Feel Good Friday

First, some excellent news from the world of publishing. Mother Jones is combining forces with the Center for Investigative Reporting (where I’m an adviser and my wife is a board member). This means more hard-hitting, investigative journalism, radio, and documentaries getting in front of more people. CIR/Reveal and Mother Jones Are Joining Forces.

+ NYT (Gift Article): This Season’s Hottest Shopping Trend: Falling Prices. (Markets way up, prices coming down, other economic indicators looking good.)

+ 4-month-old found safe by parents in downed tree after being carried away by Tennessee tornado. Wow.

+ British teen Alex Batty is due back in the UK in the next few days, after he was found in France having been missing for six years.

+ “Dr. Kwane Stewart — a veterinarian whose nonprofit, Project Street Vet, provides medical care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness — is the 2023 CNN Hero of the Year.”

+ WaPo (Gift Article): After his dog died, he adopted dozens of the oldest dogs he could find.