Jessica Wakeman
Independent journalist in Asheville, NC | https://jessicawakeman.contently.com | jessica dot wakeman at gmail dot com | signal: jessicawakeman.80
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanJeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
- Reposted by Jessica Wakeman1. Build huge subscriber base by telling them their $ supports democracy. 2. Don’t establish other revenue sources. 3. Rug-pull subscribers by pushing opinion side to the right. 4. Subscribers leave, revenue falls. 5. Enact crippling newsroom cuts.
- Reposted by Jessica Wakemannew hudson williams lore just dropped and guess what: everyone says he’s an adorable lil freak who deserves nothing but success!!!! take a bow hudson, america’s newspaper couldn’t dig up a single person who had something bad to say about you
- Reposted by Jessica Wakemanwhat a godawful day for journalism, following a great many other godawful days for journalism
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanSomebody should invent a socioeconomic system which is good at allocating resources
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanOur founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanI’m not a fancy big city businessman but it’s called The Washington Post and to nuke local dc coverage, coverage of official Washington’s actions at home and abroad, roll back coverage of insignificant things that nobody cares about like *checks notes* sports(?!?!?)seems like a bad business decision
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanWe gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanThe post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
- It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls www.justice.gov/epstein
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanX is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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- Reposted by Jessica WakemanI reviewed "Melania" and the experience of watching "Melania" in our horrifying authoritarian moment. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/triumph...
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- Reposted by Jessica WakemanWarnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanThe Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
- Reposted by Jessica WakemanThe arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
