One chilly morning a friend picked me up and we made our way into the city to an office where I used to work, just a couple blocks from a house where I used to live.
And although I may have felt a touch of nostalgia, this trip was not about the past but the future. Our purpose was to meet with a small group of young people just launching their new careers as journalists.
As is expected from an old guy, I told a few war stories, but we focused much more on their stories, especially the ones yet to be written. In this meeting, we were joined by other veterans of the news business, citing experiences from between ten and twenty years each.
I hesitated to bring up that I broke into journalism 60 years ago this month, so as not to appear to give my length of time more weight than it deserves.
After all, regardless of how long you do this, or how many thousands of stories you write, your entire career may well boil down to a few moments and a set of circumstances beyond your control.
And it’s how you apply the knowledge you gain from those few moments that can make all the difference.
HEADLINES:
Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment (The Conversation)
ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They’re Afraid to Tell Trump. (Politico Mag)
Court holding hearings in Minnesota lawsuits seeking to curb federal agents (WP)
Trump signals de-escalation of ICE ops in Minneapolis (Axios)
Bovino Set to Leave Minnesota as Trump Shakes Up Crackdown Leadership (NYT)
The Minneapolis ICE shootings threaten police nationwide (The Hill)
Hegseth boosts Minneapolis immigration siege, approving use of military base (SFC)
Funding deal begins to unravel as Senate Democrats vow to oppose DHS bill over Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota (PBS)
Most of the government could shut down this weekend. ICE operations would carry on. (NBC)
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget Jan. 6 Happened (Atlantic)
History’s hall of shame awaits the Trump regime (The Hill)
COVID’s long shadow looms over a new generation of college students (SFGate)
This Is the Vaccine Story RFK Jr. Doesn’t Want You to Hear (Bulwark)
Trump’s Head-Scratching Turn Toward China (Atlantic)
US security agreement for Ukraine is ‘100% ready’ to be signed, Zelenskyy says (AP)
After 80-year bond, Germans find breaking up with the U.S. is hard to do (WP)
Israel says it has retrieved remains of final Gaza hostage (BBC)
Like digging ‘your own professional grave’: The translators grappling with losing work to AI (CNN)
Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own (NYT)
Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders (Onion)
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