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Thanks for your note - the link is included in the piece, it was one of a few that weren't copied back over when we put it into the CMS and added the DocumentCloud embeds to the story and I fixed earlier this AM. @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social is a good friend and I assure you he knows what's up.

just looked again in two browsers (and incognito mode.) still not showing for me. what gives?

Stephen broke the MSM dam on an important story and he’s a class act, I’m proud of him, thankful for his reporting — which has new information in it — and don’t need any attaboys. That says, it’s also cool and important to recognize (as he did) who gets stories first, and I appreciate your instinct

Listen man if a 70 year old U.S. Senator can properly credit an independent journalist there’s simply no excuse for other reporters not to. Shameful behavior from @npr.org here

If your goal is to give your readers full context, you put credit much higher in the piece with a link for reference. This is also a free and easy way to show respect to journalists whose work you (evidently) rely on. Burying this mention deep in the report without a link accomplishes neither.

This. When I was writing for newspapers 20 years ago, I would have put “the [publication] has learned” in the lede and credited whoever broke the story in the second graf.

Absolute table stakes

Here’s NPR getting sole credit for discovering the discrepancy. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Legacy newsroom reporters with healthcare benefits hate this one weird trick!