Kristian Thacker
@kristianthacker.bsky.social
Photographer and educator based in West Virginia. Work in @nytimes.com @wsj.com @washingtonpost.com and more
www.kristianthacker.com
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March 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One of the rare times when I get to work with a local outlet on a story close to home.
'The defining issue': Morgantown advocates gear up for election that will decide camping ban • West Virginia Watch
When Morgantown passed a law imposing fines and potential jail time on homeless people who camp on the street, Sarah Hutson already had a plan to repeal the law.
westvirginiawatch.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One of the rare times when I get to work with a local outlet on a story close to home.
Reposted by Kristian Thacker
‘The defining issue’: Morgantown advocates gear up for election that will decide camping ban as hundreds of places around the country enacted laws prohibiting homeless people from sleeping outside last year.
Good deep dive from @lorikerseywv.bsky.social
westvirginiawatch.com/2025/02/11/m...
Good deep dive from @lorikerseywv.bsky.social
westvirginiawatch.com/2025/02/11/m...
'The defining issue': Morgantown advocates gear up for election that will decide camping ban • West Virginia Watch
When Morgantown passed a law imposing fines and potential jail time on homeless people who camp on the street, Sarah Hutson already had a plan to repeal the law.
westvirginiawatch.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
‘The defining issue’: Morgantown advocates gear up for election that will decide camping ban as hundreds of places around the country enacted laws prohibiting homeless people from sleeping outside last year.
Good deep dive from @lorikerseywv.bsky.social
westvirginiawatch.com/2025/02/11/m...
Good deep dive from @lorikerseywv.bsky.social
westvirginiawatch.com/2025/02/11/m...
The last of three pieces I for BloombergGreen and @npr on the ways coal companies offloaded their liabilities to other companies in 2022. In October, Hardy, Kentucky, just down US 119 from Belfry, Kentucky, and Williamson, West Virginia. There I met Miles Hatfield whose home and property had been sw
February 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The last of three pieces I for BloombergGreen and @npr on the ways coal companies offloaded their liabilities to other companies in 2022. In October, Hardy, Kentucky, just down US 119 from Belfry, Kentucky, and Williamson, West Virginia. There I met Miles Hatfield whose home and property had been sw
Work for Bloomberg Green in 2022. Junior Walk is a mountain top removal activist who volunteers with Coal River Mountain Watch flying a drone over the surface mines they monitor in the southern West Virginia coal fields.
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Work for Bloomberg Green in 2022. Junior Walk is a mountain top removal activist who volunteers with Coal River Mountain Watch flying a drone over the surface mines they monitor in the southern West Virginia coal fields.
Hey BSky, I'm trying to find some participants in a Climate Corps program called Climate Corps Storytellers for a possible pitch. If you know anyone who worked with the CC last year would you mind connecting me or passing along my info?
January 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hey BSky, I'm trying to find some participants in a Climate Corps program called Climate Corps Storytellers for a possible pitch. If you know anyone who worked with the CC last year would you mind connecting me or passing along my info?
A new piece for the Atlantic.
About 1,000 participants who received state-funded GLP-1 drugs as part of a pilot program became unwitting subjects in an experiment about what happens when patients are given a life-changing drug—only to have it taken away. @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
The Ozempic Flip-Flop
West Virginia gave obesity drugs to teachers and state employees—then took them away.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:38 AM
A new piece for the Atlantic.
I have found the new bane of photographers… blue light lenses. I don’t if they’re worse than transitions, but they’re up there.
December 5, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I have found the new bane of photographers… blue light lenses. I don’t if they’re worse than transitions, but they’re up there.
Reposted by Kristian Thacker
The intro to Camera Geologica is now available on the Duke website. If you like the intro and decide to preorder the book (🙏), the discount code E24ANGUS will save you 30%
"Camera Geologica" by Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography from a materialist perspective of the minerals extractive practices upon which the medium depends. Read the introduction for free now!
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January 26, 2024 at 10:29 PM
The intro to Camera Geologica is now available on the Duke website. If you like the intro and decide to preorder the book (🙏), the discount code E24ANGUS will save you 30%
Hey what photo books snuck under the “best photo books of 2024” lists that are currently being pumped out? I’d include photo adjacent in that category and my top pick is probably Siobhan Angus’ Camera Geologica might be my top pick.
November 30, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Hey what photo books snuck under the “best photo books of 2024” lists that are currently being pumped out? I’d include photo adjacent in that category and my top pick is probably Siobhan Angus’ Camera Geologica might be my top pick.
An amazing piece on @cnn.com today.
How music is medicine for these Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones
A couple of programs in New York are tapping into the power of music to help those living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:52 AM
An amazing piece on @cnn.com today.
Has anyone written any reviews of the Robert Frank shows at MoMA or PACE? Would love to see them if so.
November 29, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Has anyone written any reviews of the Robert Frank shows at MoMA or PACE? Would love to see them if so.
Nice work @azambelich.bsky.social !
Linda McMahon once ran the WWE, a wrestling organization that was criticized for promoting violence and sexualized content. She has faced questions for years over whether she is suitable for education posts. Now, she could lead the Department of Education. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...
November 29, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Nice work @azambelich.bsky.social !
Reposted by Kristian Thacker
Some West Virginia residents have begun protesting a proposed $250 million annual rate increase by power companies. "Please do not let them increase rates," wrote Cabell County resident Steven Wayne Albright to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
Comments roll in for $250 million request by power companies: 'Please do not let them increase rates' - WV MetroNews
Potentially affected are 460,927 customers in Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam,…
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November 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Some West Virginia residents have begun protesting a proposed $250 million annual rate increase by power companies. "Please do not let them increase rates," wrote Cabell County resident Steven Wayne Albright to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
A good list of folks working with photography one way or another by @flakphoto.news
Here's the list✌️📸
November 29, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A good list of folks working with photography one way or another by @flakphoto.news
Reposted by Kristian Thacker
New: The director of West Virginia Head Start, which offers education and wraparound services to thousands of low-income children, is optimistic that the program will continue despite concerns it could be eliminated under President-elect Donald Trump. westvirginiawatch.com/2024/11/21/w...
West Virginia Head Start confident about its future under Trump administration • West Virginia Watch
The director of West Virginia Head Start, which offers education and wraparound services to thousands of low-income children, is optimistic that the program will continue despite concerns it could be ...
westvirginiawatch.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM
New: The director of West Virginia Head Start, which offers education and wraparound services to thousands of low-income children, is optimistic that the program will continue despite concerns it could be eliminated under President-elect Donald Trump. westvirginiawatch.com/2024/11/21/w...
Not sure who falls into this one, but who here got into journalism through some route other than j-school in college?
November 16, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Not sure who falls into this one, but who here got into journalism through some route other than j-school in college?