nathan p. collins 🦇
@nathannotforyou
investigative reporter @newsobserver
i wrote about the mayors absences my first year in Dallas. got a lot of hate for it too. but that doesn’t negate the fact that when he’s at City Hall — he rarely has anything to say. and if DMN is criticizing… you know it’s gone on long enough.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson seems like the mayor of Somewhere Else dallasnews.com/opinion/editor…
never seen someone advocate so hard for the mayor not showing up to work. i think people are upset because they see him trying for national politics (GOP Mayors Assoc.) — and lauding parks/sports, but is absent when actual crucial issues arise.
dallasnews.com/opinion/editor… 🧵The @dallasnews ed board has always been "out of touch" with Dallas. Sure, the paper provides news of local interest (but there are so many other options now that, collectively, do a better job.) But the opinion "think tank" is off kilter and should…
Credit where it's due: WRAL edited its story and credited @newsobserver for our reporting, only after we reached out to them about the issue.
Let’s be clear @WRAL: UNC did not “announce” the settlement with Yan’s family. @VirginiaBridges worked for months to get the documents showing the settlement existed. Then UNC acknowledged the agreement today after we contacted them about it.
Coming up on our new @newsobserver @underthedome podcast out Tuesday, I'm joined by State Human Resources Director Staci Meyer. We talk all about state employees. #ncpol #ncga
got a “nice writing!” comment from my editor. feeling good about that.
KERA allowed me a platform to do some real impactful journalism. The people of Dallas need this newsroom. Show them your support. dallasobserver.com/news/kera-set-…
me at the barber shop: chop it/give me a a fade my barber: 😢😢😢 but your long hair!! it’s too hot y’all
go into @Chilis — full sunshine. left chili’s — pouring rain. it’s a sign! (also happy hour all day, everyday).
My work motto is, “If you think I’m not the one, I am. If you think I am the one, I’m not.”
Someone emailed me today to say she is still waiting on a document which I sent yesterday at 11:25. She put STILL in caps and at that moment dear friends, I knew Petty Labelle was going to come out of me. She had CC’s others in the email so I replied all, with screenshots🫠.
wait so one of the Wake County public libraries is just… a storefront in a strip mall… ?
Among Gov. Abbott’s priorities announced today for the #txlege special session is a proposal to bar the public disclosure of unsubstantiated complaints against police officers. @DallasPD had backed the bill that died in the House. @dallasnews. dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
thinking about all those pending records requests i left in Dallas / imagining the clerk counting down the days to send the “no response from requester” email…
what’s the current admin’s hat budget? like where does the cash to make all these different MAGA variation hats i see politicians wear?
This is a horrible law for anyone who covers crime in NC. If you're a crime reporter, you should be as mad about it as I am right now. My dad led the Daily Press in legal battles on similar laws during his publisher days in VA, & I wish we'd done that here. A shame.
Wide-ranging NC crime bill signed into law limits public access to autopsy records newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
don’t let the Dallas keyboard warriors see this one…
Really cool that smart screens in Houston are showing public safety alerts meant for a city 3+ hours away from me
BREAKING: Hearst, which bought @statesman in recent months, announced it is purchasing @dallasnews.
la la land made millions of people think the jazz industry is all tap dancing and frills. man, try playing a 5 hour dinner set where no one is listening to the sick lines you’re laying down over some weird arrangement of a standard no one knows.
La La Land had the misfortune of running an Oscar campaign at the same time as the single most beautiful film made in my lifetime, so it calcified in some people’s minds as an annoying Hollywood establishment movie, when in fact La La Land is a lil miracle of a film