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Tejal Wakchoure

@tejaldehyde

data and graphics journalist at NBC | she/her tejalwakchoure.github.io

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I'm moderating a panel at NICAR this week! Come hear @allanlasser.com, @elizabethrenter.bsky.social, @arlenemartinez.bsky.social and I talk about careers and finding your niche in news or news-adjacent roles. Stop by, say hi and bring your questions! schedules.ire.org/nicar-2026/#...

02.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post

04.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 8525 πŸ” 2443 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 88

This is so great! congratulations!!

04.02.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

06.06.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 7498 πŸ” 1024 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 94
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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4. Their genetic data is uploaded to an FBI database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

Insane dystopia scoop from @dmehro.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

29.05.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 14

I see it lol

20.05.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WE WON A PULITZER!

A big first for
@thebaltimorebanner.com &
@nytimes.com Local Investigations Fellowship.

Thank you to so many, especially those who trusted us with their stories, however painful or risky it may have been for them to share, because they knew it could make a difference.

06.05.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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How Drug Overdose Deaths Have Plagued One Generation of Black Men for Decades In dozens of cities, the recent rise of fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy.

🧡 The 51st is a part of a Pulitzer-winning project!

We contributed to this collaborative series that covered the opioid epidemic's devastating impacts on a generation of older Black men across America.
tinyurl.com/4jpsnpjj

06.05.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 9
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Gonna miss Skype

05.05.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Holy shit, just three years into its existence, the nonprofit Baltimore Banner has won its first Pulitzer.

05.05.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 2729 πŸ” 430 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 13
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25.04.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 4392 πŸ” 583 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 61

NYT conclave needle

21.04.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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18.04.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 6985 πŸ” 914 πŸ’¬ 105 πŸ“Œ 101
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11.04.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 8129 πŸ” 1075 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 119
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Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now

04.04.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 36217 πŸ” 7234 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 426

Nothing feels worse than finding out everyone else in the group chat made a new group chat without you because they’re planning a war you aren’t invited to

25.03.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 12122 πŸ” 1103 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 25
Carrie Bradshaw at laptop

Carrie Bradshaw at laptop

And then I wondered … had Pete Hegseth really meant to text me the state secrets?

24.03.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 7430 πŸ” 1016 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 60

Interesting! Did y’all run surveys in the years between elections too? Wondering if you saw any differences between those and the post-election responses mapped here

25.03.2025 04:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So am I understanding correctly that the GOP threatened to defund DC of its own money if they didn't tear up the BLM thing

And then DC tore up the BLM thing

And now the GOP is defunding them anyway

14.03.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 3345 πŸ” 833 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 117
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Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat? Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having β€œlittle to ...

NEW: Who is *actually* running DOGE?

Insiders told us @propublica.org that the named administrator Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run the show.

The latest w/ @chrisbing.bsky.social + Avi Asher-Schapiro: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

14.03.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 10

all scrolling is doomscrolling under fascism

12.03.2025 22:36 πŸ‘ 571 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

I just took the wrong train in the opposite direction to work, if you're wondering how Daylight Savings is going

11.03.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 548 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 2
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E Street Cinema, longtime D.C. hub for indie films, closes for good The E Street Cinema, long D.C.’s premier showcase for independent films, closed for good on Sunday.

It was small and musty, and the projector never quite aligned with the screen, but where else could you watch an old Scorsese film with three generations of moviegoers for $5 on a Tuesday night? :’)

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

10.03.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism

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