Lauren Smiley

@laurensmiley

Boots-on-the ground reporter and journo-lady , , .

San Francisco, CA
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Joined December 2008
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    19 Dec 2017

    Thrilled to see this story hit the web (and January's ) - on digital puppies, seniors, overseas caretakers, and, well, just read it: The Digital Puppy That Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes via

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    18 hours ago

    Iceland is the first country in the world to make it illegal to pay a woman less than a man

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    22 hours ago

    I'm not kidding. What is this list? Who is on it? Named journalists? Organizations? Articles and broadcasts? Besides the danger to the and , POTUS would paint a target on his own citizens backs -- and some of us already get death threats.

    What the f.... straight from the department of information? Like Baghdad Bob? Joseph Goebbels? Who compiles this list? McCarthy? Do we have to wear a yellow armband if we're named?
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    21 hours ago

    Workers who complain about wage theft say their bosses are increasingly retaliating by threatening to have them deported.

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    Jan 2

    How Trump admin planning to rig 2020 Census: 1. Appoint GOP gerrymandering expert to run it 2. Massively suppress immigrant participation 3. Deny representation to Dems & minorities

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    Jan 1

    Hey Californians, starting today, employers are barred by law from requesting your salary history. If you share, it is now illegal to factor it into their decision to hire or how much to offer. They are legally required to give you a pay scale for the position if you request it.

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    Jan 1

    This week the newsroom of the will vote on collective bargaining. Please show your support for quality journalism in uncertain times by retweeting

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    31 Dec 2017

    Late entry, but this was easily my favorite healthcare story of the year: "The Digital Puppy That Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes" for

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  9. 27 Dec 2017

    Interrupted holiday media moratorium to read 's personal and professional reckoning with the moment. So glad I did.

    I wrote about making content FOR MEN during while working through my own trauma and PTSD. Dedicating this to survivors in media who somehow found a way to cover this reckoning despite the consequences to their own mental health. YOU ARE BRAVE.
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  10. 27 Dec 2017

    Found this from 2003 in my closet while home for the holidays and had to smile.

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    23 Dec 2017

    "You all just got a lot richer," President Trump told friends dining at Mar-a-Lago Friday night, hours after signing tax overhaul into law

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    19 Dec 2017

    This animated avatar—powered by overseas contractors—is the future of eldercare. I dare you not to cry. (by the ever-brilliant in this month’s )

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  13. 21 Dec 2017

    Can’t wait to read this.

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  14. 20 Dec 2017

    Happy ending that responds to the Mission's needs! Nice scoop

    18th and Mission building, vacant for years, sold to a nonprofit. The plan is to house a daycare, a dance organization, and add around 40 units of housing
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  15. 20 Dec 2017

    Rrr, no, this actually doesn't solve homelessness.

    SF is using boulders to keep homeless from camping in popular spot
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    19 Dec 2017

    Oh man... You're gonna have a lot more complex emotions from reading this article than you intend to. by for

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    19 Dec 2017

    A beautiful story of love, caretaking, and animated surveillance by

    1 reply 48 retweets 69 likes
  18. 15 Dec 2017

    Nice send-off from

    Ed Lee was a classic San Francisco liberal in the city's finest tradition. Remembering our mayor.
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  19. 12 Dec 2017

    This story perfectly encapsulates the madness of Roy Moore's candidacy, and just makes me smile.

    1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
  20. 12 Dec 2017

    You have to gather string on a city for years to be able to bust out a column like this on deadline. Great work

    Our mayor, who died today at 65, is recalled near universally as a decent man. As for how he affected the city, however, that's harder to say.
    2 replies 11 retweets 30 likes

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