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Jake Swearingen

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Jake Swearingen

@JakeSwearingen

Senior editor @ProPublica. Formerly @BusinessInsider @NYmag, @PopMech, @TheAtlantic, &c. Just thinking aloud here :-)

Born August 24

Joined January 2008

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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Feb 18
Incredibly proud to have collaborated with so many talented people on this package, and deeply honored by the recognition from the @PolkAwards for our work.
Business Insider
@BusinessInsider
Feb 18
The AI boom has a hidden price. Our investigation into the secrets of US data centers just won a prestigious Polk Award. Read the award-winning series here: bit.ly/4kQpi1K Read more about the win here: bit.ly/46YWnCG (Credit: John-David Richardson for
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Jun 16, 2023
how much are you willing to risk for the most dangerous job in all of media
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 18, 2024
Last year we discovered a COVID relief fund meant for struggling arts venues had given $200M+ to wealthy musicians. But we didn't know HOW they spent it — until now. We got the literal receipts, with @TheNewsHam and @ByKLong reviewing thousands of pages of accounting docs
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Apr 24, 2024
[after a 10-second lull in conversation at after-work drinks]
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
May 8, 2019
imagine miscarrying and then being interrogated by cops about it. 10 million people live in georgia. 15-20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. utter madness
Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 18, 2024
Replying to @JakeSwearingen
Alice in Chains members paid themselves $3.4M from grant the same year they made $48M selling their catalog. Meanwhile, their longtime guitar tech Scott Dachroeden — the exact type of worker this grant was meant to help — had to rely on GoFundMe when he got cancer.
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 18, 2024
Replying to @JakeSwearingen
The bottom line: A COVID relief program meant to save struggling arts venues became a windfall for wealthy musicians. They spent millions in taxpayer money on luxury hotels, private jets, parties & million-dollar bonuses to themselves. Full story here:
How rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar...
From businessinsider.com
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 18, 2024
Replying to @JakeSwearingen
Lil Wayne got $8.9M in taxpayer money and spent it on private jets ($1.3M), designer clothes ($460k), and luxury hotels, and even $88k for a NYE show he skipped. Chris Brown used COVID funds to throw an $80k birthday party with "atmosphere models" and $29k in bottle service
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Jun 4, 2020
Replying to @jamieNBC6 @MiamiPD and @nbc6
not letting the cops shoot another take of this after fucking up the dismount is antifa
Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Oct 29, 2020
my 4000-word resignation letter is proof positive i do not require editors anymore
Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 26, 2022
50% of all flights canceled around the world today were Southwest flights. All airlines in the US are struggling with the winter storm, but only Southwest just fell completely apart businessinsider.com/southwest-airl…
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
May 18, 2024
Even within media I’m not sure how well this is understood. Search traffic is about to fall off a cliff and make the Facebook crash look like a mild stumble. Very big players and small premium subscription pubs will be okay, everyone else: ⚰️
Rafat Ali, Media Operator & Dad
@rafat
May 18, 2024
It’s over, folks. Search as we knew it for last 30 years died this week. I searched for “Aleppo pepper alternative” and four mobile screens down found the first traditional search link. Go home, generic publishers, go home, information sources, go home, SEO folks, it is over.
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 18, 2024
Replying to @JakeSwearingen
"At a minimum, it smells," David Walker, a former comptroller general of the United States, told us. "Whether it's legal or not is up to a lawyer or ultimately to a court. But it sure smells."
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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Dec 18, 2024
Replying to @JakeSwearingen
This grant did help many small arts orgs! One acting school founder who got <$120k to survive COVID was "speechless" learning how stars like Chris Brow spent their grants. "I will never forget how hard-fought-for this funding was," she said.
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