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U.S. delegation cuts Haiti journey brief after gunshots reported at president’s funeral

A man attends the funeral of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise, at Moise’s family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday, July 23, 2021.

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A U.S. delegation that attended the funeral of late Haitian president Jovenel Moise on Friday is safe and returning to the U.S. following reports of gunshots and crowd control gas as protests took place outside the ceremony, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday.

The delegation, led by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, was forced to end the trip early due to the unrest, a senior administration official told NBC News. However, Thomas-Greenfield was able to meet with Haitian leaders at the funeral, including newly sworn in Prime Minister Ariel Henry and his predecessor Claude Joseph before leaving.

There were no immediate reports of injuries among protesters, authorities or guests at the funeral.

The U.S. delegation included House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.; Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.; and NSC Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere Juan Gonzales. It also included Daniel Foote, who was newly appointed as the U.S. special envoy to Haiti by the Biden administration, and U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Michele Sison.

Greenfield, in remarks delivered upon the delegation’s arrival in Haiti, expressed solidarity with the Haitian people and condolences to First Lady Martine Moise.

“Our delegation is here to bring a message to the Haitian people: You deserve democracy, stability, security, and prosperity, and we stand with you in this time of crisis,” Greenfield said

The funeral service was opened by a brass band and church choir, but was disrupted by angry shouts of protesters accusing authorities of being responsible for Moise’s death, according to Reuters.

Haitian officials arriving at the event were met with verbal anger from protesters, with one man calling Haitian police chief Leon Charles a criminal, Reuters reported.

Protests erupted in the northern city of Cap-Haitien leading up to the funeral for Moise, with supporters of the slain president angry over unanswered questions about his assassination, according to Reuters.

“We are deeply concerned about unrest in Haiti,” Psaki said at a Friday briefing. “In this critical moment, Haiti’s leaders must come together to chart a united path that reflects the will of the Haitian people. We remain committed to supporting the people of Haiti in this challenging time.”

This comes over two weeks after Moise was shot dead at his private Port-au-Prince residence, a shocking assassination that plunged the Caribbean nation into political upheaval.

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement Friday the U.S. will continue to provide requested assistance, including equipment and training, to the Haitian National Police and government of Haiti. The Department of Justice and Homeland Security will also continue to aid Haitian authorities in their investigation into the killing at the request of the Haitian government.

Sullivan added that the departments will continue working closely with international partners to support the Haitian government’s efforts to hold the perpetrators of the assassination accountable.

The Haitian government has also requested that the U.S. deploy American troops to protect critical infrastructure in Haiti.

Biden announced last week that the U.S. will only send American marines to secure the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and has no plans to send military assistance.

“The idea of sending American forces into Haiti is not on the agenda at this moment,” Biden said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week.

Earlier this month, the U.S. sent a delegation of U.S. officials to Haiti to assess the political and security situation in the nation, assist with the investigation of Moise’s murder, and encourage free and fair elections.

— Reuters contributed to this report.

Inventory futures maintain regular forward of an enormous week of Huge Tech earnings

Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), today, Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

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Stock futures opened little changed after the major averages finished the previous session at record closing highs and ahead of a busy week of earnings reports from technology’s heaviest hitters.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased by 4 points, or 0.01%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.01% and 0.07%, respectively.

In the previous session, the Dow jumped 238.20 points, or 0.68%, to 35,061.55. The S&P 500 gained 1.01% to 4,411.79 and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.04% to 14,836.99.

All three of the major averages finished at record closing highs last week after the markets tumbled at the start of the week on concerns about the spread of the delta variant of Covid and how it would potentially hinder the economic recovery. The uncertainty briefly sent bond yields lower, and investors jumped into tech stocks. Both bonds and equities rebounded quickly by the end of the week.

Tech stocks rose last week on better-than-expected second-quarter earnings reports, as well as the continued spread of the delta variant. Twitter and Snap each surged Thursday following better-than-expected second-quarter earnings reports. Twitter ended Friday 3% higher, while Snap shot up 24%.

One of the busiest weeks of earnings reports is on deck in the week ahead, with Tesla kicking it off after the closing bell. Last week, CEO Elon Musk said the automaker would likely start accepting bitcoin for vehicle purchases again.

Big tech giants Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft are all set to report on Tuesday, and Google, Facebook, and Amazon will also report later in the week.

Investors will be watching the Fed’s two-day policy meeting, beginning Tuesday. The Federal Open Market Committee and the Board of Governors are expected to issue a statement on the stance of monetary policy Wednesday. On Thursday the Commerce Department will report second-quarter GDP data.

On Monday morning the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will release new home sales data and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas will release its monthly business activity index for manufacturing in Texas.

5 issues it’s best to know earlier than the inventory market opens on Friday July 23rd

Here are the key news, trends, and analysis investors need to start their trading day:

1. Wall Street appears to end the week with a winning streak of four sessions

Traders operate on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 21, 2021.

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The Dow futures rose more than 150 points on Friday, suggesting a strong end of the week for the Wall Street opening and possibly four positive sessions in a row after Monday’s big slump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nadsaq were all aiming for weekly profits. The Nasdaq was the leader, up nearly 1.8% over the past four days. All three are also within 1% of their last record closings on July 12th.

Dow stock American Express rose about 4% early on the market after the credit giant announced quarterly earnings and earnings that were best estimates. Honeywell International, also a Dow stock, rose slightly pre-IPO after the industrial company beat estimates with quarterly earnings and earnings. Honeywell has also raised its outlook. After a quarter of earnings season, Wall Street is heading for its best earnings growth in over a decade.

In the bond market, the 10-year government bond yield, which is reversing the price, rose on Friday to around 1.3% after hitting a 5½-month low of nearly 1.13% earlier this week. The purchasing managers’ manufacturing and service indexes for July will be released at 9:45 am ET.

2. Snap, Twitter up as Intel slumps on quarterly results

The Snapchat application on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA on Friday January 29, 2021.

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Tech stocks rose in the premarket on Friday, with Snap shares rising 16% after the social media company surprised analysts with a quarterly profit, earning an adjusted 10 cents a share. Income also exceeded forecasts. Snap on Thursday reported unexpectedly high daily user metrics and an optimistic sales forecast.

The Twitter logo will be displayed on a smartphone screen on April 14, 2021.

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Twitter’s shares rose 5% in early trading after the company beat estimates by 13 cents late Thursday with adjusted quarterly earnings of 20 cents per share. Revenue beat forecasts as ad sales increased 87% year over year. Twitter also issued an optimistic revenue forecast for the current quarter.

The Intel logo is shown during the preparations at the CeBit computer fair.

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Dow stock Intel fell nearly 2% in the premarket on Friday, the morning after the company released a forecast that disappointed some investors, saying the global chip shortage could last well into 2023. Intel beat estimates with quarterly earnings of $ 1.28 per share. Sales also exceeded forecasts.

3. The Delta variant is one of the most contagious respiratory diseases of all time, says CDC director

Critical care nurses insert an endotracheal tube into a positive patient with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida on February 11, 2021.

Shannon Stapleton | Reuters

The delta variant prevailing in the USA is one of the most contagious respiratory diseases that has ever existed, warned the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The variant is highly contagious, mainly because, according to new data, people infected with Delta can carry up to 1,000 times more viruses in their nasal passages than those infected with the original coronavirus strain. The last seven-day average of new Covid cases rose 65% while deaths fell 7% to 250 per day over the same period.

4. The IOC says all possible Covid security measures have been taken

A view of the Tokyo Olympic Rings ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.

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With the Tokyo Olympics officially starting on Friday after a one-year delay, the International Olympic Committee said the organizers have done everything in their power to ensure the games are safe, based on expert recommendations from Covid. The IOC responded to criticism for using “cheap measures” and ignored advice. Reuters reported that 11 athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus since July 2, while Olympic infections, including officials and the media, were above 100. Earlier this week, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “The success is noticeable in ensuring that all cases are identified, isolated, followed up, dealt with and the referral cut off as quickly as possible.”

5. NFL warns teams of Covid outbreaks in unvaccinated players

General view of the NFL shield logo on the field prior to Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Raymond James Stadium.

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The National Football League plans to operate as normally as possible for the 2021 season, and said teams would be giving up games and losing money if Covid outbreaks occur due to unvaccinated players. In a memo received from CNBC, the NFL announced to team leaders and head coaches that it has no plans to postpone games due to outbreaks like the 2020 season. Instead, the league wrote that “postponements will only be made if required by government agencies, medical experts or at their discretion,” by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The league’s tough stance on postponing games will also protect network partners who have just agreed to a media deal worth more than $ 100 billion.

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NHS contact tracing app downloads spike

Selective focus. Concept photo.

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LONDON — Downloads of the U.K.’s contact tracing app surged last week, according to new data, despite widespread concerns of people being told to self-isolate amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

The NHS Covid-19 app was downloaded 161,000 times in the week of July 11-17, according to figures from analytics firm App Annie, up from 131,000 in the previous week and 137,000 from June 27-July 3.

Meanwhile, weekly active users — defined as anyone who opens the app in a given week — held at 14.7 million in the weeks of July 11-17 and July 4-10, up from 14.4 million from June 27-July 3.

This does not mean everyone using the app had its contact tracing feature enabled. Some may have disabled the feature.

Nevertheless, it shows engagement with the app is still strong despite fears more people are deleting it to avoid self-isolation.

“Downloads have spiked when there is an announcement hinging on using the app, and then they tend to taper back, but usage has remained strong week on week,” Lexi Sydow, App Annie’s head of market insights, told CNBC.

“Ultimately, usage will be a better metric of how people are actually engaging with the app.”

Millions of Brits could be pinged by the app over the summer, after the country lifted its remaining Covid restrictions and as the number of infections in the country has climbed.

More than 1.1 million people in England and Wales have been pinged by the app over the last two weeks.

Last Friday, the U.K. reported more than 50,000 new cases for the first time since mid-January. Daily cases have fallen somewhat since but are still in the tens of thousands.

What is contact tracing?

The NHS Covid-19 app was introduced by the U.K. government last year as a way to carry out traditional contact tracing — where the contacts of someone who has been infected are alerted — using technology.

The idea is that people are informed if they’ve been near someone that’s infected with the coronavirus, and advised to isolate to reduce spread in the population.

The England and Wales contact tracing app, like many others, uses Bluetooth to detect users who are nearby. If a user comes into close proximity with someone who has tested positive, they are informed and told to self-isolate.

This has become controversial for businesses at a time when the U.K. is seeing a resurgence in Covid cases, and as England lifts nearly all its remaining restrictions on public life.

According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 57% of human resources professionals say they have suffered staff shortages in the last month due to employees being told by the app to self-isolate.

The app was initially pitched as a crucial part of plans to lift England’s lockdown restrictions in the early part of the pandemic. However, more recently the government has sought to play down its significance.

From August 16, a policy change is set to come into effect which will mean those who have received two Covid vaccine shots are exempt from self-isolating when told to by the app.

The government has also identified a list of workers who could avoid isolation even if they are exposed to the virus.

There are now doubts about how effective the app will be going forward.

“The exposure notification app made sense at the beginning of the pandemic when we did not have vaccines and we had high numbers of deaths and hospitalisations,” Stephanie Hare, an independent tech researcher, told CNBC.

“The goal was to break the chain of transmission — to stop the spread of the virus — and all of our policies were aligned,” she added.

“Under Boris Johnson’s new policy for England, we are no longer trying to break the chain of transmission, and so the exposure notification app becomes less useful for society,” said Hare.

“It might still be useful for individuals who want to download it and use it and would prefer to know if they have been exposed.”

Skechers, Boston Beer, Snap, Twitter & extra

Pedestrians walk past Skechers shoes displayed outside of a store in San Francisco, California.

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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Friday:

American Express – American Express gained 3.3% after reporting quarterly earnings of $2.80 per share. That beat the consensus estimate of $1.66, with revenue above estimates as well. Results were helped by a release of credit reserves and increased spending on travel and entertainment.

Honeywell – The industrial conglomerate beat estimates by 8 cents with adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.02 per share, with revenue beating estimates as well. Honeywell saw growth across all its businesses and got a boost from a rebound in areas hardest hit by the pandemic such as commercial aerospace. Honeywell also raised its full-year forecast.

Schlumberger – Schlumberger rose 2.2% after beating estimates on the top and bottom lines on a rebound in oilfield services activity. Schlumberger came in 4 cents above estimates with adjusted quarterly earnings of 30 cents per share.

Kimberly-Clark – The consumer products maker reported quarterly profit of $1.47 per share, falling short of the $1.71 consensus estimate, with revenue roughly in line with forecasts. Kimberly-Clark also cut its full-year earnings forecast, pointing to higher input costs and continued pandemic driven volatility. Shares fell 3.7% in the premarket.

Twitter – Twitter gained 4.5% in the premarket after it beat estimates by 13 cents with adjusted quarterly profit of 20 cents per share. Revenue topped Wall Street forecasts as ad sales surged 87% from a year ago. Twitter also gave an upbeat current-quarter revenue forecast.

Intel – Intel reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.28 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06, with the chip maker’s revenue also scoring a beat. However, Intel also issued a forecast that disappointed some investors and also said the global chip shortage could last well into 2023. Intel shares dipped 2.2%.

Snap – Snap soared 16.7% after the social media company surprised analysts with a quarterly profit, earning an adjusted 10 cents per share amid predictions of a 1 cent per share loss. Revenue also beat estimates. Snap also reported higher-than-expected daily user metrics as well as an upbeat revenue forecast.

Skechers – Skechers surged past the 52 cent consensus estimate and reported quarterly earnings of 88 cents per share, with the footwear maker also posting better-than-expected revenue. Skechers said workers returning to offices boosted demand for its “comfort technology” offerings. Skechers rallied 7.1%.

Boston Beer – Boston Beer shares slumped 20.3% after the Sam Adams brewer cut its financial outlook for 2021, citing weaker than expected sales of its hard seltzer brands. In its most-recent quarter, Boston Beer earned $4.75 per share, well below the $6.69 consensus estimate, with revenue short of forecasts as well.

Veoneer – The Swedish auto parts maker soared 55.3% in premarket action after it agreed to be bought by Canadian rival Magna International for about $3.8 billion in cash. The deal will help Magna in its efforts to enhance its driver assistance technology. Magna shares slipped 3.1%.

Capital One Financial – Capital One earned $7.62 per share for its latest quarter, well above the $4.64 consensus estimate, and the financial services company also saw revenue come in above analyst forecasts. Results were boosted by a benefit related to credit losses. Still, Capital One shares fell 1.4% in the premarket.

VeriSign – VeriSign fell 2 cents short of consensus estimates with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, with the domain name registrar seeing revenue roughly in line with forecasts. Shares lost 0.6%.

Federal prosecutor alleges R. Kelly had sexual relations with two youngsters

R. Kelly has already faced 22 sexual abuse charges against young girls and women, and it looks like federal prosecutors are trying to bring more charges against him! According to the NPR, prosecutors allege that R. Kelly began sexual relations with two teenagers in the early 2000s and is reportedly attempting to use evidence of these alleged crimes in his upcoming trial.

Prosecutors allege R. Kelly began a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy he met at a McDonald’s in Chicago. This boy is said to have introduced Kelly to another young man, who was then 16 years old, and he reportedly forced both boys to have sex with several of his girlfriends. According to prosecutors, many of the alleged incidents were filmed.

After “Surviving R. Kelly” was released, the world learned of various alleged incidents in which women were sexually assaulted under his care. Many details have also emerged regarding Kelly’s relationship with the late singer Aaliyah, and prosecutors are attempting to provide additional evidence on this case as well. NPR reports that prosecutors allege that one day R. Kelly gave an Illinois state employee $ 500 to create a fake ID for Aaliyah.

That incident reportedly happened in 1994 when Aaliyah was 15 and R. Kelly’s goal was to marry the young singer because he believed she was pregnant. Kelly has also been charged on 21 child pornography cases, and if he and Aaliyah were married she would not be able to testify against him in court.

As we previously reported, R. Kelly is currently being held in Brooklyn pending trial. He has faced 22 state criminal charges for alleged abuse of girls and women for more than two decades. His trial is scheduled to begin on August 9th.

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Agriculture and photo voltaic vitality are to be mixed within the Dutch pilot undertaking

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The Swedish energy company Vattenfall has received a permit in the Netherlands to build a project that aims to combine solar energy with agriculture. This is the latest example of how renewable energy and agriculture can potentially be intertwined.

In a statement earlier this week, Annemarie Schouten, Vattenfall’s head of solar development for the Netherlands, explained how the project would “alternate rows of panels with strips on which different plants for organic farming are grown”.

The pilot project, known as Symbizon, is scheduled to last four years and will be located in Almere, east of Amsterdam. Funding comes from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Schouten said double-sided solar panels were used to ensure “adequate light output”. Such an arrangement would also enable the panels to “capture the reflected light from the ground, plants and adjacent rows and use it to generate solar energy”.

Although the plans have taken a step forward, Vattenfall has yet to confirm whether the project is actually moving forward. A decision on this is expected by the end of 2021. If the green light is given, construction will start in 2022.

When the program is fully implemented, a wide range of stakeholders will be involved. This includes the independent research organization TNO, which would develop a “solar tracking algorithm” to track energy and crop yields, among other things.

The idea of using solar panels on farmland has been around for many years. One strand of this is called agrivoltaics, also known as agrophotovoltaics.

Meet Caeleb Dressel, the Quickest Swimmer within the World

Move aside Michael Phelps, because Caeleb Dressel has entered the pool.

The 24-year old swimmer is the fastest swimmer in the world and has the potential to be the fourth swimmer in history to earn seven medals in a single Olympic Games.

Does his name sound a bit familiar? Well, that’s because the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be the second time Caeleb swims for Team USA. At the 2016 Games, he won two gold medals. And now, this summer, he will be swimming alongside 52 teammates, including Katie Ledecky and Ryan Murphy, in events such as the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly.

Not to mention, he holds multiple world records plus seven gold medals from the 2017 World Championships and eight gold medals at the 2019 World Championships. No other swimmer in history has earned eight medals at one World Championships competition. So, yes, safe to say he’s a BFD.

But there is way more to Caeleb—who doesn’t actually enjoy the spotlight, according to NBC Sports—than just the waves he’s making. Keep scrolling to find out who he is outside of the pool.

Manchester United signal Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund for £ 73m

Jadon Sancho will be featured at Manchester United’s Carrington Training Ground on July 23, 2021.

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Manchester United have signed Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho for £ 73m.

Sancho, whose move to Old Trafford was agreed in principle on July 1, underwent a medical exam earlier this month after attending Euro 2020.

He’s signed a five-year contract with United with an option for an additional year.

After four years in the Bundesliga, the 21-year-old is moving to Dortmund, where he won the DFB Cup in his last season and scored 50 goals in 137 appearances.

Manchester City keep a sell-out clause for their former youth player, whose contract in Germany should run until the summer of 2023.

“I will always be grateful to Dortmund for giving me the opportunity to play first-team football even though I always knew I would return to England one day,” said Sancho on United’s official website.

“The chance to join Manchester United is a dream come true and I can’t wait to play in the Premier League.

Journalism is activism and varied editorial workplaces know that

Did you see that part of the Washington Post lawsuit?

It is not news that journalists have been burned by their “conformity”. You can bet journalists know that having a diverse newsroom improves the quality of the news.

However, we forget how much these minorities lose the second they put on a press card.

“MS. Sonmez had ‘taken sides’ on sexual assault …”

Sexual assault is a crime. If you cannot take a “side” against it, you are not in the business of comforting the suffering and tormenting the mighty. https://t.co/8vZUNG8y3d

– Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) July 24, 2021

It’s easy to say that newsrooms like the mail have navigated rough water. Sexual assault scandals in the media lie in the past, present and likely future. According to these statistics, newsrooms are underpaid and journalists overworked across the board.

New faces in the media are even more malleable. Industry teaches you to be ready to do anything. (I still joke that some days journalism literally calls for an arm and a leg.) Obviously, the phrase “willing to do anything” is an understatement.

If you’re an aspiring front page writer or on-air reporter, it gets worse. You sometimes work for free or next to nothing on your messages. You can still wait at the tables for your most prestigious and valuable jobs.

So journalists do what they do best.

Newsrooms have set themselves the goal of diversifying their “unbiased” spaces. Often we stand up for our affinity groups in the room. In fact, these pushes span from the most trusted to the least trusted names in the messages.

“More women on the air, people of color and queer-identifying people.”

These journalists know that storytelling requires connection and collaboration. A common identity brings context and understanding to complicated stories. From police shootings to sexual assault, the voices sharing the news become as important as the actual story.

But these moments of advocacy can extend beyond the office. Reporters can leave their rooms and work on making their communities more representative. You can say that black lives matter. You can say that Asian hatred is unbearable.

After a year of misinformation, they can heartily denounce racism and sexism and heterosexism.

It could just cost them their jobs and peg them as “activists”.

This is journalistic foundation, but follow me down the yellow brick road. Journalism is always activism because the news is trying to improve its consumers. (Big thought is coming!)

When you produce news of police brutality, drugs and incarceration, media sexual harassment, and any other story, you are activating consumers.

Journalists tell you, for example, what the traffic looks like on the motorway. This reporter doesn’t tell you this information because he doesn’t care where you go. They want you to avoid the problem and improve your ride right now.

Incredible amounts of smoke across the United States.

It’s another potential by-product of #climate change.

A warmer world favors more evaporation / drying in the west. This leads to larger fires / more extreme fire behavior.

That means more smoke / deteriorated air quality in the east. pic.twitter.com/EIriB4bCuc

– Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) July 21, 2021

Meteorologists do the same. They track storms and weather chases to learn and help communities. In contrast to most traffic reports at 7 a.m., meteorologists can also plead for climate warnings.

Your most contextualized messages are actually about long-term environmental issues. Global warming and climate change mix with your weekly weather outlook. But that’s “political”, isn’t it?

Well, let’s think about it a little more.

Weather reporters and meteorologists can discuss climate change in their personal lives. These arguments are rarely grounds for dismissal.

Telling them what the news is, contextualizing and informing the public is part of news production. It’s in our DNA.

The messages we create, however we make them, are part of a larger story. It’s the story of what our audience does afterward.

* Read this again to make sure I haven’t overlooked any major caveats because this seems out of my pocket * https://t.co/aYKiV9Z67T

– 🌱 Ivy Lyons 🦁 (@theIvyLyons) July 22, 2021

When our audience hears a heartbreaking story of death from a pandemic, it acts. They may feel compelled to change their habits if they trust their news source. (That’s why it’s so important that Tucker Carlson make the pandemic transparent on the air.)

Likewise, the visual representation of advocacy, friendliness, and volunteering of a newsroom makes a statement. Advocating black lives, women, or anything else is not indicative of a bad journalist.

Since journalism is always promotional, it wants you to get smarter, get active in your community, and make a positive impact.

It is the gathering, production and sharing of critical information.

1 / Sonia Gutierrez fulfilled her dream of becoming a reporter for the news channel KUSA 9News in her hometown, but it came at a high price.

If she wanted to report on immigration, she had to disclose her own immigration status in each story. https://t.co/6HIRsBetNP

– NPR (@NPR) July 18, 2021

First, news reporters put everything in one package. No matter how reduced, they design it so that their audience has an accurate, reliable representation. This accuracy is not entirely free of bias, but it is intended to avoid the appearance of inappropriateness.

Second, the messages are delivered. Whatever the medium, these messages will (hopefully) be reviewed and published or distributed in an accessible manner. The audience receives this message and begins to digest it.

After all, the audience acts. Readers (including you who read this blog wherever you come by) are starting to piece pieces together. They memorize some information, discuss it if necessary, and act on what they know to be true.

As reporters of all stripes, we know this is the case. Now we just need to realize that the “endorsement” qualifier can be another way to keep the messages separate. Instead, I hope we will see a progressive character in the news. This journalism will encourage bright, diverse voices to advance the media across hateful constructions.

I enjoyed being an excited Gen-Z Themfluencer, working in politics, writing as a student journalist and discussing what’s most important. I am currently producing and moderating podcasts, contributing to hyper-local news agencies and continuing my education as a Ph.D. away. Student at the University of Maryland.