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I'm taking over as House Correspondent at
@MIRSnews
on Monday, and that's the last thing I'm saying before logging off for the weekend. Come find me in the seat you looked for
@dani_james21
in on the House floor, cuz that's where I'll be (in between trips to Zoup, of course).
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Professional news: I'm excited to announce that Lansing couldn't get rid of me that easily, and I'll be staying at MIRS full time starting in January covering legislative action!
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In Shelby Twp., U.S. Sen. and GOP VP Nominee
@JDVance
is emphasizing backing the blue (supporting law enforcement) and preventing illegal immigration. Mentioned 2020 Black Lives Matter movement that took a strong hold in Gov.
@GovTimWalz
’ state. Says he’ll take questions shortly.
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Four years ago today, I visited
@MSUjschool
as a high school senior to see if it was a good fit for college. In a few short weeks, I will graduate from MSU with a degree in journalism from the place that set my heart on fire for journalism at 17 years old! That being said...(1/2)
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Mascots representing private colleges and universities in Michigan are among the crowd of the House Appropriations Committee for presentations on the Michigan Tuition Grant and Michigan Achievement Scholarship. “Hello to all the furry people,” Chair Angela Witwer said.
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a year ago today i covered Gov. Whitmer’s inauguration for
@thesnews
and met
@SamanthaShriber
, and that connection led to my eight month internship at
@MIRSnews
, where I’m starting full time tomorrow. 🤯
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@shelleybleu
@IndivisibleMich
@JDVance
@GovTimWalz
Candidates do this stuff pretty regularly. Press conference on Capitol steps or in front of Dept. of State building after turning in petition signatures. Campaign finance funds/office funds can’t be combined or crossed and polls are off limit locations, though.
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@ journo friends: booth 2 at the EL art show has type writer key jewelry which was an instant draw in for me
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"My gender has no correlation to my journalistic abilities."
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I'm not a believer until I'm standing in the store
Trader Joe's makes East Lansing store 'official' with website post
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i’m never going to look at this school or its buildings and people and remember the fear i felt 6 months ago. i remember sporting events, dance practices, laughing so hard my stomach hurt, meals i shared with friends, the Red TV release, falling in and out of love,
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city desk is here and ready to serve you with the best hair in the newsroom. while we do that, i’ll be reporting on public and mental health.
#SnewsSpring23
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what started as
@thesnews
city girls has become summer capital news interns. thanks
@MIRSnews
@MichiganAdvance
for accidentally assigning us to the same committee this morning 🫶🏻
@LilyGuiney
(pic creds
@annaliznichols
)
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Can we stop talking about Michigan cities and get back to journalism? This incredible story deserves more reads this morning than a debate that was settled in 1847. This is happening now.
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I’m at the Capitol building this morning where Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be sworn in for her second term as governor.
@thesnews
@ChloeTrofatter
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After a false-alarm gun violence threat at Okemos High School, students are being bussed from their original evacuation point (the football field) to a nearby church to be reunified with their parents.
@thesnews
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Introducing myself as “the public and mental health reporter for the state news” has become my favorite ice breaker this syllabus week
#statenewsfall22
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In meijer on the Saturday afternoon before the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day. The average shopper has one bouquet of flowers, a chocolate assortment and a case of beer.
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For some, Feb. 13 was just another Monday.
For some, March 27 will be just another Monday.
Sometimes it’s better to fall apart than to harden.
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If there's one thing I'm gonna do, it's dance 🥳
Couldn't post while at site of Trump rally earlier. But some members of the Capitol press corps were trying to make best of cold temps in the hangar to the music playing before his arrival
@maggielynng
@xcolinjacksonx
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just got a rejection letter for a summer 2023 internship that i applied to in sept. 2022. thanks, but i actually already knew that
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I'm looking for full time work in journalism starting in the new year! I've specialized my education in political reporting and have spent seven months at
@MIRSnews
. I'm willing to relocate and provide my resume and clips. Please keep me in mind for any openings you may have!
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community - i am safe. i fled to my parents’ house in GR. thank you for reaching out and checking on us.
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back to school in two weeks also means back to work in person so here’s some of my favorite capitol press corps flix in honor of dressing business formal in my 9am class so i’m ready for work after 🫡
@dani_james21
@ElenaDurnbaugh
@LilyCGuiney
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Today is Opposite Day for 2024 Dem and GOP campaign strategy - Vance holds closed-to-the-public press conference while Harris packs thousands into airplane hangar.
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@chaotic_sub
what was that quote that was like 'you have to crack a few Greggs to make a Tomelette'
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The best glow up:
@thesnews
city girls -> Capitol press interns -> full time political journalists
For our senior year,
@maggielynng
and I struck out into new & uncharted (at times scary, but so, SO rewarding) territory & it all happened at the Michigan Capitol. Felt fitting to celebrate our upcoming graduation in this place where we’ve become the women & journalists we are!
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Today was my first day interning
@MIRSnews
!
@melinnky
kept me busy after I made the mistake of telling him “I don’t like to be bored”, and
@SamanthaShriber
and I taught him how to use “slay”. I’m super excited for all this summer has in store.
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Incumbent Gov. Whitmer, incumbent Lt. Gov. Gilchrist and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Harris Bolden sign their Oaths of Office.
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Debbie Llewellyn, one candidate filed as a Democrat to run for GOP Rep.
@MatthewMaddock
's seat, has given $350 between her and her husband, Tom, to Maddock’s campaign efforts since 2014. Story to come in tonight’s edition of
@MIRSnews
.
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The event was a press conference setting with only media and invited guests lasting less than an hour compared to the 2-3 hour long rallies with thousands of attendees Trump is known for. This also allowed Vance to take questions from press.
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oh you’re at MPC? well my roommate and i are eating veggie straws while i watch the livestreams so here’s my ‘passing the bridge on the ferry obligatory press pic’
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Yesterday's Harris/Walz rally ended with hours of attendees waiting in the dark for shuttle buses to bring them back to the parking lot. While some caught the bus and some walked the almost 3 miles back, two attendees caught a ride with
@ElissaSlotkin
.
Councilmember Damon Sherry and BGSU Student Lola Flick had an amazing time yesterday representing Ohio at the Harris/Walz Detroit Rally!
They ended the day with getting a car ride with the next Michigan U.S. Senator
@ElissaSlotkin
!
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@elrick
's investigative journalism class heard from
@CraigDMauger
on campaign finance today. what a wealth of knowledge...happy friday j-schoolers!
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journalist by day, dance teacher by night. i love my jobs 💙
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society if msu got rid of classes during the week of thanksgiving …
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You've heard the "we're not going back" chant, but have you heard "we're not eating cats?" Because Grand Rapids just did.
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back at it for the fall 😉 although, this weather makes me think it’s still budget season
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writing for history classes after writing for journalism classes is such a little special fun treat because you unlock the use of ✨adjectives✨! anyway, that's what I'll be doing for the next 12 hours because this paper IS due at noon.
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“No journalist is an island and the quality of our work, the editing, the ideas, the motivation, the adrenaline, it's something we all share. It's an enterprise.” Wise words from Eric Freedman, a past professor of mine and 2024 inductee into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame!
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i’m super excited that
@_kelly_branigan
is here at the Spartan Showstoppers Spring 2023 Showcase to photograph! Kelly is an exceptional photographer and we can’t wait to see the moments she captures. thanks for being here! 💚🤍
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oh no…the mcdonald’s app gave me a buy one get one coupon…
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The newly inaugurated Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden swears in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her second term as governor.
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Follow MIRS intern Jaden Beard as we take her on a wild ride through state gov and politics!
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Happy Intern Appreciation Day to some of my favorite fellow interns, you are all amazing!
@netterdan
@LilyCGuiney
@madelineawarren
@TorrezDevin
@womackmo
@ChloeTrofatter
@liz_nass
@sklarsam_
@malinowskijenna
@ashleyzzhou
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happy "this classroom will operate like a REAL newsroom" and "your AP stylebook is your Bible" week to all those who celebrate
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Former Gov. Jim Blanchard held a moment of silence for Kathy Wilbur, MSU's senior vice president of government affairs, who recently passed away. In her career, she briefly served as a trustee on the Board as MSU. "We could use her help," Blanchard said, followed by laughs.
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Political Lanstronauts - keep an eye out for my Letter from the Capitol contribution in
@CityPulse
starting in the New Year! I'll be covering the news coming out of the Greater Lansing area's legislative delegation, but first, enjoy this week's EL campaign finance story.
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going back to school post-Feb. 13 has been incredibly challenging, but it felt so good today to see the beaming smile on my prof’s face when i told her about how meaningful my spring break trip to DC was and talking about American Revolution like normal
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For my sports journalism debut, I'll be covering
@MSU_Gymnastics
as they compete against BGSU and LIU. The coverage you normally get from
@bellajxhnson
you can find here!
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Don't count out student voters and don't count out student journalists. Today in my comms class I presented on how the ELCRA expansion moved through the
#mileg
this year and as an activity, every person looked up their state rep and senator to find out how they voted (1/x)
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I’m gonna save my tears for when I see you, but there’s no way to express how much having Dani for help in the last year has impacted me. She’s gonna grow and glow wherever she goes. Lansing will miss you, but I’ll miss you more! 🤍🤍
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after 3 years in the j-school, today was the first time an instructor asked me how i take care of myself mentally outside of work instead of saying “you just have to push through it, journalism isn’t for the weak, you have to really really want it or it won’t come to you”
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Supporters of U-M Regent candidate Huwaida Arraf gathered in the convention center about 15 minutes before voting begins.
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my best friend hannah visited from wisconsin so of course i had to take her to the big red balls
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my car broke down yesterday while i was 5 hours away from home and i've already thrown the most extravagant of pity parties for myself. now it is time to enjoy an impromptu visit to Chicago and romanticize public transit as any logical 21-year-old would
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Democrat Curtis Hertel turned in the maximum 2,000 petition signatures for his name to appear on the primary ballot for MI-07, though the campaign collected upwards of 3,000.
#mipol
@CurtisHertelJr
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so why does 70°F set on AC feel different than 70°F set on heat? my roommates and i have had our minds boggled by this the last few days
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Thank you so much to
@reurinkjt
and
@melinnky
for this opportunity after I graduate! I'm so excited to continue contributing to the awesome team at MIRS that includes
@SamanthaShriber
,
@dani_james21
,
@LisaRooseChurch
and
@Minegar
.
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legislative *softball, danielle
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.
@ScheerTheoJRN
, you combined three of my favorite things: journalism, history and MSU to create one of my favorite pieces of journalism to date. BRB, sending this to all of my group chats and past history professors.
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@BobHolycross
@michiganstateu
@thesnews
@Hanholycross
@abroaddus
as a coworker of your daughter’s, i can confidently say she’s been amazing to work with and she makes me break into a smile whenever i see her in the newsroom. she’s so talented and even more importantly, a great person!!
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beautiful to see the work of my classmate and friend
@vivianbarrett_
in today’s statewide headlines!
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yesterday was my last day in my retail job. i cried on my first day but definitely NOT on my last. here’s to never getting yelled at over yarn nor crayons again 🤞🏼
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"We are most proud of the work this newsroom has done this year, but we are also proud to be a part of a social circle that is formed through both our love for journalism and the stressful moments that come with it." Snews has been lucky to have you both!
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tonight two of my students stayed late after class and just danced their heart out to some improv of florence and the machine. these two girls are best friends and watching them twirl each other around and giggle was the highlight of my day
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"I need to go home and talk it over with my dad" = best cop out for upcharging services when getting work done on your car. I'm not gonna talk it over with my dad. You'll never hear from me again. I'm going home and taking a nap
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Everyone’s favorite Capitol news service,
@MIRSnews
is here at Van Andel Arena where Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Nominees Donald Trump and JD Vance are slated to speak. This is the crowd as the line stretching past Downtown Market makes its way in.
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@womackmo
@paul_nasr1
@ConnorEaregood
@thesnews
@theblockm
This would be such a good project!!!! Transparency is huge issue in MI and student journalists sticking it to their universities instead of perpetuating what has become a deeply unhealthy rivalry would be such a refreshing shift.
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Someone build a trophy case because my dancers won first place overall, highest score in their category, a special award for their emotional connection, and high gold ❤️
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thanks to
@sheldonjkrause
and
@krystalrnurse
for coming to my JRN 300 class this week! we learned a lot about workplace trauma and caring for yourself in this field as well as knowing your worth and pushing yourself!
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the wifi in the newsroom spoiled me this morning. now im on campus and this is...pitiful
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My latest!
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I’m normal except on my drive to the UP today I listed all of the state House, state Senate and Congressional districts we drove through and who holds the seats (with the great help of MIRS directories of course)
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My journalism brain wants to write a story about what this Lions season has done for bars in Michigan. Like, have these been record breaking Sundays for Harper’s in EL, Rick’s in AA, Tin Roof in Detroit?
#AllGrit
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what’s more meta than using your own writing in print to wrap fragile items while moving (the answer is a lot of things, this tweet is self aware and knows this phenomenon is not nearly the most meta thing that could happen)?
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i asked my coworkers to spell the word “silhouette” from memory.
@DrewGoretzka
@LilyGuiney
@GRIFFINWILES
@naturallymya
@wndygzmn2
@Alex_M_Walters
@jaden__beard
@laurentheeegg
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My latest!
Sparrow Emergency Center Okemos hopes to bridge gap on greater Lansing's east side
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i think Campus Squirrels are smarter than Regular Squirrels. i’ve never seen a roadkill squirrel on campus. in the city? in the country? sure. but not once, ever, on campus. how do they know????
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We're lined up for a presidential double header the day after Michigan's primary election.
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State Rep.
@schuette_bill
has announced he is not running for Congress in the Eighth District. He will be running again for the state House.
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Reporting about MSU's presidential search from
@ScheerTheoJRN
and
@Alex_M_Walters
were mentioned in last night's Capitol Capsule of
@MIRSnews
. Be sure to give it a look!
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