism is always a work in progress.

npr.org/2024/04/26/124…

Protests have rocked Tbilisi every night for two weeks now.

Our Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes Charles Maynes was out on the streets talking to people at 1am... Here's what he told us about what's happening there: npr.org/2024/04/30/124…

I would listen to my friend & colleague Rachel Martin talk about... just about anything.

Can't wait to check out her latest project. It sounds... dare I say it... FUN.

The news can be… a lot.

So take a break & listen to Judi Dench describe Hamlet’s mother Gertrude as Dirty Gerty: “Quite a bling person & obviously up to no good.”
Here’s the long cut of our glorious interview:

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'It felt like an impossible choice: to be a bad scientist or a bad mother.' Excellent essay by Toby Kiers, who chose an act of defiance instead. nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opi…

Never get tired of this view. Good morning, New York.

Thank YOU for listening.

Honored and delighted to be serving as the 158th Bates Commencement speaker.

.Evan Gershkovich ‘s strength is astonishing. He’s been detained by the Russian government since March 2023. It’s time to #BringEvanHome .
#JournalismIsNotACrime

I defy you to listen to the last answer in this gorgeous interview with Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea, and not feel your heart flutter a little...

With stellar editing & production by Courtney Dorning Elena Burnett & Erika Ryan
npr.org/2024/04/23/124…

WATCH: Our interview with ⁦Salman Rushdie⁩ on his memoir 'Knife' and the moment he was stabbed: NPR npr.org/2024/04/17/124…

NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigned this morning.

Among the many things that could be said, I will say this: thank you to my colleagues here in the newsroom today for your grace, collegiality and hard work during a challenging period.

And for showing up today,

Meanwhile in Ukraine:

We asked Salman Rushdie about almost being murdered. Also about writing & about finding great love, later in life.
Full interview coming soon @npr All Things Considered
📸 Nickolai Hammar
With editing/production by William Troop & Megan Lim

I AM FINE

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