Caitlin Gilbert

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Dan Burn heading the ball hit by a bicycle kick from the Mexican player Jimenez
Four panels of a bichon frise with different emojis as hands, including peace signs and heart hands
blue and orange dyed bagel
Screenshot of newsletter that reads: “Viewing the world through clips is, frankly, awful. I would rather stare a wall in a dark room than spend my time watching the endless parade of sweaty vape store-tier sweatpants men sitting around staring at their phones in unfurnished McMansions, playing dorm room icebreaker games with bored OnlyFans models. An unceasing portal into a desolate Other America dictated by Bang Bus physics. I wouldn’t even say that Streamer World is part of the Zynternet. It’s something dumber and more hideous than that. A 12-year-old boy’s psychosexual fever dream of what life must be like outside of his gamer nest.”
TV screen showing CNN split screen coverage of shooting at WHCD with Wolf Blitzer intently looking at the camera while on the phone on the right screen.
Line chart showing the percentage of Kennedy’s social media posts that discuss vaccines (dark yellow line) or food (dark green line) between January 2022 and November 2025. Nearly half of his posts were about vaccines at the start of 2022. He posted much less about both topics during his presidential campaign and then the share of food posts spiked when he became HHS secretary in early 2025.
Screenshot of tweet from Huberman that reads: “The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.”
Map of US where counties are colored by the percent change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since the pandemic--regions that meet 95% rates post-pandemic are highlighted
Screenshot of interactive look-up tool map where you can see the vaccination rates of individual schools as well as county and statewide rates
3d animation showing US counties that have lost herd immunity fall out of the rest of the US
He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies. “I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida. “I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. “So I just gave him my opinion.”
Picture of “Oh, Mary!” Playbill held in front of the stage at the Lyceum Theater
Picture of Hayao Miyazaki with text that reads “A pain! A pain! Such a pain!”
Ruben Amorim quotes: “Sometimes I hate my players, sometimes I love my players. This is my way of doing things.” “Sometimes I want to quit sometimes I want to be here for 20 years.” “Sometimes I love to be with my players sometimes I don’t want to be with them.” “Sometimes I hate my kids. I’m going to be like that, that is not going to change.”
Four images of Jamie Lee Curtis looking intently, holding up her finger, speaking passionately about something and then taking a sip of water
screenshot of "oaicite" (highlighted) included next to a NYT Wirecutter article cited in the report
list of citations where two highlighted links show that the same article is being referenced twice with two different authors, neither of whom is the correct author
Screencap from The Righteous Gemstones showing Uncle Baby Billy next to a large poster on a truck of his face with on-screen subtitle that reads “Clever girl. Recruited a nerd.”
a picture of the Pokémon Popplio
Glass trophy that has text that reads “Katherine Schneider Journalism Award For Excellence in Reporting on Disability 2024” with the names Amanda Morris, Caitlin Gilbert, Jacqueline Alemany and The Washington Post listed. The title of the entry “Some Disabled Workers in the US Make Pennis Per Hour. It’s Legal.” is listed, with “1st Place Large Media Category” below it. The award also has the NCDJ logo at the bottom.
Screencap from The Righteous Gemstones, season 4 where two of Jesse’s friends/associates stand on either side of a large monitor that shows an array of photos from a Facebook profile. On-screen text reads “We did some look-‘em-ups.”
Screencap from The White Lotus season 3 finale where Jason Isaacs as Tim Ratliff says “Do you think you could live with no money?” to his son off-camera.
Screenshot of TV showing video game Animal Well, showcasing a digital shelf holding many different colored, patterned eggs.
TikTok comment from user jesus freak lighter that reads: “give journalists jobs again 😭all influencers have to do is open PR and do a podcast appearance to make their $9000 rent GIVE THE JOBS TO THE JOURNALISTS 💀💀”
Tweet that reads “Massive encroachment by Jeff Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section today - makes clear dissenting views will not be published or tolerated there I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side of coverage, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know”
Parker Posey in a White Lotus episode where she grins blankly
Post reporters speaking on camera about results of analysis of over 400 of RFK Jr’s appearances with clips of him speaking, screenshots of data and video clips on computer screens
Post reporters speaking on camera about results of analysis of over 400 of RFK Jr’s appearances with clips of him speaking, screenshots of data, code, and video clips on computer screens
Post reporters speaking on camera about results of analysis of over 400 of RFK Jr’s appearances with clips of him speaking, screenshots of data and video clips on computer screens
“Sorry TikTok isn’t available right now” message that appears when attempting to access TikTok on a browser with a line that says “In the meantime, you can still log in to download your data”
Two pages of the print edition of the 2024 Q4 IRE Journal that focused on covering disability, the left page is titled “Reporting on inequity”.
A 2007 Facebook post by Ben Platt on the Addicted to Wicked page that reads: “Hello, I’m Ben Platt and my dad is Marc platt the producer of Wicked”
Jeremy Strong at the Golden Globes red carpet wearing a seafoam blazer over a white turtleneck with a matching seafoam bucket hat and yellow tinted sunglasses
Jean smart, eyes closed, holding her fist to her head in deep resignation
White and brown hound dog in a blue jacket standing at the top of a brownstone’s steps with some snow
Black sweatshirt with Conclave movie poster (images of cast including Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, John Lithgow) with text “What happens behind these walls will change everything”