Carrie Melago @carriemelago

Editor, writer, sleuth. @Chalkbeat @wsj @nydailynews @nhregister. Coal miner's granddaughter. Ms. @jonlemire. I’m crafty and write about my kids.

 New York, NY
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Joined January 2010
Several years ago, I reluctantly became a soccer mom -- a label I never imagined embracing. Thanks to @WSJ for running my essay about my change of heart. wsj.com/lifestyle/relationsh…

How I Learned to Love Being a Soccer Mom

I never identified with the label until I saw how much my sons’ sports teams meant to them.

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Jonathan Lemire
 @JonLemire
Nov 5
NEW: Zohran Mamdani will be the unlikeliest mayor in NYC history He vanquished Cuomo (again) and will have to trade lofty promises for gritty governing And now Mamdani faces a war with the president, himself a New Yorker. It’s the fight Trump wants theatlantic.com/politics/202…

New York’s Unlikeliest Mayor

Zohran Mamdani surprised everyone, including President Trump.

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Jonathan Lemire
 @JonLemire
Oct 31
NEW: Baseball is thriving. Now please, MLB, don’t blow it A classic World Series shows again that the sport is back. But a long work stoppage looms after next year - and risks enraging fans and undoing all of the game’s momentum Make a deal. My latest: theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…

Don’t Blow This, Baseball

The thrilling World Series shows that baseball is truly back—just in time for its next crisis.

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"My father dropped dead. His headline lives on." Heckuva lede about a heckuva headline nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyreg…

50 Years Ago, My Father Wrote the Headline That Refuses to Die

It’s rare that a headline outlasts the person who wrote it. But long after my father’s death, “Ford to City: Drop Dead” still reverberates.

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If you refuse to be a GameChanger mom (me), this story is also for you
Sara Germano @germanotes
Oct 17
Are you or is someone you know a "GameChanger Mom"? Then my latest story (⬇️) is for you tiktok.com/@softballwithmarg…
BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting. cpj.org/2025/10/journalist-m…
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Wow big NYC high school admissions change — in-person essays for Beacon instead of remote. beaconschool.org/apps/pages/…
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Gary Rosen @garyrosenWSJ
Sep 25
I never identified with the label “soccer mom”—until I saw how much my sons’ sports teams meant to them, writes Carrie Melago. wsj.com/lifestyle/relationsh… via @WSJ

How I Learned to Love Being a Soccer Mom

I never identified with the label until I saw how much my sons’ sports teams meant to them.

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The Wall Street Journal
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Sep 25
I never identified with the label “soccer mom”—until I saw how much my sons’ sports teams meant to them, writes Carrie Melago on.wsj.com/3VxBtET

How I Learned to Love Being a Soccer Mom

I never identified with the label until I saw how much my sons’ sports teams meant to them.

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Chalkbeat @Chalkbeat
Aug 21
Marc Kagan shares his memories teaching Zohran Mamdani at Bronx Science chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

Meet Zohran Mamdani’s favorite NYC high school teacher

Marc Kagan shares his memories teaching Zohran Mamdani at Bronx Science.

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Harry Siegel @harrysiegel
Aug 20
All That and a Bag of Chips: The @katie_honan Story thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winni…

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

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Amy Zimmer @the_zim
Aug 14
‘We can’t function out of fear’: A Bronx school’s mission grows tougher under Trump. Part 2 from @MichaelElsenRoo chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

'The goal is to survive': NYC school for immigrants faces an uncertain future under Trump

Normally, in the final month of school, students at ELLIS Prep worried about moving to the next grade or graduating. This year, they wondered: “Is a masked person going to grab me off the street?”

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Becky Vevea @beckyvevea
Aug 13
An incredible, timely story about one immigrant student, her family, and her school under the Trump administration. @MichaelElsenRoo @ChalkbeatNY chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

‘They’ve given her a lot of hope’: A NYC school fights to educate an undocumented teen under Trump

For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them.

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“It’s not going to be my fault that her dream dies." @MichaelElsenRoo spent months with an undocumented NYC student and the school fighting to keep her education hopes alive chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

‘They’ve given her a lot of hope’: A NYC school fights to educate an undocumented teen under Trump

For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them.

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How much is your NYC school getting for the cell phone ban? chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

NYC schools get millions to implement student cellphone ban

With the state’s new ‘bell-to-bell’ ban, NYC schools are getting a cash infusion for cellphone storage. Find out how much your school is getting.

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Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman
Jul 31
One metric but revealing of the broader situation: Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did. Full story here: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

NYC specialized high school admission offers dip for Black and Latino students

Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did.

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Chalkbeat New York @ChalkbeatNY
Jul 31
Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

NYC specialized high school admission offers dip for Black and Latino students

Last year, 10 Black students received offers to Stuyvesent High School. This year, 8 did.

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Alex Zimmerman @AGZimmerman
Jul 31
The DOE released this data just hours after we asked why they were dragging their feet: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

NYC education officials have yet to release high school admissions data

“It’s right to ask the mayor, ‘Where the heck is this?’” one government transparency advocate said.

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Jillian Jorgensen @Jill_Jorgensen
Jul 31
NEWS: The percentage of specialized high school seats going to Black and Hispanic students this year declined from 2024. 3% of seats at specialized schools went to Black students, down from 4.5%. And 6.9% of seats went to Hispanic students, down from 7.6%. Story to come shortly
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“I love this work, but I didn’t sign up to be exploited, and I didn’t sign up to work for free.” Great @AGZimmerman story about NYC Teaching Fellows going without paychecks chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

‘I didn’t sign up to be exploited’: NYC Teaching Fellows face payment delays

This year’s crop of NYC Teaching Fellows have yet to be paid and several said they are struggling to afford rent, groceries, and transportation.

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