Megan Kamerick
@megankamerick.bsky.social
News director, KUNM-FM. She/her. TED speaker and coach. Board treasurer SPJ Rio Grande. Former prez of Journalism & Women Symposium. Opinions are my own.
“It’s not like ‘Oh I won’t be able to sit with my friends at lunch’ or ‘I won’t be able to do my math homework’. It’s turned into ‘what's gonna be unsafe that day?’”
KUNM's @mcasas03.bsky.social digs into why more kids are bringing guns to school.
KUNM's @mcasas03.bsky.social digs into why more kids are bringing guns to school.
American children have more access to firearms and they’re bringing them to school
Last Thursday, five guns were found at three different high schools across Albuquerque, just two weeks into the new school year. So why are children feeling the need to bring firearms to school?
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August 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“It’s not like ‘Oh I won’t be able to sit with my friends at lunch’ or ‘I won’t be able to do my math homework’. It’s turned into ‘what's gonna be unsafe that day?’”
KUNM's @mcasas03.bsky.social digs into why more kids are bringing guns to school.
KUNM's @mcasas03.bsky.social digs into why more kids are bringing guns to school.
New Mexico expects to lose a total of $203 million in federal SNAP funding. The Commonwealth Fund recently listed New Mexico as the state losing the highest proportion of SNAP funds, at nearly 44%. And that doesn’t account for any new costs as a result of these changes. Story by Daniel Montaño.
NM is working to soften the blow of federal SNAP changes
Federal cuts to food assistance through the budget reconciliation bill, better known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” put more than 450,000 New Mexicans at risk seeing their benefits drop by more than 20%...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
New Mexico expects to lose a total of $203 million in federal SNAP funding. The Commonwealth Fund recently listed New Mexico as the state losing the highest proportion of SNAP funds, at nearly 44%. And that doesn’t account for any new costs as a result of these changes. Story by Daniel Montaño.
I will really miss @arishapiro.bsky.social - good luck on future ventures! www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Ari Shapiro says farewell to NPR
Ari Shapiro, co-host of All Things Considered and Consider This, has decided to step away from the host chair and daily news coverage at NPR.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I will really miss @arishapiro.bsky.social - good luck on future ventures! www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Legit badass Laura Lee led Blue Ridge Public Radio through Hurricane Helene coverage and is #PMJA2025 editor of the year. "No matter what happens in life, be good to your people...because that's a good legacy to leave behind."
June 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Legit badass Laura Lee led Blue Ridge Public Radio through Hurricane Helene coverage and is #PMJA2025 editor of the year. "No matter what happens in life, be good to your people...because that's a good legacy to leave behind."
"We cannot let the threats facing us prevent us from preparing for our future," says @kellymcb.bsky.social #PMJA2025
June 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"We cannot let the threats facing us prevent us from preparing for our future," says @kellymcb.bsky.social #PMJA2025
Gerard Albert III, New Voices Award winner who covered Hurricane Helene, says our work as journalists is most important when people need us. #pmja2025 @reportforamerica.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Gerard Albert III, New Voices Award winner who covered Hurricane Helene, says our work as journalists is most important when people need us. #pmja2025 @reportforamerica.bsky.social
Thank you @tonyamosley.bsky.social for introducing me to such an intriguing person. I can't believe I hadn't seen his work. I immediately went online to find it.
For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'
Kaphar draws on his own painful relationship with his father in his film, Exhibiting Forgiveness. He says the project gave him a new sympathy for his dad. Originally broadcast Oct. 24, 2024.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Thank you @tonyamosley.bsky.social for introducing me to such an intriguing person. I can't believe I hadn't seen his work. I immediately went online to find it.
I have been through 7 airports since leaving g for South Africa on May 21st and I can say without a doubt the worst one is JFK in NYC.
June 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I have been through 7 airports since leaving g for South Africa on May 21st and I can say without a doubt the worst one is JFK in NYC.
People who do this are real losers and shitty hunters to boot.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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How leopards are being killed off by the world's top trophy hunters
A new report documents unabated hunting despite leopard numbers plummeting across Africa.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
People who do this are real losers and shitty hunters to boot.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
El Salvador: PEN International Calls on Salvadoran Authorities to End Persecution of Journalists and Editors — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/el-salv...
El Salvador: PEN International Calls on Salvadoran Authorities to End Persecution of Journalists and Editors — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“The systematic harassment of El Faro and other media outlets in El Salvador represents an alarming situation for press freedom and freedom of expression. PEN International calls on the Salvadoran ...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
El Salvador: PEN International Calls on Salvadoran Authorities to End Persecution of Journalists and Editors — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/el-salv...
Our new reporter at KUNM Mia Casas will be graduating in style. #publicmedia
May 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Our new reporter at KUNM Mia Casas will be graduating in style. #publicmedia
What I'll bring up next time someone tells me history is boring.
Penis count debate rages over Bayeux Tapestry
A podcast has again investigated the penises on the embroidery, which has a replica in Reading.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What I'll bring up next time someone tells me history is boring.
Journo Brigid Schulte talks about her new book "Over Work" with @giovannarossi.bsky.social at the Famiy Friendly Business Awards. #FFNM2025
April 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Journo Brigid Schulte talks about her new book "Over Work" with @giovannarossi.bsky.social at the Famiy Friendly Business Awards. #FFNM2025
This is incredibly weird and creepy. @scifri.bsky.social It's things like this that make me remember one of my dad's fave phrases: Nature is red in tooth and claw (Tennyson)
A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies
“Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.
www.sciencefriday.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is incredibly weird and creepy. @scifri.bsky.social It's things like this that make me remember one of my dad's fave phrases: Nature is red in tooth and claw (Tennyson)
ICYMI - KUNM's Taylor Velazquez moderated a great conversation on the equity education lawsuit Yazzie/Martinez, which is headed back to court because plaintiffs say the state isn't in compliance with the 2018 order.
Let's talk about the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit to improve education going back to court
In 2018 a New Mexico judge ruled the state was failing to provide a constitutionally sufficient and equitable education to at-risk students. Years laters, the state is still out of compliance with tha...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ICYMI - KUNM's Taylor Velazquez moderated a great conversation on the equity education lawsuit Yazzie/Martinez, which is headed back to court because plaintiffs say the state isn't in compliance with the 2018 order.
There's still so much I'm learning about New Mexico, even after being here for 21 years. Loved talking to Matt Schmader about his new book.
New details emerge of Coronado incursion and pueblo battles
Archeologist Matthew Schmader uncovers new details of the first Spanish incursion into the territory that became New Mexico, led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and the battles that ensued with the ...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
There's still so much I'm learning about New Mexico, even after being here for 21 years. Loved talking to Matt Schmader about his new book.
If you're a health provider with a patient portal and you don't look at messages or answer them, then just stop pushing us to set up an account in the patient portal. It's performative and pointless.
April 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you're a health provider with a patient portal and you don't look at messages or answer them, then just stop pushing us to set up an account in the patient portal. It's performative and pointless.
Learn a new skill this weekend! Cool KUNM story by @mcasas03.bsky.social
Summit offers women the chance to explore trades
To wrap up Women’s History Month, Central New Mexico Community College is holding its annual ‘Women in Trades Summit’ this Saturday.
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March 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Learn a new skill this weekend! Cool KUNM story by @mcasas03.bsky.social
ICYM @fabflutist2716.bsky.social @votergirl.bsky.social @marjoriechildress.bsky.social and Taylor Velazquez helped me break down the 2025 Legislative session. #nmleg
Let's talk about what happened in the 2025 Legislature
We’ll reflect on the end of the 2025 legislative session by talking with journalists who followed all 60 days at the Roundhouse.
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March 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ICYM @fabflutist2716.bsky.social @votergirl.bsky.social @marjoriechildress.bsky.social and Taylor Velazquez helped me break down the 2025 Legislative session. #nmleg
Hey New Mexico journos - Friday is the SPJ Rio Grande monthly happy hour at the Albuquerque Press Club at 6:30. Come join us! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jev...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey New Mexico journos - Friday is the SPJ Rio Grande monthly happy hour at the Albuquerque Press Club at 6:30. Come join us! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jev...
In case you were wondering.... it's transgenic, not transgender.
What are transgenic mice? UGA was on the forefront of using them for Alzheimer's research
According to multiple research sites, mice are valuable tools for studying diseases in a laboratory setting. Here is what transgenic mice are.
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March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In case you were wondering.... it's transgenic, not transgender.
Love this piece by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social but @russcontreras.bsky.social you gotta school him on proper spelling of chile.... www.ncronline.org/spirituality...
March 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Love this piece by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social but @russcontreras.bsky.social you gotta school him on proper spelling of chile.... www.ncronline.org/spirituality...