2022-06-08
“Although her mother came to the U.S. legally, Ms. Rajakumar is among children whose status is in a similar limbo, but with even fewer protections than the people who have traditionally been defined as dreamers.” great @MHackman story https://www.wsj.com/...
CNBC
A coalition including Amazon, Google, and Uber urges the DHS to let kids of high-skilled visa holders stay in the US past the age of 21 without a green card
when my time is up, will I be “forced” to leave? Michelle Hackman / @mhackman : Athulya moved here when she was 5. She competed on her HS debate team, graduated from UT Austin with...
2021-10-26
“Democrats who have passed on Facebook's outreach include veteran Capitol Hill aides, a senior adviser to Mr. Biden and aides to former President Barack Obama, including Valerie Jarrett, according to people familiar with the job search.” https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
A look at Facebook's lobbying operation, which spent $20M last year, as it struggles to hire and retain key Democratic staff, with a top job open since January
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jameshohmann , @emilyglazer , @emilyglazer , @andrewrestuccia , @emilyglazer , @jameshohmann , @jameshohmann , @emilyglazer , @llerer , @emilyglazer...
2020-03-31
Campbell Brown, $FB head of news partnerships & former CNN anchor, on its cash for newsrooms: “Advertising money is shrinking fast and even though news consumption is up, it is not making up for those losses, so we are trying to help bridge that gap.” https://www.wsj.com/...
New York Times
Facebook says it will invest $100M to support the news industry during COVID-19: $25M in emergency funding for local news and $75M in additional marketing spend
children are using Facebook Messenger Kids to deal with coronavirus isolation. Kids are getting a crash course on texting and social media with “technology on training wheels. http...
2020-03-30
Campbell Brown, $FB head of news partnerships & former CNN anchor, on its cash for newsrooms: “Advertising money is shrinking fast and even though news consumption is up, it is not making up for those losses, so we are trying to help bridge that gap.” https://www.wsj.com/...
New York Times
Facebook says it will invest $100M to support the news industry during COVID-19: $25M in emergency funding for local news and $75M in additional marketing spend
With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising.