A swift and swelling ship full of rich words, full of joys. Belligerent optimist; dendrophile; rookie parent. @NovaforHealth 2023 Media Fellow

Joined March 2009
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Me: Just start a new sentence. Also me: Semicolon. Em dash. MORE EM DASHES.
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Great piece by @ByKateMorgan in @washingtonpost on learning to love pigeons again. I'm quoted! : “Because of climate change & urbanization, we’re in this moment where animals have to adapt to living w/ people. Pigeons are on the leading edge of that.” washingtonpost.com/home/2024…
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A propane explosion left Marcella Townsend's face unrecognizable. Then doctors turned to a surprising tool to repair it: human placenta. She still has scars elsewhere on her body, but the 47-year-old’s face, she said, "looks exactly like it did before." nyti.ms/3TVYQHO
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I’ve been thinking a lot about placentas lately, and not just cause I grew two in three years. Doctors are using placental tissue to perform - I’m gonna say it - medical miracles, and I wrote about it for @nytimes. nytimes.com/2024/10/08/well/…
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Many thanks to @maxwellstrachan for having faith in this weird and wonderful bit of good news. May it reach hearts & minds (& placentas!)
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Editors like @paulrauber don’t come along every day. Grateful to have worked with/learned from you. Happy trails!
The stalwart @paulrauber is retiring from @Sierra_Magazine after an illustrious 34-year-run @SierraClub. And, boy, are we gonna miss him sierraclub.org/sierra/icymi/…
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20 Dec 2023
I'm super proud of this collection and all of the talented writers who contributed, @rebleber @umairfan @yessfun @ByKateMorgan @anjansun and the fabulous Vox visuals team, factcheckers and editors. Read the full series here: vox.com/2023/11/27/23959446/…
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people are always like, what's life like out there in pittsburgh...... and i'm like, we are disproportionately buffered from things like increasing global temperatures and sea level rise thanks to our many microclimates...... and they're like, sick
11 Dec 2023
Appalachia's natural resiliency puts it alongside the Amazon rainforest as one of the most globally important landscapes for tackling climate change. As #COP28 wraps, we looked to the region for solutions. What we found will surprise you. @voxdotcom: vox.com/climate/2023/12/11/2…
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My latest love note to Appalachia is at @voxdotcom today.
11 Dec 2023
Appalachia's natural resiliency puts it alongside the Amazon rainforest as one of the most globally important landscapes for tackling climate change. As #COP28 wraps, we looked to the region for solutions. What we found will surprise you. @voxdotcom: vox.com/climate/2023/12/11/2…
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My newest story is a long love letter to hickories, hicans, pawpaws and plums, and the nuts who believe America's future depends on her trees. #longreads #SundayLR @SciHistoryOrg sciencehistory.org/stories/m…
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I am so honored and thrilled to be one of the recipients of @NovaForHealth’s Media Fellowship in its inaugural year. This feels like both the culmination of a lot of hard work, and the start of a whole new chapter in my career. More soon!
Welcome 2023 Nova Media Fellows, @VirginiaGewin, @ByKateMorgan, & @LelaNargi! We're thrilled to support their projects investigating emerging air pollutants, the plight & promise of Appalachia, & interconnections of water poverty & food insecurity. Read: ow.ly/URwt50PFw8a
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As usual, @ajzaleski’s work is insightful and nuanced and somehow timely and timeless. 👏
Making my @nytimes debut with brilliant fellow freelancer @elliepses with a feature we co-reported and co-wrote on America's loneliness epidemic, and what to do about it. It's the cover of this weekend's Sunday section, and online today. nytimes.com/2023/07/14/opini…
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Sometimes in an interview a source says something you instantly recognize as the line you’ll use to promote the story. In this case, it was “toads drink with their butts.” Anyway, amphibians are in trouble and your garden needs a toad tenant! Read on: wapo.st/3ILfiVs
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Remember the clicky texting? The perfect ringtone? Omggg the satisfaction of snapping it shut to hang up!! They're back, baby 😏
The kids are buying flip phones. They might be onto something. another banger from @ByKateMorgan with photo direction from twitterless Joel Arbaje wsj.com/articles/gen-z-flip-…
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4 May 2023
Some Gen Zers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or the $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless social media and email notifications (@bykatemorgan / Wall Street Journal) wsj.com/articles/gen-z-flip-… techmeme.com/230504/p3#a2305…
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#MothersDay2023 is around the corner! If your momma has a love for #gardening, @ByKateMorgan has a list of THE most perfect gifts over at @ForbesVetted! @BurpeeGardening forbes.com/sites/forbes-pers…

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My latest, for @WSJ:
It's not just nostalgia: Flip phone fanatics say they serve an extremely useful purpose in their otherwise overly connected lives on.wsj.com/3nmP0Bw
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“It looks wild and extraterrestrial, but it tastes like barbecue pork.” My latest, for @washingtonpost, on how you can (and should) be growing specialty mushrooms. wapo.st/3ofyiEp
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Big thanks to @northspore for their insight on this one. And in case you’re still on the fence, here’s my own Lion’s Mane, a little over a week in:
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"Our natural touchstones of joy will deliver us to heartbreak. Each of us will face the losses of the places that brought us to life." A heart-rending must read from @TempestWilliams nytimes.com/2023/03/25/opini…
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