Reporting on health + justice in NYTimes, NM in Depth, more • Teaching @ Columbia & NYU Wagner • Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYChttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3mkoestfex22lEarlier this month, I posted a dashboard for exploring 2.2 million New York Times articles going back to 2000. I’ve now added a way to explore all 29,000 obituaries the paper has published during that period, and it reveals a lot about who makes history.30 Apr 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoestfex22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3mjfjr6dvlc2xI built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes.com coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world’s preeminent attention-gathering org not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. tedalcorn.github.io/nyt/ https://tedalcorn.github.io/nyt/13 Apr 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfjr6dvlc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3mchyvhqo722dThe world's food supply depends on agriculture science to protect crops & livestock from disease, of which the USA was a major supporter—until the dismantling of USAID last year. My story in @nytimes.com about how wavering US support could imperil what we eat. https://nytimes.com/2026/01/15/science/agriculture-science-usaid-global-food.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.EbrS.2YqU74O0hewA&smid=url-share15 Jan 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchyvhqo722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m7d5lcp4n22oThe movie star I most want to hear speak at length. David Marchese and Kristen Stewart out on the wire. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/magazine/kristen-stewart-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/magazine/kristen-stewart-interview.html?context=audio&smid=nytcore-ios-share06 Dec 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7d5lcp4n22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m6zfw46wu227Strong contender for fav. headline of the year @emilyanthes.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/science/ozempic-glp1-pets-cats.html02 Dec 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zfw46wu227https://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m5lxiujabc2qAlbuquerque police make front-page news with successful hoof-chase. Full footage: https://www.facebook.com/reel/159053724528879614 Nov 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lxiujabc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m5gm3jnsmc23GUN CITY: there’s been a nearly ten-fold uptick in New Yorkers seeking concealed carry permits since 2022, per a new analysis of NYPD data. I tracked down the city’s most prolific instructor to see what it's all about. Today in @thecity.nyc& @thetrace.org. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/12/new-yorkers-concealed-carry-gun-classes/12 Nov 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gm3jnsmc23https://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m4vziyam2224Smart take: Mamdani met voters where they were at, listened to them, centered them. To the extent he had social media “magic,” it was his “understanding that the masses are the message.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Nov 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vziyam2224https://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m4dpjui5xs2nIn New Mexico at an interim committee on Monday, lawmakers reviewed their three-year-push to raise alcohol taxes — good coverage by @sourcenm.com. https://sourcenm.com/2025/10/28/new-mexico-legislators-float-alcohol-tax-reform-proposals-for-2026-session/ Just a few additional observations threaded below 👇29 Oct 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dpjui5xs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m4dm3dhxgs2rDOJ altered the Biden admin's signature gun violence prevention grant program for "Community Based" interventions to make it inaccessible to...communities. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/26/gun-violence-prevention-non-profit-grants-disqualified29 Oct 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dm3dhxgs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m3wxu4juw227A gunmaker redesigning its products to address safety concerns does not happen even in a blue moon. The power of legal and commercial pressure: https://thereload.com/glock-to-redesign-pistols-as-lawsuits-and-legislation-pile-up/ @thereloadteam.bsky.social24 Oct 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3wxu4juw227https://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m3aozqbl4s2ygoogle reviews for a tailor in my neighborhood are something else15 Oct 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aozqbl4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m2uvkmridk2gIn Albuquerque, where @mayorkeller.bsky.social is cruising towards re-election, his 1st TV ad gives top-billing to his non-police emergency response dept, what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is promising for NYC. Just to say, it's possible to run on community safety. https://www.facebook.com/reel/148696028258711111 Oct 2025 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2uvkmridk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m2tneuzi5c2uToday’s insane stat about Chinese renewable energy installation: “Every three weeks.” 🤯 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/business/china-solar-tibetan-plateau.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare10 Oct 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tneuzi5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3m27xkxv5bk2uMuch hue & cry at the end of USAID but Trump admin is also quietly terminating half the grants of Millennium Challenge Corp including $420 million for a water treatment system in East Timor, where nearly half of kids are stunted from waterborne illness. My latest: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/world/asia/east-timor-us-aid-sewage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU8.Ly6g.W3eSSz7yYcfr&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare02 Oct 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27xkxv5bk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3lzbpujtb3s2sHave always thought real estate interests could be leveraged to invest *in advance* in local, evidence-based gun violence prevention strategies, since they stand to make some of the largest, most direct financial gains from safer streets. @wsj.com https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-people-betting-on-a-baltimore-comeback-3b1932a1?st=roUZ8S20 Sep 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbpujtb3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3lyy4lsxuac23“I think the main thing that’s caused so much confusion is that he was always generally apolitical for the most part,” the friend told me. “That's the big thing, he just never really talked politics which is why it's so frustrating.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyy4lsxuac23https://bsky.app/profile/tedalcorn.bsky.social/post/3lysdzomwdc2pInteresting to see @gabbygiffords.bsky.social & former Sen. Jeff Flake co-author this. In 2013 he broke a promise to her to support a background check bill, essentially dooming the once-in-a-generation effort. The loss galvanized her to start @giffords.org. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-death-bipartisan-democracy/86112543007/14 Sep 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:memg2tklxeowqlb6lnus2mwd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysdzomwdc2p