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Media reporter & co-host of Post Reports, the flagship podcast @washingtonpost . Tips, ideas, notes of affirmation: elahe.izadi @washpost .com/DM for Signal.

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Elahe Izadi | الهه
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My best friend's brother, Amin, is in need of a living kidney donor. He's 39, and a new kidney may help him survive for many years. 🧵
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Rick Santorum interrupts Gloria Borger to argue that Mike Pence did not interrupt Kamala Harris.
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Me before 140 characters and me after 280 characters
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Indian Country Today has details on the elder in that viral video. His name is Nathan Phillips, a Vietnam veteran who holds a regular ceremony for Native American veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Lady Doritos should be so crunchy that the noise drowns out the whining of any man within a 10-foot radius
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Pepsi CEO says it's targeting women with Doritos that are cleaner and less crunchy:
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lol i can't believe some women are made to feel like they are too shrill or difficult at work
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just a good time to remember Office Eugene Goodman grew up in Southeast DC
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struck by how much of the evidence at this impeachment trial is the work done by journalists
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2 years
Buzzfeed’s union announces 100% of its members are walking off the job today, as shareholders vote to take the company public.
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1 year
More than 3/4ths all journalists in the US are white. The "whitest" beats: -Energy and the environment (84% white) -Sports (82% white) This is per new data from @pewjournalism
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Public opinion on protests during the Civil Rights Era, in 3 graphs
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5 years
My latest: I spent several days with Kenan Thompson, SNL's longest-tenured cast member, and spoke with several past and current colleagues (and most importantly, his mom!), to figure out the quiet brilliance of the man who's been on our TVs for decades
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we were all like "ha ha ha imagine having to work from home with small children and still do tv hits" little did we know
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Happy 4 year anniversary to the best interview of all time
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Elahe Izadi | الهه
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EXCUSE ME
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No murder charges in the death of Breonna Taylor. One officer is charged with with three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree.
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While so many today view what John Lewis did with reverence, at the time, only 22% of Americans approved of what the Freedom Riders were doing.
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look honey, a perfect joke
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Why I Support The Postal Service Even Though I Prefer the Iron & Wine Version of 'Such Great Heights':
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Elahe Izadi | الهه
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wake up, SHEEPLE, protest is the new brunch
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how white people felt about black civil rights demonstrations
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A great piece of advice I have received is that no one is thinking about you that much. People think about other people for like 5 minutes and then go back to thinking about themselves. If you said something dumb or whatever, just let it go, no one cares.
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I'm following a rare trial against U.S. journalist arrested on the job. Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri's trial began today:
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NEW: I spoke w/ the local journalists who tuned out the national noise and just kept reporting, uncovering one of the first major post-Roe era stories. The saga shows how much we’ll rely on local journalists to shed light on the consequences of Roe’s fall:
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7 years
The moment when @Fahrenthold wins his much deserved @PulitzerPrize
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3 years
currently watching Leslie Jones reviewing the aesthetics of my coworkers' houses
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Ok I would have went with the corn but Um it’s nice!!
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A good day to remember: civil rights protests were very unpopular in their day
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7 years
Public opinion on protests during the Civil Rights Era, in 3 graphs
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"...Not!" became really popular in the 1990s, thanks to Wayne's World.
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4 years
“Secret Service agents expressed their anger and frustration to colleagues and friends Friday, saying that the president’s actions have repeatedly put them at risk. ‘He’s never cared about us,’ one agent told a confidant.”
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“Why aren’t we talking about Brittney Griner?” Well:
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4 years
How wild is 2020? We're in a news cycle in which audio of the first lady saying "who gives a f--- about Christmas" isn't even crackin' top 10 news stories of the day.
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I keep watching that video of casual hugging in the Rose Garden. I know an elderly woman who had to bury her 91-year-old husband during the pandemic and no one could hug her at the small graveside service. Including her children.
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3 years
"The long love affair between Fox News and Trump may be over. Here’s how it ended last week." Very good story from @sarahellison and @jdawsey1 includes this detail on what happened at the White House on election night after Fox called AZ for Biden:
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3 years
Taking a moment to shout-out all of the journalists who have been working nonstop for days/weeks/months, especially those with children, elders to care for, households to run, and a million other things happening in their lives.
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Two consequential pieces of journalism that led to major accountability but did not receive Pulitzers: The @indystar reporting on USA Gymnastics/Larry Nassar, and @jkbjournalist reporting on Jeffrey Epstein
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Just remembering the time my mom registered to vote so she could cancel out my dad’s vote, happy Election Day everybody
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4 years
“It is absolutely not true that Glenn Greenwald was asked to remove all sections critical of Joe Biden from his article," said Intercept's editor-in-chief. "He was asked to support his claims and innuendo about corrupt actions by Joe Biden with evidence.”
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3 years
Guys we need to really produce more service journalism like this, I’m bout to head over to this lady’s house in the morning to help her download some podcasts
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3 years
Scoop: the group behind the all-girls Afghan robotics team has sent a cease and desist letter to an Oklahoma woman, telling her to stop taking credit for their rescue in her media appearances From ⁦ @sarahellison ⁩ & me
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Elahe Izadi | الهه
3 years
Retweeting this because I keep seeing photos of newly arrived Afghan refugees.
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3 years
Maybe don’t tweet out photos of newly arrived refugees as they might still have family in Afghanistan who are at risk.
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I think about the people who lost loved ones early in the pandemic, and have had to live through all these months, isolated and unable to grieve in community, while listening to people say it's not real or deadly.
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"I've now been to 10 hospitals trying to deal with the pandemic... And then, as I make my way home and stop to pump gas, someone rolls their eyes at me and asks, 'Why are you wearing a mask?' Like it's me that's bonkers."
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Fox News fired his head writer after his racist and sexist messages online postings came to light. The company called it "horrific racist, misogynistic and homophobic behavior"
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. @TuckerCarlson : "I've never had a White Supremacist work for me... I don't think I've ever talked to a White Supremacist." Carlson also said earlier: “I don’t really go on the internet”
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hey, journalists -- are you basically telling everyone in your life you can't commit to any plans at least through the next 30 days?
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‘The terror of wearing both a press badge and black skin’: Black journalists are carrying unique burdens right now latest from @farhip and I. Thanks to the journalist who took time to share their stories
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Ominous email sent to WAMU staff this afternoon about a “new strategic framework” to be announced Friday morning. Their offices will be closed to have the "time and space" to have these convos-- WAMU won't publish anything online, and they're automating starting 8pm.
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anti-Trump comics in 2017: "it feels like comedy is a weapon that we can use against them, that they don’t have"
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6 years
rita moreno wearing the same dress she wore to the 1962 oscars. i can't even wear the same leggings i wore during the 2017 oscars.
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2 years
~some personal, personnel news~ I'm THRILLED to be named co-host of Post Reports, the Washington Post's daily news podcast. AND I'll get to continue covering media as a staff writer, so keep sending me those tips!
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WHO IS BRIAN NOW IM CRYING AGAIN
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Public was largely opposed to the March on Washington just before the event
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Bill Withers was in his 30s and working in a factory making airplane toilets when he recorded his self-financed demo tape. Didn't own a guitar until 32, wasn't a trained musician. One of first songs he wrote was "Ain't No Sunshine."
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7 years
what a time to still be alive
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@asmamk thank you for this service journalism. I have 1,000 more questions: is this something he says often? Who taught him this? How long has he been saying it?
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Elahe Izadi | الهه
7 years
um... did he just imply a 5-year-old american child could pose a threat?
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Spicer, asked about 5 yr-old: "To assume that just b/c of someone's age or gender or whatever that they don't pose a threat would be wrong"
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Dave Chappelle singing @radiohead to @Lesdoggg at the SNL wrap party, as filmed by @questlove
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I went to Adoption Day at the DC courthouse and it’s such a beautiful thing to witness. There were teenagers, babies who a year ago were on ventilators and are now functioning without, little boys who arrived at their foster homes nonverbal and were now chatting up a storm.
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Reading about John Lewis’s life, one realizes that there were so many times he could have died as a young man in his pursuit of justice. But by the grace of God, he survived those horrors and continued to live his life —all 80 years of it— for the sake of others.
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I am self isolating with my parents and they have tea time every day at 3. It has added wonderful structure to my life. May I recommend?
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Can't get over it. I couldn't even wear a sleeveless dress in the Speaker's Lobby (outside the House floor).
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Elahe Izadi | الهه
2 years
From June 2020:
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The Washington Post editorial board calls for Trump’s removal:
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Latest on the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion filed against Fox News. A Dominion lawyers said “What Fox did here was not reporting. It was not a political debate... 1st Amendment guarantees a free press, not a consequence free press."
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Fox and AP, which called Arizona for Biden, do not use Edison
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Elahe Izadi | الهه
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. @Sulliview has some words: "In fact, NBC News is doing what so much of mainstream media has done time and again: allowed Trump to steal the spotlight and command attention on his terms."
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Not only is this beautifully written/structured, but the reporting choices by ⁦ @MrDanZak ⁩, my goodness. Read to the end.
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Ohio man exonerated after spending 27 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit http://t.co/XcPa9qqZmZ http://t.co/zEn6YCYGYw
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What a letter to the editor 💅🏽
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6 years
Going to tweet out a sampling of the community journalism done by @capgaznews
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2 years
We all remember Trump targeting prominent journalists by name. But I've been following stories of local journalists -- ones who aren't household names -- who have dealt with intimidation, sanctions and even criminal investigations from local officials.
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So these are the kinds of memes Persian immigrants are sharing on FB , "Iranians who bring you the best!"
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Zelensky's letter to the family of slain American journalist Brent Renaud: "The people of Ukraine, who are fighting against the Russian regime to defend their Homeland and democracy in the world, are mourning with you."
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I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of Brent Renaud who lost his life while documenting the ruthlessness & evil inflicted upon 🇺🇦 people by Russia. May Brent’s life & sacrifice inspire the world to stand up in fight for the forces of light against forces of darkness.
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pandemic exercise motivation
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this is great. he works with his photog wife and reporter son
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More on Native American military service:
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People invoking Emmett Till to justify reposting these videos and photos… Remember, his mother made the very conscious decision to have photographs of her brutalized son’s body shared with the world. She chose the publications.
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Maybe don’t tweet out photos of newly arrived refugees as they might still have family in Afghanistan who are at risk.
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One section of a memo sent to Axios staff Monday discusses protesting or tweeting about abortion, given it permitted staff to participate in racial justice demonstrations in 2020.
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Anyone else having trouble getting to bed at a reasonable hour after being stuck inside all day and there’s also a deadly global pandemic? Also, boy oh boy are carbs hard to avoid.
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2 years
A CBS network executive seemed to lay the groundwork to hire Mick Mulvaney in a staff meeting this month, when he said the network needed to hire more Republicans to prepare for a “likely” Democratic midterm wipeout. via @jeremymbarr
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The touching tribute to Leonard Nimoy from space http://t.co/IE6rx7kFpH http://t.co/bv1M3xPuME
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11 people at Sun Sentinel were laid off today. The paper's parent company Tribune was acquired by hedge fund Alden Global Capital last year. In 2019, the paper won the Public Service Pulitzer.
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Happy holidays to all the big city, high-powered career women who in the next week will inherit a castle/inn/farm, make Christmas cookies, drink hot cocoa, put on the town’s winter festival, find love and quit their jobs.
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She was arrested while covering racial justice demonstrations last summer. While a huge number of journalists across the country were injured or arrested by police while covering unrest, most were never charged or had charges dropped.
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Yu Lihua, one of the most important Chinese American writers of her day, dies of covid-19 at the age of 90. A beautiful obituary: One of her daughters is the Washington Post's Lena Sun, who has been at the forefront of the newspaper's coronavirus coverage.
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Sounds like a very cool project: The Washington Post Magazine seeks pitches for underreported stories in communities across the country for a special issue about the diminished state of local and community news:
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7 years
Lyft issues statement pledging $1M over 4yrs to ACLU
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4 years
take a break from the news and tweet your top 5 breads
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2 years
I want a 6-episode series ordered based off of this clip
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ICYMI: A vandal with a bone to pick spray-painted “Mike is a cheater” on an SUV parked in Northeast D.C. But it wasn’t Mike’s car.
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everyone here seems pretty upset so just sliding through here to bless the TL
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