Tim Carlin

Hi from the Mid-Atlantic! Today I’m starting as a deputy editor at @Spotlight302, where I’ll be editing and reporting stories about Delaware’s southern communities. I’m super excited to join the team & get to work. Please reach out with story tips and your best Delaware recs!

Yunior Sosa Ordonez of Cuba had his car stolen at gunpoint by a man who fired two shots near his head, Louisville police say. Now, prosecutors say they cannot proceed with the case without his testimony, but ICE has thus far refused to release him. courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…

A quick update on this story: Late Sunday night, Jeff Balk announced his resignation as chair of the Sussex County Democratic Party. Pressure had been mounting for Balk to step down since @Spotlight302 originally reported on his past crimes on Friday. spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/26/sus…

Sussex County Democrats and their state party leadership are in a standoff over whether the chair of the county party should resign because of his criminal past involving sex crimes against minors. My latest: spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/24/dem…

After months of publicly opposing offshore wind projects across the Eastern Seaboard, the Trump administration announced last week that it intends to revoke @USWindInc's plans for a wind farm off the Delmarva coast. My latest w/ @MaddyinDE: spotlightdelaware.org/2025/08/26/tru…

Deputy Editor @timcarlin_ and Reporter @maggierey32 were in Smyrna yesterday for a Pop-Up Newsroom at Duck Creek Regional Library. Residents shared concerns about school taxes, impact fees and difficulties getting information from town leaders.

@pattinewberry @spj_tweets So well deserved! Congrats, Patti!!

Pretty good Saturday here in Ohio. Thanks, @spj_tweets Ohio's Best Journalism organizers for this much appreciated recognition.

Spotlight Delaware is growing.🌱 We’ve launched a new three-person reporting team focused on Kent and Sussex counties, expanding access to free, local journalism for more than 460,000 residents.

This week, Delaware leaders are weighing big decisions: ⚓ Leadership at the Port of Wilmington 💰 A proposed student tax at UD 🏥 Financing for a new hospital campus These meetings are open to the public — and you have a seat at the table. spotlightdelaware.org/2025/07/27/get…

House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown opposed a proposed 1.2-gigawatt data center near #DelawareCity after a tense town hall raised more questions than answers. "I'm calling on my county council to say no,” she said, drawing cheers from the audience. #NetDE spotlightdelaware.org/2025/07/25/hou…

@MonroeTrombly Congrats, Monroe!! I know you'll do great work there 🥳

Breaking: I'm (almost) employed again. Next month, I'll be joining the Louisville Courier-Journal to cover the Louisville Metro Police Department and other criminal justice-related issues. It’s a critical time in Louisville. City leaders have pledged reforms despite the DOJ’s decision not to pursue a consent decree following its investigation into the department after the killing of Breonna Taylor. I’m excited to join a strong newsroom and live in the Ohio River Valley again. Bourbon tastings and frequent trips to Red River Gorge are definitely in the plans.

proud friend moment!!! @ByMirandaDunlap is so very deserving of this award 🫶🏼

Sad news: Robert M. Stein, influential Rice University political scientist, dies at 75 houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

“The rushing, still-rising water had lifted the house off its pillars. It was afloat.  And then it wasn’t.” A gut-wrenching account of both survival and unimaginable loss in the wake of the Hill Country floods. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Too many em dashes? What’s next? too much love? too much joy?

@verysurly i rounded up a few here: chron.com/culture/articl…

@ByMirandaDunlap @WisconsinWatch i’m so proud of you!! can’t wait to see you shine 🫶🏼🧀

Howdy from Wisconsin!🐄 🧀Personal news: This week I moved across the country and Monday will be my first day @WisconsinWatch! Stoked to do some great work with this team. More on what I’ll be reporting on⬇️

@byangelicaperez So proud of you!! I can’t wait to see you take Tulsa by storm 🫶🏼

✨Life update ✨ - I accepted a new job in a new city! - I was accepted into a year-long reporter fellowship program! - I received an IRE scholarship to attend this year's conference! More details down below! 🥳🥳🥳

Nearly two years ago, I moved my life across the country to take a chance on the Houston Landing. While I hate the way things ended, I don't regret coming here for a second. I became a better reporter and writer and gained new skills. Here is why you should hire me:

Harvey Fierstein – through tears – just gave an all-timer kind of acceptance speech while accepting his Lifetime Tony Award "There is nothing quite like bathing in the applause of a curtain call, but when I bow, I bow to the audience...with gratitude, knowing that without them I might as well be lip-syncing showtunes in my bedroom mirror. And so I dedicate this award to the people in the dark."