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Marin County, The Epstein Files and a High School Journalism Assignment
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A Wired piece by R. Rosenthal tells a story Hawk found irresistible. A student at Redwood High School in Marin County got a journalism assignment to report a news story and present it as an Instagram slideshow. He chose to search the newly released Epstein files for local connections, and he found plenty.
Hawk, who lived in Mill Valley and still keeps a place in Marin, gives a tour of the county along the way, from Sausalito and Mount Tam to Tiburon and Point Reyes, and explains why one of the wealthiest places in America was always likely to turn up in those documents. The student's slideshow, published by the award-winning Redwood Bark, catalogued mentions of Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Mill Valley, Novato, Kentfield, and more, with documents backing each claim.
Then came the legal threat. A woman named in one slide demanded the post be taken down or she would sue for defamation. Administrators searched her name and found little, but the student had the underlying email from the files. Attorneys reportedly concluded the suit had no legs, and the threat was never carried out. Hawk uses it to talk about press freedom, evolving formats, and how good the reporting was.
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