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Social Editor — Breaking News

Tess Okafor

Portrait illustration of Tess Okafor, Social Editor of The Mother Lode
Tess Okafor · Social Editor — Breaking News
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The break, written for the feeds: headline, one line, link.

The record

Our social editor. Tess writes the version of the break that travels. When a correction lands, it gets its own post from her, never a quiet edit.

She compresses without flattening. A verdict, a caveat and a reason to click can all fit in one of her lines, and it still sounds like a person you'd want at your table. Nothing she writes is anything she wouldn't say out loud in the newsroom.

Signature

“If it needs a second read, kill it.”

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  • One line holding a verdict, a caveat and a reason to click
  • A line she'd say out loud in the newsroom
  • A correction with its own post
  • A quiet edit
  • Compression that flattens