Cameron Pugh
@cameron-pugh.bsky.social
now: jr. writer/editor @csmonitor.bsky.social
previously: ER fellow @propublica.org, intern @wgbh.org • williams record alum🗞️
previously: ER fellow @propublica.org, intern @wgbh.org • williams record alum🗞️
So honored to be sharing this award with my colleagues Ken and Ira, whose journalism is exactly what we need more of today.
🥉 3rd Place: Ken Makin, Ira Porter, and @cameron-pugh.bsky.social, @csmonitor.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So honored to be sharing this award with my colleagues Ken and Ira, whose journalism is exactly what we need more of today.
Reposted by Cameron Pugh
🥉 3rd Place: Ken Makin, Ira Porter, and @cameron-pugh.bsky.social, @csmonitor.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🥉 3rd Place: Ken Makin, Ira Porter, and @cameron-pugh.bsky.social, @csmonitor.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
Party like a...baby boomer? Recent data shows that young people's drinking rates are the lowest they've been this century. Conversely, older adults are drinking more – bringing the two groups rates of alcohol use nearly to parity. Read my story below to see what's behind the change.
Party like a grandpa? Sober as a student? Generations flip script on alcohol.
People ages 18 to 34 who say they drink fell from 73% in the early 2000s to 59% in 2024, according to Gallup. That’s the lowest this century.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Party like a...baby boomer? Recent data shows that young people's drinking rates are the lowest they've been this century. Conversely, older adults are drinking more – bringing the two groups rates of alcohol use nearly to parity. Read my story below to see what's behind the change.
How far should governments go to keep people healthy? It's a perennial concern for public health officials, who have to balance the greater good with people's personal freedoms.
In Massachusetts, that conversation is being rehashed as towns ban nicotine for a generation.
In Massachusetts, that conversation is being rehashed as towns ban nicotine for a generation.
Massachusetts towns ban nicotine for a generation. Public health win or overreach?
Who is responsible for the health of young people? Tobacco bans in Massachusetts towns have residents weighing public health concerns against individual freedoms and considering what it means to have ...
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January 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How far should governments go to keep people healthy? It's a perennial concern for public health officials, who have to balance the greater good with people's personal freedoms.
In Massachusetts, that conversation is being rehashed as towns ban nicotine for a generation.
In Massachusetts, that conversation is being rehashed as towns ban nicotine for a generation.
Americans used to call it being thrifty. Then it was Voluntary Simplicity. Today, Generation Z is exploring eschewing materialism as “underconsumption core,” with an eye for more meaningful holidays and less stuff. Christmas #holidays
Want a less commercial holiday? Gen Z tries ‘underconsumption core.’
Americans used to call it being thrifty. Then it was Voluntary Simplicity. Today, Generation Z is exploring “underconsumption core,” with an eye for more meaningful holidays and less stuff.
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November 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Had a blast reporting this story – and getting to spend some time back in the Berkshires🏔️
Towns in W. Massachusetts are building networks & approaching internet access like a public utility, or forming public-private partnerships to entice companies to provide service. A model for rural municipalities? Important story on access by @cameron-pugh.bsky.social of @csmonitor.bsky.social.
Millions in rural America lack reliable internet. How Massachusetts towns got online.
Millions of Americans in rural areas lack access to fast, reliable broadband internet. It's an equity problem that communities are starting to solve.
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November 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Had a blast reporting this story – and getting to spend some time back in the Berkshires🏔️
My latest for @csmonitor.bsky.social ✍🏾
Kamala Harris hoped to declare victory at Howard University on election night. That didn’t happen. So many students at one of America’s top Black universities are turning to the question: “Where do we go from here?” Harris #HowardUniversity #politics
Howard University hoped to make history. Now it’s ready for a different role.
Kamala Harris hoped to declare victory at Howard University on election night. Today, students at one of America’s top HBCUs wrestle with the fallout.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:49 PM
My latest for @csmonitor.bsky.social ✍🏾