Delighted to announce that I'm joining John R. Platt The Revelator as part of a two-person team reporting on #wildlife , #sustainability , #environment and of course, #border #parks . Will be commissioning #freelance and #oped articles. Thanks to Center for Biological Diversity for the welcome.

Across the US, National Park Service rangers are living in substandard housing—or can’t find housing at all; a real crisis that's up to Congress to fix (written by Molly McCluskey in @sierra_magazine) sierraclub.org/sierra/housing…

📸 Bill Zimmer, Park Facility Manager, @ncascadesnps

White House officials warned the Modi government this month that The Post was close to publishing an investigation that would reveal new details about the case. It did so without notifying The Post.

An incredible read.

Important piece from our friend Molly McCluskey on how a housing crisis is adversely affecting the staffing of our national parks.

sierraclub.org/sierra/housing…

If you've never experienced the first cruise ship day after wintering in a remote Alaskan town, it is...something.

Not even the good folks in grey and green are immune from the housing crisis. How inadequate housing is impacting National Park Service
sierraclub.org/sierra/housing…

Important piece for those of us who care greatly about our national parks from the great Molly McCluskey
sierraclub.org/sierra/housing…

Occasionally, I'll speak to someone in Ukraine, and it will really hit me how lucky we are to live in countries that aren't at war and where we don't have to worry about airstrikes destroying our homes every day.

We can so easily take that for granted when we're not living it.

A rise in remote work during the pandemic and the explosion of AirBnBs in gateway towns are leading to a #HousingCrisis for National Park Service staff, and threatening the institution itself. My first for Sierra Magazine. sierraclub.org/sierra/housing…

🏞️ NEWS: US Department of the Interior today took action to protect millions of acres in Alaska, helping safeguard the cultural, historic and subsistence resources of the Indigenous people who have called this place home since time immemorial.
doi.gov/pressreleases/…

I will not response to any pitches from Meltwater clients for this reason. They added me to their database without permission, too, and it’s damn near impossible to be removed from their system.

Yesterday I received an email from Meltwater, asking me to confirm my email. I didn't respond. Today, I got a pitch from a Meltwater client. You do not form relationships with journalists by selling their information without consent on the open market. #PRFail

“We hope this email finds you well.”

The email finding us.

We asked, and y'all had some great ideas! Now, weigh in on the shortlist of potential names for this new worker-led newsroom serving DC. forms.gle/3HKxFPFv67CYZp…

(Also the first insight into what we're building .)

I'm going to need these donuts.

🏆 Do not miss the Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie call for entries

For war correspondents reporting about a conflict situation or its impact on civilians, or news stories involving the defence of freedom and democracy.

10 awards with prizes between 3,000-7,000 Euro

🔗 buff.ly/3HDGpRL

I am thrilled to unveil ‘Seven Million Steps,’ a children’s book that will recount Dick Gregory’s remarkable 1976 cross-country run from Los Angeles, CA to New York City. Jogging an average of 50 miles per day, Dick Gregory was joined by a distinguished group of companions.

Credit experts wish journalists knew THIS when reporting on identity theft: buff.ly/49oNPnd

Via Molly McCluskey as part of our Finance 411 series, in partnership with NEFE.

Folks,

Fluffy murder cow content.

Stop what you are doing and enjoy
therevelator.org/bison-home