Jessica Estepa

It doesn’t take a lot to show some kindness. Send a text. Give someone a call. Make sure they’re OK. Be good to one another.

I say this as a person who has planned a lot of big news coverage over the years: As a reader, I don't want your live stories. Give me *one* well-written story that you keep updated, not a link with a bunch of little updates that require me to look around for all of the context.

Overshadowed by the (devastating) news yesterday about @washingtonpost layoffs - the @ajc is laying off 15% of its staff. That means we're losing talented people like @Allie_Elisabeth. News orgs would be lucky to grab *any* of these top-notch journos. DM me for references.

Going to start a thread of those publicly announcing that they were impacted. Please consider amplifying and adding to it👇

Yesterday, I was wet-eyed (obvi) on the Metro, wearing my Post beanie (obvi), and a woman, a stranger, leaned over and hugged me. Which is to say: The entire city understands the scope of this devastating tragedy… theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

For those of us who live and work in the DC region it’s hard to understand the business logic behind gutting the @washingtonpost’s metro and sports sections because it’s going to lead to fewer people reading the Post, not more.

1. Being laid off sucks, period. Have compassion. 2. It's likely some of those folks won't return to journalism. That alone is a reason to mourn. 3. My DMs are open. I'm still thankful for folks who made time to talk after I was laid off from CNN. I'd like to pay that forward.

Many people in our industry are hurting. For those who want to help: Reach out to those impacted. Offer what you can. Then keep following up. I still remember the people who stepped up for me when I got laid off from CNN. It's the best thing we can do for each other right now.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--…

@brianstelter Death, taxes and Warner Bros. Discovery putting itself up for sale

The engagement of @taylorswift13 and @tkelce is also a merger of multimillion business empires. A former SEC attorney offers some financial planning advice for the happy couple in this @tax insight. news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-a…

@DavidWright_7 But I need to know more about the turkey (Congrats, David!)

we made it

GEORGE SANTOS — we hardly knew ya! A fare-thee-well here to the bright-shining crazy diamond himself, the foremost Jew-ish man in all politics, for at least a few more hours: cnn.com/2023/12/01/pol…

@DavidWright_7 I adore Jimmy T's!

never wanted to eat somewhere more in my life

My very best boy

@dichiaranv this one hurt

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@leezeltanglao @dallasnews @SteveBruss Congrats!

Personal news: new title & portfolio @dallasnews! I'm now Assistant Managing Editor for Digital, in addition to Audience & Research/Archives, Planning & Multiplatform teams will be part of my portfolio. Excited to work closely w AME @SteveBruss, who will now oversee breaking/news

@StyleSTEAMed always

When the puppy requests the pets, you must pet the puppy 🥰

@leonardkl Congrats!

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@aedwardslevy hahaha we could make it a thing!

@jmestepa do you think we could make "wishful" a thing for the longshots

the elegant variation industry has churned out many good synonyms for "candidate," but none so good as "hopeful" as a noun