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NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social and @texaspublicradio.bsky.social A bonus episode of Fumed. The Scientist Who Refused to be Intimidated
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Bonus Episode: The Scientist Who Refused to be Intimidated
Outspoken government scientists are increasingly hard to find in Washington. This episode tells how one high-profile epidemiologist withstood political pressure and intimidation throughout his career ...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social and @texaspublicradio.bsky.social A bonus episode of Fumed. The Scientist Who Refused to be Intimidated
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News:
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
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To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
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CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
News:
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
A surprisingly frank interview from @npr.org Scott Simon with the new head of the United Mine Workers Union. Pitched & produced by WV’s @davemistich.bsky.social
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New United Mine Workers of America president Brian Sanson discusses the industry
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Brian Sanson, the new president of the United Mine Workers of America, about the Trump administration's impact on the coal industry and the future of the union.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A surprisingly frank interview from @npr.org Scott Simon with the new head of the United Mine Workers Union. Pitched & produced by WV’s @davemistich.bsky.social
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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As villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta clean up from remnants of Typhoon Halong, they face another loss. Public radio and television station KYUK has lost federal funding and plans to make cuts in January. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
As villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta clean up from remnants of Typhoon Halong, they face another loss. Public radio and television station KYUK has lost federal funding and plans to make cuts in January. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
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NEW: Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
Alaska’s Public Schools Serve as Emergency Shelters. Those Buildings Are Also in Crisis.
Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
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Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back. n.pr/4oQF4u9
As Western wildfires are getting bigger, one small town volunteer is fighting back
Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back. n.pr/4oQF4u9
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With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts
With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
The "Industrial Risk: Beyond the Blueprint" podcast with Jowanza Joseph features some of my reporting from Mount St Helens to Coal's Deadly Dust. "How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures." parakeetinc.substack.com/p/episode-8-...
🎙️ Episode 8: Buried in Silence: What Mount St. Helens, Upper Big Branch, and Black Lung Reveal About Industrial Risk
How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures? Listen to the conversation with Howard Berkes on four decades of exposing preventable industrial disasters.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The "Industrial Risk: Beyond the Blueprint" podcast with Jowanza Joseph features some of my reporting from Mount St Helens to Coal's Deadly Dust. "How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures." parakeetinc.substack.com/p/episode-8-...
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NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn
Opinion: Susan Stamberg gave NPR its voice
NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn
Public Media Careers
Discover jobs from top public media organizations across the country.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is how I will always remember Susan Stamberg. Union strong. Standing with her NPR colleagues and marshalling her considerable clout for the least powerful. NPR was a far better place with Susan in its orbit.
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is how I will always remember Susan Stamberg. Union strong. Standing with her NPR colleagues and marshalling her considerable clout for the least powerful. NPR was a far better place with Susan in its orbit.
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Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
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The 2018 state case involved a guided hunt for Trump Jr., where a bear was allegedly baited. The settlement reduced guide Wade Lemon’s felony charge to a wildlife violation infraction.
Hunting guide, who counts Trump Jr. as a client, behaved badly for years, Utah says
The Utah Investigative Journalism Project obtained a 160-page investigative report into Wade Lemon by the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The report details allegations of illegal and unethical…
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October 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The 2018 state case involved a guided hunt for Trump Jr., where a bear was allegedly baited. The settlement reduced guide Wade Lemon’s felony charge to a wildlife violation infraction.
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
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Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
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A Closer Look at What’s Driving the Rising Rate of Uninsured Children - Public Health Watch
Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
publichealthwatch.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/14/u...
publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/14/u...
NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social:
A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. The data shows extraordinarily high rates of disease.
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A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. The data shows extraordinarily high rates of disease.
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A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. - Public Health Watch
Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts s...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social:
A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. The data shows extraordinarily high rates of disease.
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A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. The data shows extraordinarily high rates of disease.
publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/09/t...
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The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news. We fact-check the hell out of our reporting, and we respect and protect our sources.
Have a tip? Drop us a line, confidentially.
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The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of fairly and responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news that changes the…
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October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news. We fact-check the hell out of our reporting, and we respect and protect our sources.
Have a tip? Drop us a line, confidentially.
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Terrific story from @kuer.org @macylip.bsky.social about a small town coming together for volleyball…and potatoes.
Having your neighbor’s back is the name of the game in this tiny Utah town that sits halfway between SLC and St. George.
At Fillmore’s homecoming game, a potato comes with a side of help your neighbor
The Millard High School girls’ volleyball team has revived an annual baked potato fundraiser. It’s just one way residents of the small town support each other.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Terrific story from @kuer.org @macylip.bsky.social about a small town coming together for volleyball…and potatoes.
A conference on censorship was censored by Weber State U. WSU cited a UT law prohibiting discussion of "DEI" topics on state-funded campuses. That was signed into law by "Disagree Better" Gov Spencer Cox, who apparently believes some disagreement is unacceptable. www.sltrib.com/amplify-utah...
‘I was ordered to lie’: Weber State censorship event canceled, after organizers said school wanted to censor speakers
Weber State University's annual Unity Conference tried to tackle the subject of censorship. Organizers said they canceled when school officials said they would have to censor some of the speakers' mat...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A conference on censorship was censored by Weber State U. WSU cited a UT law prohibiting discussion of "DEI" topics on state-funded campuses. That was signed into law by "Disagree Better" Gov Spencer Cox, who apparently believes some disagreement is unacceptable. www.sltrib.com/amplify-utah...
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Video: Telling the Stories of the Uninsured
Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.
Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.
Video: Telling the Stories of the Uninsured
Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Video: Telling the Stories of the Uninsured
Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.
Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.
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For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.
For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.
For those inclined to believe the “Disagree Better” hype from Utah Gov Spencer Cox, read this. Not all national media types failed to look under the hood. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Gov. Spencer Cox has been preaching calm in a violent moment—but there's something missing
In Utah, the fight over gerrymandering shows how hard bridging divides really is.
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September 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For those inclined to believe the “Disagree Better” hype from Utah Gov Spencer Cox, read this. Not all national media types failed to look under the hood. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.
Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.
Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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NPR to trim $5 million as some public radio stations struggle to pay bills
My story for NPR
NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
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My story for NPR
NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
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NPR to trim $5 million this year as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.
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September 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
NPR to trim $5 million as some public radio stations struggle to pay bills
My story for NPR
NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
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My story for NPR
NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
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