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  • 4 weeks ago | muckrock.com | Ben Welsh

    To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:I request an electronic copy of all FBI files on Tom Robbins, the New York City journalist who died in 2025. Here is his obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/business/media/tom-robbins-dead.htmlHis full name was Thomas Jhan Robbins. He was born on April 10, 1949, in Manhattan.

  • 1 month ago | palewi.re | Ben Welsh

    I'm the guest this week on the podcast published by Investigative Reporters and Editors, the non-profit organization where I started out my career. Tune in to hear Nakylah Carter ask me about my accidental induction into the press corps, my first FOIA, the enduring appeal of Good Internet, the industrialization of data journalism, the economic advantages of being a nerd, homework as soulcraft, my reluctant respect for R and the ghostly, numinous moments when statistics and shoe leather coalesce.

  • Jan 24, 2025 | reuters.com | Jason Lange |Iris Lee |Ben Welsh

    Reuters/Ipsos polling on the U.S. president’s popularity

  • Jan 17, 2025 | muckrock.com | Ben Welsh

    Ben Welsh filed this request with the Office of the Attorney General - California of California. Tracking # 2025-00127 Status Rejected MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests like this one. Learn more.

  • Nov 27, 2024 | reuters.com | Ben Welsh

    Is it possible Wall Street might be enjoying too much of a good thing? With a small group of stocks eating up an oversized share of the U.S. stock market’s recent gains, that’s the concern among some investors. After years of growth, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, known together as The Magnificent Seven, now account for nearly one-third of the S&P 500’s total value.

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Ben Welsh
Ben Welsh @palewire
10 Jun 25

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DENZEL CLARKE OMG! 🤯 https://t.co/2QJBAkmZqN

Ben Welsh
Ben Welsh @palewire
9 Jun 25

The abandoned treasure of downtown LA.

James Queally
James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT

DTLA 930am — The old @latimes building including the famous Globe Lobby have been vandalized. There’s broken glass and rubber bullets everywhere. Spring Street being blocked with concrete barricades near City Hall where a protest in support of David Huerta is to begin at 11am https://t.co/DHxrRqvYXH

Ben Welsh
Ben Welsh @palewire
9 Jun 25

🎙️ “They were just grabbing people.” https://t.co/L15Ef4pB5t