Yvette Cabrera
@YCabreraOC
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2025-2026 @KSJatMIT Fellow; Climate/EJ reporter; 2024 @TEDTalks speaker; @NAHJ immediate past president; @uproot_project founding member
Santa Barbara, CA
Joined June 2009
🧵So I’ve been working on a little something that I never imagined I could do. A Ted Talk! My hope: that it can turn into a big something. And it just might, with your help. This happened thanks to a partnership between @RockefellerFdn @TEDTalks: https://t.co/7iZO1wLDWt
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Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories. @AndreaObaid, @Mugira, and @YCabreraOC share firsthand insight into the barriers science journalists are facing. #scicomm
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The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
washingtonpost.com
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
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From clean water to air pollution, local journalism connects people to the issues that shape their lives. @YCabreraOC and Fredrick @Mugira reflect on the importance of local journalism and covering local issues like pollution and public health. More at: https://t.co/bSmptXwk6z
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Couldn’t agree more, @Mugira. Honored to share this space with you highlighting the importance of local news coverage that’s rooted in trust.
True! Local journalism/inclusive journalism/allyship in journalism empowers communities by connecting them to the issues that truly matter. It's the foundation for building trust and driving meaningful action. Thanks @SciCommAwards for citing me alongside @YCabreraOC Explore
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Our good friend and @Ocean_ORN colleague @AlecLuhn has gone missing on a solo hike in Norway. https://t.co/mJNUV321tS If you have any information, please contact the local police Morten.Fosse2@politiet.no or his wife @NikaSilchenko
theguardian.com
Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national park
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The Trump admin sees IRS tax data as a key source of information to help deportation agents locate undocumented immigrants. We got our hands on the blueprint the shows how millions of addresses could be ported from tax forms into the hands of ICE. https://t.co/LpebITlLbf
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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
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1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
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A brutal and eloquent story about the search for bodies in Texas by @arelisrhdz. "It was hard bec the exposed bark resembled a shade like some human flesh where they had been stripped bare by violent collisions with RVs, cars, tin roofs & kitchen tables."
washingtonpost.com
Aidan Heartfield was on the phone with his father when their family’s cabin was swept away in the Texas floods. A team is searching for any signs of Heartfield.
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So thrilled for the Kozik grant winners! It was an honor to serve as a judge this year & to give back in a small way for a grant that meant so much to me because it allowed me to complete my own investigation in 2021. Congratulations to everyone! 👏🏼🎉🪅
@NPCInstitute @YCabreraOC @RobChaney1 @kat__stafford Congrats to @TristanBaurick & Halle Parker @_theHalParker of @VeriteNewsNOLA; Bradford Davis @BWDBWDBWD of @StarTelegram; @MaxFilby of @DispatchAlerts, @CarlaSamon Ros & Johanna Hänsel for @InsideClimate and @HeyHelina Selemon & Jordan @jGassPoore for @NYAmNews!
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The @natpress & @NPCInstitute will award $43,700 in Kozik grants to 5 reporting projects across the U.S. on environmental justice. Thanks to our esteemed journalist judges @YCabreraOC @RobChaney1 @kat__stafford & Charles Self:
nationalpress.org
The National Press Foundation and National Press Club Journalism Institute award $44,000 in journalism grants to five environmental projects.
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🌱 Science belongs everywhere, and one of the best places to start bringing it to life is in your own neighborhood. @xcortada, @calvinmackie, @YCabreraOC, and Elijah Yetter-Bowman discuss how #scicomm engagement starts with listening and meeting communities where they are.
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Journalists face a multitude of threats and are increasingly being pushed into exile in response to their work. In 2024, CPJ supported an increasing number of exiled journalists across the globe. Find more on how CPJ supports exiled journalists: https://t.co/lZQNmybxoD
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NAHJ condemns the arrest of journalist Mario Guevara while covering a protest in metro Atlanta and his subsequent transfer into ICE custody — an alarming affront to #pressfreedom and due process in the U.S. Read the statement: https://t.co/Ob8NybXPnt
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I've never seen a sitting United States Senator being forcibly confronted in this way
BREAKING: California Democratic Senator @AlexPadilla4CA just crashed DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA and was forcibly removed.
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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Photos: A fierce pushback on ICE raids in L.A. from protesters, officials
latimes.com
Surprise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in downtown Los Angeles prompt fierce pushback from protesters and officials.
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Multiple ICE raids in Los Angeles on Friday set off a wave of protests that were met with a show of force by officers in tactical gear, as the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigration escalates. https://t.co/mFEmSwc14k
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Congratulations to the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists! Click below to read more about the honorees.
pulitzer.org
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Congratulations to KSJ Class of 2026: @YCabreraOC, Leslye Pritz Davis, @lizalinwsj, @SmritiMallapaty, @mcbridesg, @PaulaMoura_san, @rpocisv, @sara_reardon, @by_srmiller, @vonPreysing, and Samira Hamza
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