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reporter @thepublicsradio . dm for signal. prev: @wnyc @gothamist @kyuknews as seen/heard in: @npr @wapo @newshour etc.
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Breaking: Brown University reaches a deal with encampers. The encampers have agreed to clear encampment by 5p. In exchange the Brown Corp Board will vote on a divestment measure in October, among other concessions. Details TK
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Some tenured faculty members at
@BrownUniversity
are being threatened with vague disciplinary action after having visited the encampments. They received this email from the Dean of Faculty. I’ve confirmed at least 2, but there are at least 2 more I am hearing about beyond that.
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today is nat’l fishing & hunting day. i’m thinking about the 1000s of alaskans who lost freezerfuls of subsistence meat during
#merbok
western alaskans had to work extra hard to meet their winter food needs this year bc of a massive climate change induced population decline. 🧵
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There are yup’ik words on the NPR homepage this weekend :)
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15 people have died in custody in Alaska this year. The most in a decade. Alaska’s population is nearly 737,000.
16 people have died in custody in NYC this year. The most in a decade. NYC’s population is about 8,380,000, 11x that of Alaska.
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Lora Reinbold was the only senator to vote against the Tribal education compacting bill today. She voted against it on the grounds that she doesn't understand how Tribes get their members. 1/3
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Students found at the encampment are beginning to receive letters from
@BrownUniversity
saying they must either admit to breaking rules or submit to a review process by Monday at 5pm. The school is saying seniors may graduate late if they don’t confess and are found guilty.
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next time my editor asks where a story is i’m going to say there’s been an issue with the supply chain
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Headed to Juneau on Saturday for a month. I'll be serving as the KYUK capitol correspondent. I've never been to Juneau so I'll need friends and tips! DMs are open, hmu!
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i broke my toe at work and the GM requested a detailed report, did i overdo it?
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@MillennialOther
@BrownUniversity
The email was pasted into a text message and sent to me by several different sources— was difficult to capture a screenshot of so I pasted into my notes app. Brown confirmed they’d sent out disciplinary notices.
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.
@brdemuth
and I wrote about Yukon River salmon for
@washingtonpost
. She's a master at illuminating unexpected and important connections. Read to find out how McDonald's filet-o-fish intersects with the Yukon River's Indigenous lifeways.
#salmon
#climate
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On the ground in St. Mary’s today. About half the residents remain. Many more are preparing to leave today. It’s mostly men still here. Michael George stayed behind with his dad. They’re packing about 3 weeks worth of food to take to their fish camp across the river.
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Someone started a rumor on Village Facebook that mustachioed actor Sam Elliott is coming to Aniak...
Y'all... my boyfriend's name is Sam Elliot and he's coming to Aniak to help me cover the halfway checkpoint of the
@Kuskokwim300
...
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As of today, our entire newsroom is fully vaccinated (both shots + 2 weeks)! Big thanks to our tribal health organization, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, for making it easy.
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also
@washingtonpost
, please take note that your national coverage of alaska issues often draws critique from people who live here. please ask yourselves what that is saying about the stories you’re writing and the reporters you’re assigning.
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black moon koven is easily the best restaurant food i’ve had in alaska. i mean LOOK at her
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BREAKING: Staff at
@ABC6
have announced their intent to form a union with
@NABETCWA
today, according to organizers
@KellyBatesRI
and
@AudreyEH_
, who say they have a supermajority of votes. Story to come, giving mgmt 2 hours to respond to worker allegations.
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Tonight a
@BrownUniversity
advisory body voted to recommended that president Christina Paxson move to drop charges against students who were arrested earlier in the year while protesting. It also recommended she allow students to present a divestment plan to the school's board.
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Tomorrow morning,
@TabBep
of the Black Eyed Peas will join me on our morning show
@KYUKNews
to talk about his and
@flowhydration
's relief efforts in
#Tuluksak
. We'll also talk about his passion for Indigenous-led activism. Can't wait! Tune in 8:40 AKST
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the most recent
@99piorg
about octagon houses ft.
@trufelman
had me counting my walls.
turns out, my sweet little house in bethel, alaska that everyone calls a “yurt” is actually an octagon house!
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it’s my one year anniversary of being a reporter. celebrating by taking my first real vacation and wearing the outfits i can’t wear in bethel! ciao e cin cin di sicilia!
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It's my last day helping produce Morning Edition on
@WNYC
! I'm returning to my love, community reporting. I'll be doing that at
@ThePublicsRadio
come April. Read on for some radio and other stuff I made over the last 6 months:
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The cat’s out of the bag— it’s my last week
@KYUKNews
, but! I’ll still have a few tricks up my sleeve so keep an eye out!
Elated (& a tiny bit intimidated) to soon be working
@WNYC
. It’s the station that made me fall in love with public radio and local news in the first place.
We’re excited to welcome two new journalists to the WNYC newsroom!
@oliviaebertz
, from Alaska public radio station
@KYUKNews
, and
@elizabethshwe
, who just completed an internship in our newsroom, join as assistant producers for
@MorningEdition
and
@npratc
.
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When they email to let you know your record request is being denied but ~~in papyrus~~
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omg someone just signed off this zoom call with "stay positive, test negative"
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The St. Mary’s fire is now the largest wildfire on record in the Y-K Delta, according to
@AlaskaWx
. To make matters worse, there is a leak in the community’s water tank and they haven’t been able to locate it. As of yesterday, the 500 gallon storage tank had lost 20” of water.
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Custodians, groundskeepers and movers from
@risd
have voted to ratify a 6 yr contract. Highlights include:
-Guaranteed min wage 20.20/hr that goes into effect in July
-back pay thru Oct '22
-Guaranteed raises of 14% over contract life
-Longevity raises for workers of over 20 yrs
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this is how the boyfriend sealed his bag of chips last night. i… wow
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If anyone were planning on launching an affordable all seasons water taxi/ferry between Providence and East Providence, now would be the time….
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.
@RISD
custodians, groundskeepers and movers have reached a tentative agreement with the school. The bargaining committee is recommending that union members agree to the deal during a vote tomorrow. That means, the picket line is down, and they've packed the pig. 👋
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Almost half of all Bethel police officers live outside of Bethel and are unvaccinated. They travel into town on a two weeks on/two weeks off schedule. Once the new vaccine mandate takes effect a week from Monday, they could lose their jobs.
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.
@MSanchezPVD
worked for McKee's office for ~2.5 years. He was surprised he was fired for his tweets supporting Palestinians.
“This definitely wasn't the first time I've tweeted or spoken out on something that the governor definitely isn't aligned."
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When I moved to PVD last year, I suddenly remembered that my dad lived here sometime in the early 80s. He worked as a line cook, though unsure where. He died 7 years ago, and I'd love to figure out where he worked & lived. So if you knew a Mike Ebertz back in the day, reach out!
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450 yukon river miles so far from Galena towards the Yukon river’s mouth. The spruce trees are getting smaller and the post midnight sunsets are getting a little earlier.
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My co-worker, KYUK’s radio director and Yugtun translator, GAVE me these earrings she won in a raffle this weekend out of the blue! My first beaded jewelry. It was so nice I almost cried!!!
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The judge presiding over the case of the 41 pro-Palestinian
@BrownUniversity
students who were arrested for trespassing while protesting has issued a not guilty filing for the next 6 mos. That means the case will be closed & won’t show up on records if the students keep the peace
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RI— an oasis of True Democratic Freedom in New England
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Reeling from these disciplinary letters, faculty members at
@BrownUniversity
say administrators are threatening their academic freedom. Many have doubled down on calls for the school to adopt a more expansive model of shared faculty governance.
Some tenured faculty members at
@BrownUniversity
are being threatened with vague disciplinary action after having visited the encampments. They received this email from the Dean of Faculty. I’ve confirmed at least 2, but there are at least 2 more I am hearing about beyond that.
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i’m ready to give it all up and become a career juneau-douglas housesitter
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flying out of bethel and headed to aniak and kalskag with
@teganhanlon
. head to for k300 race coverage this weekend!
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'We don't want more food stamps, we just want our way of life.' Low chum numbers disrupt Yukon River residents' lifestyles
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An update: the hunters stranded on the Yukon were picked up late last night by the Coast Guard. They're currently recovering in a hospital in Nome.
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it's my first day as a reporter for
@ThePublicsRadio
! i'm covering the providence metro area. got tips? olivia
@ripr
.org
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City solicitor to drop charges against
@BrownUniversity
students: “Given the unexpected circumstances of recent days, Brown University reached out to the city solicitor’s office today and asked that the trespass charges against the students be dismissed, and the city has agreed.”
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Also this summer, a historically massive wildfire (guess what— climate change) threatened berry patches, which were already thin this year. Food security and survival in these traditional communities will be a big one to watch in coming years.
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One of the custodians I spoke to for this story makes less money adjusted for inflation than when she started 13 years ago.
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3 Weeks Later, State Still Hasn’t Provided Disaster Relief Funds For Tuluksak Water Crisis.
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The fire is now within 5 miles of St. Mary’s and all remaining residents are being asked to pack their belongings.
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My story about Yukon subsistence users is up on today. Give it clicks!
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Alaska. Where do you live and how much do you pay for internet? What are the speeds like? Is it unlimited? How many people in your house?
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now to try to make up for it, many will race against river ice formation, putting themselves at risk like this group of pilot station hunters who, after late seal hunting last year (after no salmon fishing) got stuck in ice and were stranded for 7 days.
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and of course, climate change is in part responsible for people needing freezers in the first place. many families, like fritz charles’, used to leave stores of dry fish out in dugout storage sheds all year. the ground used to be cold enough for that.
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ok that's it. i'm calling in sick to kayak homeless dogs to high ground.
Dogs at the Hotel for Homeless Dogs are being kayaked to safety by the organization. Cumberland, R.I., fire department is assisting.
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@SBeaute_
Hi Stephanie, I've reached out to you via phone, email text and have not yet heard back. Can you confirm or deny whether you or your campaign paid for the Bernie attack ad on the van?
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Thanks for the love
@NPR
, but as much as I adore
@KTOOpubmedia
(it’s a lot), this is not their story! It’s a
@KYUKNews
story. Source: I wrote it!
Only about 6% of professional U.S. pilots are women.
Dolena Fox is one of them — she's also one of the world's first female Alaskan Yup'ik pilots.
"I want more people to know that doing what they want to do is actually very achievable." (
@KTOOpubmedia
)
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the last musher out of the aniak halfway checkpoint. local rookie of akiachak, john snyder
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Happy 22nd anniversary of the time I won a school-wide D.A.R.E. speechwriting contest! My basic thesis was that I would be too busy playing soccer like my role model Mia Hamm and reading to ever partake
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all of this is compounded by the high costs of gas in the region (more than $9/gal in some places). people already paid extra to get their subsistence meat that now sits spoiled. now, they’ll have to pay more.
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AK twitter: if you’re following the board of fisheries meeting and have questions about area M, do i have stories for you:
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Radio WFH in bush Alaska = having to wait for all the sled dogs in the neighborhood to stop barking so you can record your story
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Scene at
@risd
where 23 students say they have barricaded themselves in a building, one of the school’s most iconic and public-facing
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three people died early this morning after being trapped in a fire in a low-income apartment rental unit in bethel.
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someone in the kusko fish meeting today accidentally called a guy jim salmon instead of jim simon 😏
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Students at
@BrownUniversity
are negotiating with their president over a deal to clear the encampment. She has offered to allow students to present on divestment to the school's board of trustees. Some students say it doesn't go far enough because there's no vote attached.
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this is pretty late bc the list dropped june 20, but i just found out i am a finalist for an award in the emerging journalist category for
@CoveringClimate
:,)
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Brown spox has also not answered my list of questions from 9:52 am. And I think has not taken a phone call from me or called me back in over a year?
So far, Brown has not answered questions on whether it plans to have anyone in the encampment arrested at any point, or whether it will let peaceful protesters stay.
Awaiting a reply since ~10am this morning.
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Being vaccinated does NOT mean you can swap places with the twin sister you didn’t know you had at summer camp, try to get your parents back together, and then drug your step mother to be with sleeping pills while camping and push her air mattress out to the middle of the lake!
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i found my new photo/mustache muse in akiachak kennel owner john snyder.
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10 pallets of water donated by
@TabBep
now on the ground in Tuluksak. State of AK paid for the delivery with $ from the Distaster Relief Funds, which were freed up early last week when
@GovDunleavy
signed disaster declaration.
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Obviously the fourth estate should not be immune to criticism but it does make me wince a little when I cover protests & hear blanket chants decrying “the media” at a time when newsrooms are being totally gutted, making it more & more difficult to do quality, in-depth reporting.
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i haven't lived there for 12 years but my minnesota accent is coming back because of all the upper midwesterners here in alaska! just had to re-track a part of a story where i referred to "sandbaegs" instead of "sandbags" :/
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It is actually illegal to win both the
#iditarod
and the
#iditarodbestdressed
but Ryan Redington is certainly in the running for both. Check out his green-on-green color-blocking-- similar to styles that cropped up on spring runways like
#bottegaveneta
and
#miumiu
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Sincere condolences to
@MaryPeltola
& her family. In the limited amount of time I spent w/ Buzzy, he was kind & loved to laugh. I'll be forever grateful to him & Mary for taking my partner & I beaver & muskrat hunting & for our first boat ride when we were new to AK. RIP Buzzy
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Come work with me at KYUK. There are lots of reasons why it's wonderful to work here and to live in Bethel. If you want to hear them, get in touch through DM or email (olivia
@kyuk
.org).
#publicradiojobs
#journalismjobs
#publicmediajobs
#pubmediajobs
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i’m making somewhere between 51-52K/year as a journalist in alaska. it’s quite disheartening to learn that i’m making nearly as much or in some cases more than people who have been doing it much longer. why such a low ceiling? & why has no one come forward with a solid bribe yet?
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KYUK GM just re-introduced our office mask mandate... so we don't get sick so we can cover the local dog race next weekend
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Yesterday I checked in with evacuees from St. Mary's at the National Guard armory in Bethel. Lots of mixed emotions leaving home, and a lot of worry that homes or pets could burn while they're away.
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i moved to new england and now my targeted instagram ads are just stuff like this
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(Currently her committee is also considering the Tribal Recognition Bill... the next meeting should be interesting) 3/3
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Hi Yup'ik speakers, you can now listen to this story Yugtun, just scroll to the bottom.
I'm super proud to work for a radio station that translates our newscasts to our community's Indigenous language. They don't all end up on the net, but this one did.
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3 month workiversary
@KYUKNews
and 3 month alaskiversary! happy to report i like it here but i'm also looking forward to visiting a place other than bethel at some unspecified point in the future
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🚨alert: the house(boat?) thing attached to the dock next to hot club is for sale!
?
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Trying to figure out who paid for the anti
@BernieSanders
van near the
@AaronRegunberg
rally today. The ad was subcontracted out at least twice and the initial company and client told the second company they want to stay anonymous… these are texts with the driver
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