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Matt Drange
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Report @BusinessInsider. Teach @humboldtcalpoly. Volunteer @SPJ_NorCal & @SABEW. I'm more interested in actions than words. What's your story? Secure contact⬇
May 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I've heard from so many readers today who have experienced, witnessed or been told first-hand accounts of teachers in @ElMonteUHSD having sexual relationships w/ students. Some are sharing their stories for the first time. I've only scratched the surface...businessinsider.com/rosemead-high-… Many in the 626 who have called and emailed me today are angry. There's active conversations happening in alumni groups online. Several people have told me they plan to bring up my story at this week's school board meeting. I've reached out to every member for comment. So far ...
May 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
In late 2017, with #MeToo in full swing, I set out to see if my high school harbored any teachers who took advantage of the often blurred boundaries with students on campus.

I never expected to find my journalism teacher.

businessinsider.com/rosemead-high-… Eric Burgess was a perennial favorite among my classmates. A Rosemead alum himself, his favorite jokes began with “your mom” and his videotaped pranks were the stuff of legend.

"He was just kind of a big kid in a teacher role," a former teacher’s aide told me.
Aug 29, 2019 • 16 tweets • 9 min read
NEW: A while back, I requested emails and funding agreements from UC Berkeley about its lucrative relationship with #Huawei.

For months, UC Berkeley officials ignored my public records request.

So we sued.

They found the records.

Here's what they show:
thein.fo/2c892665a7aa0b… Huawei donated ~$1.5 million to fund various UC Berkeley research projects earlier this year.

All of the money was given *after* UC officials announced in January a "moratorium" on accepting Huawei's $$, in the wake of major federal criminal indictments.

scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Dec 19, 2018 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Amazon's Ring dominates the growing video doorbell market. But little is known about the company's secretive R&D lab in Kiev, Ukraine. Here's the story of how customer video footage is sent there for image recognition purposes, despite internal concerns. theinformation.com/articles/at-ri… The office, which opened in 2016 with three people, was originally going to be in San Francisco. But Ring founder Jamie Siminoff (of 'Shark Tank' rejection fame) opted to move the operation to Ukraine, where software engineers are cheap and entry-level employees are cheaper still