Arkansas-based freelancer. Words in WaPo, Garden & Gun, VQR, Arkansas Advocate, others. Spanish, Urdu. Trying not to tump. || @jordanphickey.bsky.social
Springdale, Arkansas
Joined November 2009
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I was never really here. I probably won’t really be there either. If you actually want to get in touch — namely, with story ideas, pitches, etc. — drop me a note via my website.
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The Expanding Table | @Longreads
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Googling ‘Oldest Structure in the Americas’ Leads to Heaps of Debate | @washingtonpost
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What Lies Beneath | Arkansas Life
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Reconnecting Terry | Arkansas Life
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An optometrist and Pokémon master Minh Nguyen has tracked down nearly 200 former classmates. It may have saved his life.
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🚨 New, from me: The medical examiner who helped persuade a jury in 2004 that Russell Maze killed his baby son has recanted his testimony. Now both the DA’s office and the original M.E. agree that the crime for which Maze was convicted never occurred. 1/x
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Financially supporting non-profit, not-for-profit & alternative newsrooms in #Arkansas that are undertaking innovative coverage & telling neglected stories is a great way to increase news quality & diversity. @ArkTimes @ArkAdvocate @suziparker could all use your support.
#arpx
ICYMI | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette announces Community Journalism Project to bolster newsroom operations >> youtu.be/l6Lz97oK64I?si=RnaE…
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Review-Journal Executive Editor Glenn Cook said Robert Telles being found guilty by a jury of murdering investigative reporter Jeff German "brought a measure of justice for slain journalists all over the world."
MORE: lvrj.com/post/3148634
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This state calls itself the ‘most pro-life.’ But moms there keep dying.
Giving birth in Arkansas comes with more risk and less care. 92 percent of maternal deaths were found to be preventable.
Urgent reporting by @anniegowen
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Part 2 via @JordanPHickey: The "skyrocketing" cost of living in Northwest Arkansas has put a financial burden on area teachers who are A) in single-income households and B) relatively new NWA residents. Some have taken on side gigs to make ends meet. arkansasadvocate.com/2024/08…
First in a four-part @ArkAdvocate series on the daily realities working Arkansans face:
Those above the poverty line who still don’t make enough to afford the cost of living in their area are “falling through the cracks” trying to access health care.
arkansasadvocate.com/2024/07…
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It pays to be Justice Clarence Thomas.
New data from @FixTheCourt on the value of gifts justices received & reported over the past two decades.
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"This is a story about what food can and can’t do; what it says and leaves unsaid."
@JordanPHickey on Palestinian food, memory, and an Arkansas chef preserving her family's roots: longreads.com/2024/02/22/exp…
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"Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told"
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"And while these aren’t the most complex dishes to grace the text thread, they are the most remarkable, the most joyful, because they are the most improbable."
@JordanPHickey on food, memory, and preserving one family's Palestinian roots: longreads.com/2024/02/22/exp…
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washingtonpost.com/technolog… Thank you @JordanPHickey and the @washingtonpost for speaking with the @IDTheftCenter for your story on Facebook scams!
This, friends, is what you might call an iceberg story.
The 10 percent that you see is pretty interesting — but the truth is that there’s *so* much more to this story that didn’t make it through the edits.
washingtonpost.com/technolog…
Apparently, I wasn’t the first person to find his phone number — he’d been getting calls daily about people wanting to buy cryptocurrency.
Frankly, it’s kinda hard to believe that this issue is still as widespread as it is — but maybe the efforts of the AGs will make a difference. Maybe.
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