Annie Rosenthal
@annierosenthal.bsky.social
reporting in the rural borderlands for High Country News & editing signalhill.fm 🌀
past life at Marfa Public Radio // ✏️🎙️ Washington Post, LA Review of Books, Oxford American, POLITICO Mag, NPR, etc
📧: annie.rosenthal@hcn.org
annierosenthal.wordpress.com
past life at Marfa Public Radio // ✏️🎙️ Washington Post, LA Review of Books, Oxford American, POLITICO Mag, NPR, etc
📧: annie.rosenthal@hcn.org
annierosenthal.wordpress.com
In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Alaska Native translators to help with disaster recovery. Local translators and tribal sovereignty experts have questions. Story for @highcountrynews.org:
Can AI translate Native languages in times of disaster? - High Country News
In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Alaska Native translators to help with disaster recovery. Local translators and tribal sovereignty experts have questions. Story for @highcountrynews.org:
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Under the federal government shutdown, public lands agencies say they’ll keep parks open and continue oil and gas permitting — even as they furlough tens of thousands of employees. Advocates warn the approach will do lasting ecological damage.
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What the government shutdown means for public lands - High Country News
Many parks will stay open, and oil and gas permitting will continue — even as tens of thousands of staff are furloughed at NPS, BLM and USFS.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Under the federal government shutdown, public lands agencies say they’ll keep parks open and continue oil and gas permitting — even as they furlough tens of thousands of employees. Advocates warn the approach will do lasting ecological damage.
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Happy to be on @kjzz.org's The Show this week, talking about my @highcountrynews.org reporting on the long history of Spanish-language radio helping immigrant communities educate and protect themselves:
Radio Campensina has been on the air since the '80s. Its Spanish programming has a new urgency
In the wake of the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, Radio Campesina is using the airwaves to help listeners know what to do if they come into contact with immigration autho...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Happy to be on @kjzz.org's The Show this week, talking about my @highcountrynews.org reporting on the long history of Spanish-language radio helping immigrant communities educate and protect themselves:
The Ambiance Apparel raid that sparked LA protests devastated the local Zapotec community. Earlier this week, I talked with the family of a man who'd worked for the company for 18 years. Days after his detention, they had no idea where he was. For @highcountrynews.org:
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Amid raids in California, families struggle to locate detained workers - High Country News
Days after the workplace immigration raids that first sparked protests in Los Angeles, families still had no contact with relatives in detention.
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June 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Ambiance Apparel raid that sparked LA protests devastated the local Zapotec community. Earlier this week, I talked with the family of a man who'd worked for the company for 18 years. Days after his detention, they had no idea where he was. For @highcountrynews.org:
www.hcn.org/articles/ami...
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Defunding public media would hurt stations across the U.S.
The data show that stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West would be the hardest hit.
Here’s why, by the numbers.
By @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social
The data show that stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West would be the hardest hit.
Here’s why, by the numbers.
By @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social
What defunding public media would mean for the West - High Country News
Data show that rural, tribal and Western stations would be the most impacted by Trump’s attempt to cut CPB funding.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Defunding public media would hurt stations across the U.S.
The data show that stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West would be the hardest hit.
Here’s why, by the numbers.
By @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social
The data show that stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West would be the hardest hit.
Here’s why, by the numbers.
By @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social
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Hover over your state to see what Trump's request to cut >$1B from public broadcaster funding might mean. @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social report for @highcountrynews.org #infographic www.hcn.org/articles/wha...
What defunding public media would mean for the West - High Country News
Data show that rural, tribal and Western stations would be the most impacted by Trump’s attempt to cut CPB funding.
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June 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hover over your state to see what Trump's request to cut >$1B from public broadcaster funding might mean. @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social report for @highcountrynews.org #infographic www.hcn.org/articles/wha...
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“this is part of the beauty of public media: Stations like KYUK allow people to get thoughtful, nuanced coverage of the place they live, whether or not they can afford to pay for it.” (via @highcountrynews.org) www.hcn.org/articles/wha...
What defunding public media would mean for the West - High Country News
Data show that rural, tribal and Western stations would be the most impacted by Trump’s attempt to cut CPB funding.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“this is part of the beauty of public media: Stations like KYUK allow people to get thoughtful, nuanced coverage of the place they live, whether or not they can afford to pay for it.” (via @highcountrynews.org) www.hcn.org/articles/wha...
New for @highcountrynews.org: After more than a year of bargaining, the Interior Dept rejected a union contract for BLM headquarters employees days before Trump's inauguration. Now, workers say Biden's BLM leadership left them "sitting ducks for Trump 2."
Federal workers say Biden's BLM left them vulnerable to Trump - High Country News
Documents show Interior rejected a union contract for employees at BLM headquarters days before the inauguration.
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May 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New for @highcountrynews.org: After more than a year of bargaining, the Interior Dept rejected a union contract for BLM headquarters employees days before Trump's inauguration. Now, workers say Biden's BLM leadership left them "sitting ducks for Trump 2."
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Department of Homeland Security officers, who are posted outside the woman's Tucson Medical Center hospital room, are refusing to let the new mother speak to a lawyer, as she's requested, a Tucson attorney told the Arizona Daily Star on Thursday. tucson.com/news/local/b...
Guatemalan woman who just gave birth in Tucson faces rapid deportation
The woman will be given the choice of whether she wants to take her newborn, a US citizen born Wednesday, with her when she is deported, CBP says.
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May 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Department of Homeland Security officers, who are posted outside the woman's Tucson Medical Center hospital room, are refusing to let the new mother speak to a lawyer, as she's requested, a Tucson attorney told the Arizona Daily Star on Thursday. tucson.com/news/local/b...
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1st time the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, rules about law enforcement killing on U.S. soil, calling for reopening case and investigating cover-up.
Important reporting from @bgirledukate.bsky.social
Important reporting from @bgirledukate.bsky.social
During the confirmation hearing for Rodney Scott this morning the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights published its decision in the case of the U.S. killing of Anastasio Hernández Rojas. More thoughts tk but here's what you need to know:
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International Tribunal Condemns U.S. Border Officials for Torturing, Killing Immigrant
Case calls for sweeping reforms to police use-of-force, could set precedent for reexamining high-profile deaths.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
1st time the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, rules about law enforcement killing on U.S. soil, calling for reopening case and investigating cover-up.
Important reporting from @bgirledukate.bsky.social
Important reporting from @bgirledukate.bsky.social
For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I wrote about the long history of Spanish-language radio as a subversive tool for protecting immigrant communities in the U.S. — from Depression-era Los Angeles to rural Washington State in the 1980s and Arizona today.
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
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The subversive power of Spanish-language radio - High Country News
For decades, immigrant communities have used the airwaves to educate and protect themselves in times of crisis.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I wrote about the long history of Spanish-language radio as a subversive tool for protecting immigrant communities in the U.S. — from Depression-era Los Angeles to rural Washington State in the 1980s and Arizona today.
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
Caterpillar Roadshow, my @signalhillfm.bsky.social radio doc, is on @radiolab.bsky.social this week! It's a story about my mom's 10-year-old Japanese pen pal, his research on intergenerational caterpillar memory, and the questions we can and can't answer.
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Signal Hill: Caterpillar Roadshow
Podcast Episode · Radiolab · 04/11/2025 · 51m
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April 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Caterpillar Roadshow, my @signalhillfm.bsky.social radio doc, is on @radiolab.bsky.social this week! It's a story about my mom's 10-year-old Japanese pen pal, his research on intergenerational caterpillar memory, and the questions we can and can't answer.
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70% of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S. For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I talked with
@ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard.
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@ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard.
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How U.S. guns fuel violence south of the border - High Country News
As Trump pressures Mexico to address drugs and migration, an expert says "border security" goes both ways.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
70% of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S. For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I talked with
@ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard.
www.hcn.org/articles/how...
@ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard.
www.hcn.org/articles/how...
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Lots of talk about border security, but there's one big issue often left out of the convo: guns. @annierosenthal.bsky.social talks w/anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte about the current SCOTUS case & much more for @highcountrynews.bsky.social www.hcn.org/articles/how...
How U.S. guns fuel violence south of the border - High Country News
As Trump pressures Mexico to address drugs and migration, an expert says "border security" goes both ways.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Lots of talk about border security, but there's one big issue often left out of the convo: guns. @annierosenthal.bsky.social talks w/anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte about the current SCOTUS case & much more for @highcountrynews.bsky.social www.hcn.org/articles/how...
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A radio feast from the buddies at brand-new audio magazine @signalhillfm.bsky.social. Listen to it, send it to someone you like, give them some money so they can keep making more new work: www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...
Issue One
The first transatlantic radio signal ever received hit an antenna attached to a kite attached to a wire attached to a tower on top of Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on December 12th, 19...
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February 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A radio feast from the buddies at brand-new audio magazine @signalhillfm.bsky.social. Listen to it, send it to someone you like, give them some money so they can keep making more new work: www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...
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This is so cool! Feels kinda like a new way of distributing audio. A bunch of stories that lay out like a magazine and you can pick and choose. From the brilliant Liza Yeager - you all should check it out! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...
Issue One
The first transatlantic radio signal ever received hit an antenna attached to a kite attached to a wire attached to a tower on top of Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on December 12th, 19...
www.signalhill.fm
February 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is so cool! Feels kinda like a new way of distributing audio. A bunch of stories that lay out like a magazine and you can pick and choose. From the brilliant Liza Yeager - you all should check it out! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...
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NEW: A top ICE official has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about migrant children and their families could be shared for arrests and deportations. w/ @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/immi...
ICE Enforcement Official Tapped to Lead Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Triggering Alarms
ICE official Mellissa Harper has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about children and their families could be shared...
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January 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NEW: A top ICE official has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about migrant children and their families could be shared for arrests and deportations. w/ @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/immi...
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important." Really moving reporting by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Box by box, the Nicaraguans who work across Wisconsin are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations. In the contents of the boxes is a portrait of a community under pressure. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
How One Immigrant Community Is Coping With the Threat of Deportation
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations. “We don’t have much, but wh...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important." Really moving reporting by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
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My 1st piece for @highcountrynews.bsky.social:
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This was a fun—and nerve-racking—piece to report, as this introvert had to approach strangers on the street for interviews. I'd do it again in a 💓
Thanks @erbenson1.bsky.social @shaun505.bsky.social for edits and guidance!
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This was a fun—and nerve-racking—piece to report, as this introvert had to approach strangers on the street for interviews. I'd do it again in a 💓
Thanks @erbenson1.bsky.social @shaun505.bsky.social for edits and guidance!
‘They’ll have to drag me out before I go.’ EPA workers stand firm despite Trump chaos - High Country News
Staff outside D.C. headquarters respond to funding freeze and other orders from the new administration.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My 1st piece for @highcountrynews.bsky.social:
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
This was a fun—and nerve-racking—piece to report, as this introvert had to approach strangers on the street for interviews. I'd do it again in a 💓
Thanks @erbenson1.bsky.social @shaun505.bsky.social for edits and guidance!
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
This was a fun—and nerve-racking—piece to report, as this introvert had to approach strangers on the street for interviews. I'd do it again in a 💓
Thanks @erbenson1.bsky.social @shaun505.bsky.social for edits and guidance!
Beyond thrilled to be joining a team I've long admired at @highcountrynews.bsky.social! As HCN's Virginia Spencer Davis fellow, I'll be covering rural communities, agriculture, migration and borderlands life. All ears for ideas, tips, feedback — here or annie.rosenthal@hcn.org.
✨We're excited to announce our new cohort of editorial fellows:
@goesbykim.bsky.social - climate and science fellow
@chadebradley.bsky.social - Indigenous affairs fellow
@annierosenthal.bsky.social - Virginia Spencer Davis fellow
Watch our website for stories from these amazing journalists. 👀🤩
@goesbykim.bsky.social - climate and science fellow
@chadebradley.bsky.social - Indigenous affairs fellow
@annierosenthal.bsky.social - Virginia Spencer Davis fellow
Watch our website for stories from these amazing journalists. 👀🤩
January 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Beyond thrilled to be joining a team I've long admired at @highcountrynews.bsky.social! As HCN's Virginia Spencer Davis fellow, I'll be covering rural communities, agriculture, migration and borderlands life. All ears for ideas, tips, feedback — here or annie.rosenthal@hcn.org.