Cole Louison

@cole_louison

author, journalist [email protected] freelance: @nytimes; also @newyorker @gqmagazine @theredbulletin not much here

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Aug 30, 2023

Patty Zimmerman was a thinker, do-er, and an awesome force of life. She helped bring power and longevity to @buzzsawmag when it was still in its infancy, and continued to help over the years. This @IthacanOnline story is about this . . . theithacan.org/48448/opinion/…

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jul 24

" . . . Sabbath was originally a 12-bar blues band." Long ago, @OzzyOsbourne and I talked on the phone. For @GQMagazine RIP, good man. gq.com/story/yes-ozzy…

cole_louison's tweet card. In jail before he could legally smoke, John Michael Osbourne soon left his Mum, Dad and five siblings in the industrial badlands of Birmingham while still a teenager, and has since toured, written,...

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jul 2

Reporters Instructed In Saving Colleagues has closed. RISC trained freelance war reporters in emergency medical tactics, and was founded by author/journalist Sebastian Junger. We talked: cjr.org/the_media_toda… Thank you @sebastianjunger Edited by @joshuahersh For @CJR

cole_louison's tweet card. Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues formally closed last month.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Dec 2

Upstate NY got some snow last weekend. For the @nytimes I talked to folks about this, with @zeke_minaya and @IsabelleTaft and @chrisychung nytimes.com/2024/11/30/us/…

cole_louison's tweet card. The lake-effect snowstorm has disrupted holiday travel across the region. Some areas could get up to six feet of snow by Tuesday.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Oct 29

Latest for @GQMagazine : 10,000 words, 750 miles, and three months in Loserville. Edited by @PAPPADEMAS. Great help by @MichaelDeBarge. Thanks to @Corey_Feldman and @limpbizkit. gq.com/story/why-fred…

cole_louison's tweet card. GQ answers every question you didn't know you had about Loserville, the wild, mostly-sold-out summer tour that brought together two pop-culture icons who know exactly what you think of them.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Sep 7

Students and activism have returned to college campuses this fall. What's different? What's not? Reported on this for the Times... with @GrmelaJulian @coralmerfi and @AnveeBhutani. By @sharonNYT , edit by @s_garl: nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/…

cole_louison's tweet card. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations appeared at some U.S. campuses, but new restrictions and a new set of students may slow momentum for the type of mass protests seen in the spring.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jun 4, 2024

Stoked to do the cover story for the new @redbulletin and even more stoked to talk to @jaggereaton about the upcoming @Olympics. Editing by the great @Pflax1. Photos by the great Atiba Jefferson. Onward! redbull.com/us-en/theredbu…

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Carol Leonnig@CarolLeonnig · May 4, 2024

Clear, fact-based reporting here, backed up by video and reporters who witnessed it. Peaceful pro-Palestinian encampment at @UCLA was violently attacked by counter-protesters chanting pro-Israel slogans on Tuesday night. Police were then called in, and arrested the victims...…

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · May 6, 2024

Protestors are bringing global issues to encampments. For the @nytimes I reported from Cornell; others reported from elsewhere. Great oversightby by @marysuh. @alanblinder @neelamreports @JillCowan @ReporterJenna @ThatSeanKeenan -- nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/…

cole_louison's tweet card. In many students’ eyes, the war in Gaza is linked to other issues, such as policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, racism and the impact of climate change.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Apr 22, 2024

Last week, in a quiet neighborhood outside of Syracuse, a guy killed two policeman with an AR-15, and they killed him. Reported on this for the @nytimes with staffers @MWilsonNYT and @chelsiamarcius Research by @kitty_bennett Editing by @johnswmac nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyr…

cole_louison's tweet card. A routine traffic stop led to the deaths of a police officer and a sheriff’s deputy in a shooting outside a suburban home. The gunman was also killed.

Cole Louison@cole_louison · Mar 20, 2024

Vincenza Ann Filingeri Checkle was 97, tough as nails, and grew up in Gownaus. We were neighbors. Folks at @HellGateNY let me write about it. Thanks to editors @ChristRobbins and @estherxlwang . hellgatenyc.com/my-neighbor-vi…

cole_louison's tweet card. When Vincenza Ann "Virginia" Filingeri Checkle died, 20th-century Brooklyn died with her.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Nov 5, 2023

Cornell was closed on Friday. Reporting by @sharonNYT and @cole_louison; edited by @s_garl . . . nytimes.com/2023/11/02/wor…

cole_louison's tweet card. The university said it would take a day to allow the campus to reflect and to calm tensions after an arrest in the case.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Aug 21, 2023

Angus Young has died at 25. Mikey Alfred and I talked about this great young talent . . . gq.com/story/angus-cl…

cole_louison's tweet card. Writer and producer Mikey Alfred remembers his friend and collaborator, who, among other things, didn't hesitate to tell 'Euphoria' director Sam Levinson that his scripts were “goofy.”

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Daniel E. Slotnik@DSlotnik · Jun 8, 2023

The Iron Sheik never hid his grudge against Hulk Hogan, but when they met outside the ring he squashed the beef. “Nobody talk bad about the past,” he said. “I get along with him.” More on an unforgettable wrestler in his @NYTObits nytimes.com/2023/06/07/art…

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jun 7, 2023

Upstate NY smokes . . . Reported on this with Ken Sturtz and @Dan_Higgins. Edited by the great @AdamNossiter nytimes.com/live/2023/06/0…

cole_louison's tweet card. Smoke from the hundreds of wildfires blazing in eastern Canada has drifted south, casting a hazy pall over New York City and triggering air alerts from Minnesota to Massachusetts.

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Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jun 5, 2023

The history of New York City skateboarding is fascinating, subversive, and just keeps getting better. Thank you @tonyhawk @rodneymullen and especially Steve Rodriguez. My latest piece for @redbullskate: redbull.com/us-en/history-…

cole_louison's tweet card. From its gritty roots in '70s street life, to the canonized '80s Brooklyn Banks scene, to the '90s collectives that birthed Supreme and Zoo York.

Cole Louison@cole_louison · May 3, 2023

Happy to have a piece in this week's New Yorker! newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

cole_louison's tweet card. The six-story spiral tempted would-be shredders for six decades, until the museum finally allowed the skateboarder Alexis Sablone in for a night.

Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jan 27, 2023

The Return of the Brooklyn Banks (by @WinnHu) -- nytimes.com/2023/01/26/nyr…

cole_louison's tweet card. Decades ago, a gritty and dangerous spot under the Brooklyn Bridge was the nerve center for city skateboarders. Mayor Eric Adams just announced plans that could fix it up.

Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jan 27, 2023

New York City skateboarding--now, then, forever . . . -- @nytimes @heislerphoto shot @WmFerguson edited - nytimes.com/2023/01/26/nyr…

cole_louison's tweet card. There have never been as many official places to skate in New York City as there are today. But there’s just something about an empty plaza and a distracted security guard.

Cole Louison@cole_louison · Jan 5, 2023

Some more Upstate Gun Laws . . . Change w/@jessemckinley nytimes.com/2022/10/09/nyr…

cole_louison's tweet card. Some say the measure, which was passed after a Supreme Court opinion, ignores common sense, the Second Amendment and the way people live outside big cities.

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