Rob Waters

I will no longer be posting or communicating via X – the site has become too toxic. You can visit MindSiteNews.org or follow me on other platforms. And please read the statement I drafted for MindSite News.

So honored to receive a 2024 Media award from Mental Health America on behalf of @mindsitenews. @Schroeder_MHA @and her team put together an amazing meeting.

@hotzthoughts @soljourno @mindsitenews @MentalHealthAm @e_catolico Thanks @hotzthoughts!

Congrats to our friend and @soljourno enthusiast @robwaters001 of @mindsitenews for winning a @MentalHealthAm award for their coverage! So grateful for your work, and for supporting our brilliant HEAL fellow @e_catolico too

As a former @CarterCenter Center fellow, I can say that the fellowship was a fantastic and stimulating experience. Congrats to all the new fellows, and I’m thrilled that our own JoshMcGhee (@TheVoiceofJosh) and @mindsitenews contributor Simran Sethi will be among them.

Thanks for doing it for us, Julia — and it is a result of @ahcj pitch fest!

USAToday republished @laurieudesky’s excellent look at how former white supremacists and violent extremists broke away from hate and are helping others do the same. @mindsitenews is getting our work out there. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Jordan Neely's killing on a New York City subway is an indictment of a city and a nation. A commentary from the editors of @Mindsitenews mindsitenews.org/2023/05/05/sha…

@ericuman @JustinElliott @js_kaplan Hmm. Supreme Court justice says: Ignorancd of the law IS an excuse.

NEW from us: *Seven* ethics experts — who’ve served in Republican & Dem admins — told us Thomas needed to disclose his fancy free trips. They said if Thomas is arguing otherwise, he’s simply wrong. “Not in any universe,” says one. propublica.org/article/claren… By @js_kaplan @

@JUANACOSTA__ Congratulations, Juan. And let's catch up soon!

I just put in my notice of resignation from my current role where I have been for over 3 1/2 years. I have accepted a new position as a Program Officer at a private philanthropy for The Building Hope and Healing - Youth Suicide Prevention Program. Nothing but gratitude 🙏💜💪

@soledadobrien A master class in interviewing.

Jon Stewart is soooo good in these interviews:

The only president I've had the privilege to meet and spend time with. He has been devoted to the service of humanity and embodied a vision of morality and social justice. A true mensch who has led by example and truth. I hope that his final days are full of peace and love.

@mariacborden @AHCJ So pleased that the @mindsitenews team was able to bring this topic to @ahcj

“More mentally ill people are incarcerated than hospitalized,” @robwaters001 begins the conversation on #mentalhealth at #AHCJ23 @AHCJ

@AHCJ @BrettSholtis @TheVoiceofJosh Great doing this panel for @mindsitenews

ICYMI: A dangerous intersection: Investigating criminal justice and mental health at #HJ23 with @robwaters001, @BrettSholtis, @TheVoiceofJosh, and Katti Gray.

Biden centers #mentalhealth, trauma, Tyre Nichols' killing in State of Union speech: “Imagine what it’s like to lose a child at the hands of the law.” mindsitenews.org/2023/02/08/bid…

@9BillionTigers Amazing: Gene Ampon's story, which @leeromney and @jkjadvisors told for @mindsitenews and @KQED, was first told in Madness Network News (a zine with best slogan ever: "All the fits that's news to print.") Two friends, Leonard Frank and Wade Hudson helped run it back in the day.

hey this is already popping off so if you want to read Gene's amazing earlier testimony, i first learned of him from his account in Madness Network News v.3 n.4 (1975), pgs. 14-15. i believe a similar account was published earlier in the mag Gay Sunshine drive.google.com/file/d/1Hul63W…

From a gay man held as a teen in a mental institution, 1962-4: "I remember this one doctor who was talking about homosexuality. And he said, well, there is a normal homosexual period between 8 and 12 and beyond that it's abnormal. So I piped up and said 'Is that a.m. or p.m.?'"

Four graphics that tell the gun violence (and mental health) story. mindsitenews.org/2023/01/25/gun…

Great story by @PilarMarrero and stunning photography by @photos4justice on the #mentalhealth toll faced by CA farm workers. Thanks to our friends at @capitalandmain. mindsitenews.org/2022/12/19/in-…

@sjhenrywriter @SFPressClub @mindsitenews @legacyreporter It’s such a pleasure to be able to publish your sharp takes on the ways that pop culture takes on #mentalhealth issues.

Big thanks to @SFPressClub for 1st place nod for my continuing coverage of mental illness in popular culture @mindsitenews. Thanks to @legacyreporter & @robwaters001 for assigning, editing & believing in this beat. Stories here: tinyurl.com/yptb2362.