Shirsho Dasgupta
@ShirshoD
journalist | tips: [email protected] | hardly here, find me on bluesky
NEW: @MiamiHerald / @WLRN investigation reveals 182 people have been struck and killed by Brightline trains. While key safety measures are delayed, Brightline remains the deadliest passenger train in U.S. We compared with other railroads to explain why. miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
Now this is very cool 🤩 A multiple exposure shot combining key moments from the first day of the Lord's Test between England and India 📸 @rheathcote / Getty Images
Whatever one thinks of any of the folks mentioned here (I personally can't stand Anderson), describing ~JAMES JOYCE~ as a "pure stylist" is just so incredibly ignorant and demeaning towards the work of perhaps the finest author of the last century! I hate cultural discourse!
I like Wes Anderson. He gets it. Actors don't really matter, scripts don't matter, film is a visual medium, scenes are series of paintings meant to stimulate the viewer. Watching his films is like reading Nabakov or Joyce, he's a pure stylist. And as he gets older his films…
To kick off our 2025 AAJA Journalism Excellence Awards, we're excited to announce the recipients in our Written Reporting category: Shirsho Dasgupta (@ShirshoD) and Marrian Zhou! 👏 Read their work at awards.aaja.org. #AAJAKudos #AAPIHeritageMonth
27 years ago today… Massive Attack released "Teardrop"
Good to see @ajarrodkimber off the long run. He knows what he is talking about and is genuinely passionate
Honored to win a Sidney Award from @SidneyHillman for my story revealing kids tried as adults in Florida receive stiffer sentences than older, adult offenders. The story is part of a yearlong @MiamiHerald investigation, JUVENILE CRIME, ADULT TIME: miamiherald.com/news/article29…
Congratulations to @ShirshoD of the @MiamiHerald on winning the September Sidney Award for demonstrating that Florida kids convicted as adults serve longer terms than adults for the same crimes: hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-awards/…
Very, very chuffed to be a finalist for Regional Investigations in this year's @SH_Awards with @benbwieder, @sheridanlwall and @ameliawinger for our yearlong investigation, The Foreclosure Franchise! Read the series at miamiherald.com/topics/foreclo…
Florida lawmakers, present and past, expressed outrage and called for state laws to be reformed after a yearlong @MiamiHerald investigation. w/ @anaceballos_ Read the series here: miamiherald.com/news/article29… miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…
I spoke to @NPR/@cfpublicmedia about my stories on teens tried as adults getting higher sentences than older offenders + Florida's "direct file" law that gives prosecutors sole powers in deciding which kids to send to the adult system. 20:40 to 33:00 cfpublic.org/podcast/engage…
