Senior editor @highcountrynews, focused on the northwest, northern Rockies & Alaska, science stories and climate coverage. 🏳️🌈 she/her
Idaho, USA
Joined June 2014
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These photos celebrate the grit and community of the gay rodeo circuit — and ask viewers to confront stereotypes about what it means to be a cowboy. hcn.org/issues/51.5/culture-…
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🚨🚨🚨JOB ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
We have an opening @BoiseDev. It’s a great place to work with opportunities to grow and do some interesting accountability journalism on growth, local politics and more.
I’m not hiring, but am happy to answer any questions!
journalismjobs.com/1685745-r… – at Boise, ID
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For the new year, @highcountrynews is coming in hot with a special issue on How to Build a Better Climate Future, edited by @erbenson1, featuring work by @JBrookeLarsen @Land_Desk @thatsMohrlikeit @TiffanyMidge @annavtoriasmith @beccawrites and others. hcn.org/issues/56.1
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We're hiring 2 full-time, year-long fellows to join the @highcountrynews editorial team. Report, write, fact check – broaden our coverage of the West.
Proud that this position finally includes health care. Get the details & apply classifieds.hcn.org/denver/e…
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Happening now if you want to tune in!
⏰ Today at 12:30pm MT, HCN reporter @thatsMohrlikeit will be hosting a livestream discussion with Dr. Robin Verble about her investigation on the dangerous consequences of wildland fire dispatcher burnout. Don't forget to tune in! youtube.com/live/SxAZXMRSmCg
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Digging into the wild world of wildfire insurance. 🔥 What stories do you want to see from @highcountrynews? What questions do you have?
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This Thursday, Join HCN Senior Editor @erbenson1 for a conversation with HCN correspondent @ben_a_goldfarb about his latest book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, which examines how roadways have reshaped our world. 🗓
acpages.hcn.org/2023-reading…
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🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨
@SpokesmanReview is hiring a Racial and Social Equity Reporter to write about local racial equity, race relations, historic/systemic racism issues, and their impacts on life in the Inland Northwest. #JournalismJobs buff.ly/3QAjmwy
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Update: I've moved to Helena, MT to work @highcountrynews! (Will be embedded here for the 2nd year of my @nytimes Headway fellowship.) Thrilled to join HCN and report on MT + the West. Esp interested in housing/food/progress stories. Let's talk — and if you're in MT, let's meet!
ALT Mochi is v excited too
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.@highcountrynews staff sending love, and tidbits of advice, to everyone breathing smoke back East. hcn.org/articles/hey-new-yor…
Ephemeral streams — like desert washes that only flow after rainfall — are crucial for both ecosystems and humans. Last week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling leaving them unprotected by the Clean Water Act. By me for @highcountrynews: hcn.org/articles/north-water…
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We are looking for a reporter to join our team. This is a new position - and would be the 7th member of our growing news outlet:
boisedev.com/job-posting-rep…
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📣CALL FOR #PITCHES!📣
@HighCountryNews is looking for story pitches for our special issue on climate. The issue will highlight stories of agency + collective action in the fight to decarbonize the West and the efforts to adapt to a changing climate in equitable ways. THREAD 👇
ALT A vibrant spring scene with red flowers.
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Paws hitting snow, the slice of sled runners below: See what it’s like to be a musher on
the Kuskokwim River. buff.ly/43VdWk5
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If you're in town early for #SEJ2023, come hang in the heart of the Boise Basque Block! Your pre-conference drinks and dinner can help Voces place more Idaho Latino students in paid journalism internships
see ya April 17th, Boise!! @sejorg
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When you are a finalist for a prize with so many other incredible stories, you can't help but feel deeply honored! Stories like these are much more of a collaboration then appear. Shout-out to @avivash @mckennastayner @erbenson1 and @samantha_yadron. Was truly the best team!
“When the Heat is Unbearable but There’s Nowhere to Go,” by @sarahl_sax, which exposed the impact of extreme heat on the incarcerated population of Washington State (Published by @highcountrynews and @typeinvestigate): hcn.org/issues/54.6/climate-…
Tune in tomorrow to listen to me ask @kemc & @Leah_Sottile what it's like to work as a journalist & writer in the Western U.S. these days, and what topics and projects they're excited about right now! Noon pacific/1pm MT on Thursday, March 23
Join us tomorrow at noon PT for a live stream conversation with investigative journalist Leah Sottile and author Kathleen McLaughlin to discuss their work! Hosted by HCN editor, Emily Benson. youtube.com/watch?v=Mj7Xucq7…
