local journalist | new york focus audience engagement editorhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mtm76qxkac2cNYC!! Come to our happy hour next Tuesday! @nysfocus.com https://luma.com/sugptuot?tk=4WOMaD21 Aug 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm76qxkac2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mse45wdons2bHappy to have Amudalat Ajasa's excellent story about paraquat, an herbicide linked to Parkinson's disease, republilshed @theguardian.com. Give it a read if you haven't yet! @us.theguardian.com @nysfocus.com https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/05/herbicide-paraquat-new-york-parkinsons05 Aug 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse45wdons2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3ms73l4hwy22qwe're hiring a news editor!! 🚨 @nysfocus.com https://nysfocus.com/hiring03 Aug 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms73l4hwy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mrpmzl52js26After @nysfocus.com reported on the plan for a Western NY school district to bring an AI-programmed teaching assistant into classrooms, the pilot was put on pause. How the robot handle a student's questions and conflicts? @melissamanno.bsky.social interviewed Sally: https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/28/salamanca-ai-teaching-assistant-interview28 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpmzl52js26https://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mrnb7yeyxs2wImagine trying to work while this is happening https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/27/ice-tomato-immigration-raids-arrests-upstate-farm27 Jul 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnb7yeyxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mqmlddveoc2kreally interesting robots in classrooms story from @melissamanno.bsky.social @nysfocus.com https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/new-york-humanoid-robot-teacher-salamanca-school-district14 Jul 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmlddveoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mqjzrokecs2j"Nearly all of those interviewed for the report acknowledged that groups of “goon squads” would beat up incarcerated people they viewed as difficult." @chrisgelardi.bsky.social @nysfocus.com https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/13/new-york-prisons-violence-use-of-force-review13 Jul 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjzrokecs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mpjgwval322jAs the first audience editor at New York Focus, I kicked off the practice of introducing the organization to a statewide New York audience with a listening tour and online survey. You can read that report here: https://nysfocus.com/listening-tour-and-audience-survey30 Jun 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjgwval322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mpiuogw3i224Márquez in the morning30 Jun 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpiuogw3i224https://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mphcoxilb22qWSJ opinion writers turning to poetry29 Jun 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphcoxilb22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mo22l6pay226the cautious soft launch [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo22l6pay226https://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mnun63cufc2tEvery year New York Focus moves as a pack to break down the spending decisions by state lawmakers. I'm so proud to have everyone on the team work on this interactive scrollytelling version of the budget story. It's fun, animated, and you'll see some familiar faces. https://nysfocus.com/2026/06/09/new-york-state-budget-deal-hochul-mamdani-the-haggle09 Jun 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnun63cufc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mnun63cufc2tEvery year New York Focus moves as a pack to break down the spending decisions by state lawmakers. I'm so proud to have everyone on the team work on this interactive scrollytelling version of the budget story. It's fun, animated, and you'll see some familiar faces. https://nysfocus.com/2026/06/09/new-york-state-budget-deal-hochul-mamdani-the-haggle09 Jun 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnun63cufc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mncwh4kjb22jHere's what New Yorkers need to know about the changing work requirements for SNAP that just went into effect. @jiejennyzou.bsky.social @nysfocus.com https://nysfocus.com/2026/06/02/new-snap-rules-in-ny-what-to-know-if-you-lost-benefits02 Jun 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncwh4kjb22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mmwjw5h6v22oit's all happening on the @nysfocus.com homepage! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwjw5h6v22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mm7czql4u22pI love supporting news and I also love breaking the rules of a paywall19 May 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7czql4u22phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mlwe53rujs2xwitnessing two guys become friends over their skateboards at the coffeeshop. boys ...just. be boys!!!15 May 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwe53rujs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexarriaga.bsky.social/post/3mlwdp44u5c25someone asked me what's happening for people in their early 20s in nyc I was like omg...I am not in my early 20s LOL15 May 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:336jk42e2pxlwobyooyevjls/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwdp44u5c25