Sacha Pfeiffer

Bracing for sleep deprivation this week, when I host @NPR's @MorningEdition & @UpFirst w/@LeilaFadel & @NPRinskeep. Daily schedule: —wake up 2:30 a.m. —in studio 3 a.m. —prep 3-5 a.m. —show starts 5 a.m. We're a round-the-clock news operation. Please support us if you can! https://t.co/yh86jBAQJM

2 interesting updates for anyone following Guantánamo (yes, it's still open): Biden recently released 4 Gitmo prisoners, a sign he's upping efforts to close the place. 9/11 settlement talks need his administration's input to proceed, but so far: silence https://t.co/MTk4f3j6EL

Rare Guantánamo news: a prisoner has been released -- to Belize - He is Pakistani but could not go there - He lived in Maryland but could not go there - So he went to Central America - His lawyer calls Gitmo "a Frankenstein court with Frankenstein rules" https://t.co/mTJ66wBYNh

RT @DavidCayJ: Pablo Eisenberg, noted philanthropy critic who often chastised journalists for obsequious coverage of grantmakers, got a sup…

RT @MarkRuffalo: I recently came across this old gem, and oh how the memories rushed back. What a surreal moment to meet the actual investi…

I'm in Washington DC this week to host @NPR's All Things Considered (@npratc) with @ailsachang (and last week with @NPRKelly). This is a city with many beautiful murals. Today I spotted one I hadn't seen before, and it's become one of my favorites: https://t.co/U61JI5xPn9

As we gradually exit the pandemic and return to our workplaces, here's what a hybrid meeting looks like: @MEvstatieva, @bhardymon and @bjvanw at @NPR HQ in Washington DC @meg_anders at home in Minneapolis me at home in Boston Five coworkers, sort of together, sort of apart! https://t.co/KA5tSuLEcW

For years, I've been reporting on the extremely dysfunctional U.S. military court in Guantánamo. Case in point: More than 20 years after the September 11th attacks, there has still been no 9/11 trial. Now the U.S. is admitting there may never be one: https://t.co/V0izy1zoNL

This from a man who might be expected to resent the media for its coverage of clergy sex abuse. As Russia makes independent journalism a crime punishable by prison, a reminder that without robust, responsible reporting, many injustices worldwide would never become public.

Pope Francis @Pontifex

I would also like to thank the journalists who put their lives at risk to provide information. Thank you, brothers and sisters, for this service that allows us to be close to the tragedy of that population and enables us to assess the cruelty of a war. #Ukraine #Peace

COVID kept people apart for years. In a rare delight, four of us on @NPR's i-team had dinner last week in Washington: I came from Boston to host @npratc @TomDreisbach came from LA to cover a trial @MEvstatieva came from Ukraine @bhardymon came from DC Missed you, colleagues. https://t.co/E8Q2PacX5q

As @NPR reopens its Washington building, it's taking a creative approach to differing degrees of COVID comfort. Employees get wristbands & lanyards in 3 colors. You pick which one to wear: green = "office-appropriate" contact ok yellow = elbow bumps only red = stay 6 feet away! https://t.co/w2NaCwxVCj

I'm spending this somber news week in Washington DC, hosting @npratc with @arishapiro. With COVID waning, today is "Phase 1" of the reopening of @NPR headquarters, and the wonderful folks at our in-house café (fittingly called Sound Bites) had balloons and free muffins waiting. https://t.co/gSFEoOYdfw

Radio problems! I'm hosting @NPRWeekend remotely. It's 7 degrees here in Boston, but I couldn't use the heater in my home studio because its sound was audible on my microphone. Then my home internet kept crashing. Thanks for saving the day, @GBHNews, by lending me a studio! https://t.co/FYeOE0Y0H2

RT @NPRWeekend: it is a VERY good morning, dear listeners -- we have the spectacular @SachaPfeiffer in the host chair this Sunday! tune in…

This is can't-stop-listening radio. It's a special 41-minute podcast by my colleagues on @NPR's investigative team: @timkmak @TomDreisbach @MEvstatieva @bhardymon It's from secret NRA recordings after the Columbine shootings. The topic: PR strategy https://t.co/cd73fDOXNg

Do you (like me) hope to spend part of Thanksgiving weekend with a good book? If so, here's a gift from @NPR & @nprbooks: the 2021 edition of "Books We Love" It's gorgeous. It's searchable. It has 2,800 titles. My pick is "The Vixen" by Francine Prose! https://t.co/yhAKcoQES6

More evidence that the Biden administration is quietly working to close Guantánamo: Picking up where @BarackObama left off, President @JoeBiden has released a Gitmo prisoner. The 56-year-old Moroccan man had been held 19 years without ever being charged. https://t.co/aq5ueTQCoZ