jim welch
@jimwelchvt
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Adjunct lecturer U. of Vermont. Earlier: Senior editor VTDigger; deputy M.E. USA Today, Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, National Journal, ABA. Georgetown Hoya.
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Joined July 2008
Nice work @mlb and @nationals for going quiet on this.
nytimes.com
The rash of scams started around Labor Day, with fans owning tickets to large-market teams the most popular targets.
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NFL fines players and team employees for selling Super Bowl tickets https://t.co/9tFsDaJBGd Parking ticket-level fines for these @NFL players.
washingtonpost.com
Roughly 100 players and two dozen team employees are being penalized for violating league rules prohibiting them from selling their tickets above face value.
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Impressive — and important — piece of accountability journalism from @Rachel__Hellman
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Videos Show a Former Grand Isle Corporal's Quick Temper
sevendaysvt.com
An investigation into Brandon Allen, a former corporal on the Grand Isle Sheriff's Department, reveals a pattern of escalating situations.
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She finished right at first pitch.
Her speech was a walk-off home run ... even before the first pitch.
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On political endorsement https://t.co/e5OTZhylIE This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.
washingtonpost.com
A note from the publisher:
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Nice work, @DCPoliceDept, blocking apartment parking lot entrance and nowhere to be found — leaving five residents in their cars trying to figure out how to get in. Please do better.
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Clear, fact-based reporting here, backed up by video and reporters who witnessed it. Peaceful pro-Palestinian encampment at @UCLA was violently attacked by counter-protesters chanting pro-Israel slogans on Tuesday night. Police were then called in, and arrested the victims...
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This will seem foreign to 20-somethings but once upon a time one of the greatest things ever was buying USA TODAY on the Monday after the brackets came out to get all capsules of the teams. One of the great newspaper editions ever.
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Literary Magazine Retracts Israeli Writer’s Essay as Staffers Quit
nytimes.com
An Israeli writer’s essay about seeking common ground with Palestinians led to the resignation of at least 10 staff members at Guernica.
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Actually, he had five deferments — the same number as Donald Trump.
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Having watched this so-called debate, one must say: Shame on @nbcnews, @hughhewitt and @kwelkernbc for not once mentioning climate change in the face of full-throated bloviation from all five on the need for more coal, fracking and drilling to achieve energy domination. Big fail!
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Nice work. So stations don’t open until 7:30. You missed the message of 60 years ago.
Don't worry about parking or traffic congestion if you're heading to the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington tomorrow. That's why we're here! Taking 🚇 Metro is a convenient and stress-free way to get there, saving you time and hassle. #wmata
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"Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones." Very scary. https://t.co/W7VvWKnnXG
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Few have contributed as much to Vermont journalism over the past half-century as @jimwelchvt. I'll miss working alongside him, but I'm psyched we're renaming @vtdigger's internship program in his honor:
vtdigger.org
Welch led the Burlington Free Press in the 1980s and was a founding editor of USA Today. He joined VTDigger in 2018, serving as a senior editor and, for much of the past year, interim executive...
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