Hell yes! Congrats 🍾 to Justin Hicks and Jared Bennett on being named the 2024 WBUR Daniel Schorr Prize winners!

Hat tip 🎩 also to editors Ryland Barton, Laura Ellis Hilary Niles and everyone at LPM/KyCIR who supported it.

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In final rule on silica dust in mines, MSHA_DOL explicitly excludes 4,000+ cases of severe black lung id'd by our reporting at black lung clinics. So no big increase in est'd lives saved/disease avoided. Not a stronger case for action. Updated story: publichealthwatch.org/2024/04/16/coa…

A major development in the fight to protect West Virginia miners from deadly black lung. It's an honor to help Howard Berkes, Justin Hicks, Louisville Public Media, Public Health Watch, NPR, and Ohio Valley ReSource tell this important story

NEW from NPR Shots Health News Howard Berkes Justin Hicks Public Health Watch Louisville Public Media w/help from Allen Siegler Mountain State Spotlight :

Finally! Tough new safety rules on silica dust are out to protect miners' lungs

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This is a big deal for miners across the country.

Always honored to join forces for journalism with Howard Berkes from Public Health Watch (formerly @npr) and Allen Siegler of Mountain State Spotlight . And of course all the folks before me at Ohio Valley ReSource .

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NEW from Public Health Watch Louisville Public Media Howard Berkes Justin Hicks
Federal Mine Safety Regulators Finally Focus on Silica Dust — With Thousands Of Miners Sick And Dying
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NEW: Alabama could soon have a Congressional delegation that more closely matches the diversity of its population after a lawsuit challenged its political maps.

I went to Mobile to ask what does representation actually *mean* to Black voters:

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Ravenna Koenig, a Seattle-based NPR editor, was promoted to Western bureau chief for the National Desk.
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From Ximena These Mormon women in Arizona are rejecting Trump

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#ICYMI #mustlisten ⁦NPR's Code Switch⁩ episode about O.J. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cod…

NEW: NPR chief executive Katherine Maher addresses the criticism of the network this week

“Questioning whether our people are serving our mission with integrity, based on little more than the recognition of their identity, is profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.”

Today is the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Bunkerville when armed militia came to the Bundy Ranch to stop government agents from confiscating trespassing cattle on public land. Want to understand it? Read American Zion and listen to Bundyville. LeahSottile.Substack.com #utpol #idpol

I am devastated at the passing of a dear friend and someone who helped transform American television news, Robin MacNeil. He and Jim Lehrer were partners in creating the iconic PBS NewsHour on PBS and it was the honor of my life to work with and learn from them.

Jerry Mitchell, co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, is winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. Congratulations Jerry Mitchell and thank you for exposing corruption and abuse of power! Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting nieman.harvard.edu/news/2024/04/j…

Code Switch has an excellent essay on the opinion piece about NPR making the rounds, noting it acts as if the existence of systemic racism is an open question, though NPR has reported on the extensive evidence which proves it absolutely exists. READ: loom.ly/SdKRJGc

Factually this is not what I experience at NPR. Race and identity come up in the context of particular stories or projects. I also track diversity of sources which seems like a good editorial tool. Otherwise race and identity are almost never discussed.🤔 nytimes.com/2024/04/11/bus…

Public radio news:

The great Brian Hardzinski is on Jeopardy tonight

That is all

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