I met Martha Shaw, 84, a year after she lost everything. This is her journey. When editors ask if you’d report a lengthy narrative to help 38 million readers better understand #climatechange, you do it. A special project for @aarp magazine. https://t.co/VYIKvAVEqT

What a story. After 3 years on the transplant list, my friend woke in the hospital w/a new kidney. Then he learned a stranger saved his life—not as part of some larger organ swap, but because she could. Then they met. Read this. You'll be glad you did. https://t.co/mOzUiV7YPM

And also: @CraigAWelch for @bioGraphic, who wrote about a terrible sea star plague @quantamagazine on what it means in the body to be thirsty @AsimovPress on the sunlight budget of earth & much more: https://t.co/bBxR9igS9w

Sea stars—26 species—were dying by the *billions* from Mexico to Alaska, their arms tearing off, their bodies dissolving, w/enormous consequences. No one knew why. So we tagged along w/scientists unraveling the mystery. Can they be saved? Thanks for sharing, @Longreads!

"To raise sunflower stars in captivity and release them to the Pacific, however, scientists must first learn how to keep stars from dying. And for that, they must know what’s killing them in the first place." @CraigAWelch for @bioGraphic:

Sea stars—26 species—were dying by the *billions* from Mexico to Alaska, their arms tearing off, their bodies dissolving, w/enormous consequences. No one knew why. So we tagged along w/scientists unraveling the mystery. Can they be saved? Thanks for sharing, @Longreads!

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Hi everyone, for a story I'm looking to speak with people whose fire insurance was not renewed and then suffered damage or loss to their homes. If this is you, please reach out!

🧵 If you can spare a couple of hours, please read this groundbreaking, yearlong global investigation by my @business colleagues into the money, opportunity & exploitation into the booming fertility industry. I guarantee once you start reading you won't be able to stop 🎁

New, from @BW The Egg: A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity This investigation of the human egg trade (and egg theft) takes you from India➡️Argentina➡️Greece➡️Taiwan➡️US.... Superb work from a team of extraordinary reporters. Gift link: https://t.co/zjy6d5LgPa

Statement by family of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu after news of the verdict in his national security trial. This is sad news. The Dong’s are a wonderful family. Yuyu should not be subjected to 4.5 more years of prison on such insubstantial, false charges

China sends a message to the world with this harsh sentencing — telling them that anyone engaging in people-to-people exchanges could be labeled a spy. Dong Yuyu, 62, was a respected journalist and @Harvard fellow doing ordinary meetings with diplomats and foreign journalists.

Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, a Harvard University fellow known for his observations about Chinese politics and economics, was sentenced to seven years in jail for espionage, according to his family, who rejected the charges as “patently absurd.”

我谴责中国今天以间谍罪判中国新闻从业人员董郁玉七年徒刑。中国宪法保障其人民的言论自由，而董郁玉因为行使了自己的言论自由权而遭受惩罚是不公正的。

More on Yuyu’s case, from less than an hour ago. https://t.co/IPzRFuQbLs

“These charges are patently absurd.” My @niemanfdn colleague, widely respected journalist Yuyu Dong, was sentenced tonight to 7 yrs in prison in China for “espionage.” Some of the evidence: He spoke with the Japanese ambassador to China.

On Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of people I know enduring hardships. One is Yuyu Dong, a journalist and @Harvard Nieman Fellow detained by China. I wrote about him in my book #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire. His family expects a verdict on Friday. His case is getting more attention in the US.

Exactly. This point about the necessary legwork of real news also applies to national outlets who write stories based on local outlets’ reporting and research without having the awareness or ethics to recognize where their content comes from.

Hawaii has more cesspools per capita than any other state. Lots of leaky septic tanks too. The untreated wastewater they release is killing the state's already fragile coral reefs, threatened by ocean warming. https://t.co/C2I5pag9rD #Hawaii #Oceans @CivilBeat @pulitzercenter

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Now the biggest @hakaimagazine news of the week... In January, Hakai will join forces with @bioGraphic. This means more great environmental journalism focused on oceans, coasts, and biodiversity. But to get off the ground, we need your help and donations!