Reshma Kirpalani
@Reshma416
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Video Journalist for @WashingtonPost | 14-time Emmy Award-winner 🇸🇷
Joined January 2011
Personal News: I'm excited to join the talented video team at @washingtonpost ! I've already enjoyed contracting with them for the past few months. I'll be based in FLA so send me your tips! DMs = open 📥
Reshma Kirpalani (@Reshma416) joins The Post as a Video Journalist based in Florida https://t.co/dUGeiBn0Ma
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Staffers at the Washington Post’s local section have sent the letter below to owner Jeff Bezos. The request: “Don’t eliminate our jobs.”
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As Trump vows to launch a mass deportation campaign, Catholic churches and legal aid groups are gearing up to defend the nation’s undocumented, @arelisrhdz @anumitakaur @Reshma416 report.
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As Donald Trump vows to launch a mass deportation, Catholic churches and legal aid groups are gearing up to defend the nation’s undocumented.
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The customer, also Venezuelan, said Trump had turned his back on the community that lifted him up: “Es más falso que un billete de mil.” He’s more fake than a thousand-dollar bill. “You see?” she said. “Everyone is in shock.” @sabrod123 @reshma416
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Venezuelans in the Miami suburb of Doral have been some of Trump’s biggest proponents. Many feel betrayed after he revoked temporary protected status for thousands.
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'I’m not coming back here no more.' A tornado triggered by #Milton devastated a Florida retirement community, with mobile homes that are vulnerable to twisters. @partlowj @Reshma416 and photographer Kathleen Flynn, to do this story with @maxinejoselow
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A tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton struck precisely among some of those most vulnerable to natural disasters — elderly people and those who live in manufactured housing.
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"It presents real ethical questions" - important accountability journalism by @TooMuchMe and @JoshCeb
NEW from me and @JoshCeb: Since Miami city manager Art Noriega was appointed to office almost 4 years ago, his wife's company has received over $440,000 in city contracts. That includes remodeling his own office. It presents real ethical questions. https://t.co/iflXtyfu8o
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The lives upended by #Florida’s school book wars https://t.co/oCBtCwDT9D via @Reshma416 & @hannah_natanson
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In a fight over books, Escambia County saw thousands of titles removed, two lawsuits and jobs lost — including that of its superintendent
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Powerful video testimonies here from all sides of the divide, from my good friend and neighbor @Reshma416. "The lives upended by Florida’s school book wars" https://t.co/cCR4kGDGXp
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In a fight over books, Escambia County saw thousands of titles removed, two lawsuits and jobs lost — including that of its superintendent
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"I feel like we’re walking back in time. We’re putting kids back in the closet." A stunning @washingtonpost story on the book wars playing out in Florida public schools ⬇️ Well done, @Reshma416: https://t.co/wXzCJT4mcS
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In a fight over books, Escambia County saw thousands of titles removed, two lawsuits and jobs lost — including that of its superintendent
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Jacksonville tries to move past a legacy of racism. With powerful images from @joshua_lott and @reshma416
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Nearly two months after a triple killing motivated by racial hatred, the city’s Black community wonders when Jacksonville will truly confront its past.
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Here's some of what Palestinians in the West Bank told me about Biden's visit to Israel. Video by me, Sufian Taha, @Reshma416 and @jakoscielniak
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While President Biden visited Israel on Oct. 18, protests erupted in Ramallah following a blast that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital.
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I’m grateful to have been part of @washingtonpost’s coverage on the Maui wildfires, & honored to have spent time w/ the Cascos. They’ve spent days&weeks wading through grief, fear, uncertainty, exhaustion since the fires. The path forward is still unclear: https://t.co/kFWBIEml13
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After the #Maui wildfires displaced over 3,000 students, a private school in northwest Maui is working to accept as many students as it can. via @Reshma416
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Powerful storytelling by @ZoeannMurphy @ReisThebault and @mengshinlin ! Please follow their coverage of the #MauiFires
Such an important story by @ReisThebault w powerful photos by @mengshinlin and video from me, @whitneyshefte & @jribas #MauiFires
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Only 25 people were rescued alive that morning last summer. What’s unknown is how many people manage to slip ashore and into Florida’s large Caribbean communities — and how many die trying.
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On unseaworthy or overloaded boats, migrants try to cross some 50 miles of treacherous waters from Bimini to Florida. For some, this is where the journey ends.
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After 50 years, Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they knew where to turn. Latest 📹, w/ @jayneore & @Reshma416. Check out the full video & read @sallyjenkinswa1's powerful story here: https://t.co/mTvb4xdW5Y
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Residents in the idyllic community of Celebration are worried the feud between the governor and the entertainment giant will prove costly - by @timcraigpost with video by @Reshma416
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The battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney has residents in the idyllic town of Celebration feeling stuck in the middle and forced to take sides.
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DeSantis stirs up opposition in Florida town built by Disney A must-read dispatch from @timcraigpost + fantastic video by @Reshma416 from the idyllic town of Celebration: https://t.co/XyTYkWEYJ2
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The battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney has residents in the idyllic town of Celebration feeling stuck in the middle and forced to take sides.
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Before the tornado, Sidney Alexander Street in Rolling Fork was filled trees, mobile homes and small ranch houses. Now, little is recognizable. “Everything is gone," said one man who lost his mother in the storm. @anumitakaur + @emmanuelfelton report:
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Before the tornado, Sidney Alexander Street in Rolling Fork was filled trees, mobile homes and small ranch houses. Now, little is recognizable.
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During the height of covid-19, many American streets became pedestrian safe havens. Now there is a battle over whether to keep those streets closures permanent. @ReisThebault + @byaliceli report from the front lines of the #slowstreets movement: https://t.co/6ZV7SLdS2q
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The pandemic turbocharged the push to make America's streets more pedestrian friendly. As the covid-19 emergency ends, many are fighting to make those changes permanent. Not everyone is happy about...
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