I’m fortunate to be part of a team of dedicated reporters and editors with deep experience—and we’re still growing! ➡️ lookouteugene-springfield.com/hiring/
I’ll be covering wildfires, industrial pollution, and more. If you have a story idea, let’s connect! 📧 ashli@lookoutlocal.com
I relocated from Seattle to the Willamette Valley last summer—my first move driven by personal reasons rather than work. It feels serendipitous to find a local newsroom launching that shares my journalism values: putting people first in the most consequential stories affecting our community.
This week, I started as the Environment and Public Health Correspondent at Lookout Eugene-Springfield, a community newspaper that's digital.
✨ We officially launch on April 10! ✨➡️ lookouteugene-springfield.com
Humbled to be a @selc.bsky.social Reed Writing Award finalist. EtO stories are complex & emotional to report. Grateful for @mlk50memphis.bsky.social editors, @wendicthomas.bsky.social & Adrienne Johnson Martin, and their thoughtful support to this work. www.southernenvironment.org/news/meet-ou...
Contributor @ashliblow.bsky.social has been covering issues with Velsicol for @tnlookout.bsky.social for three years and has a big update:
Velsicol’s cleanup is 20+ years in the making. The Memphis plant’s 2012 closure lagged nationwide action spurred by Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" published in 1962. Advocates & residents hope public institutions will finally hold the company accountable. tennesseelookout.com/2024/12/11/v...
A Google earth image of the consolidation pile.
If TDEC accepts a settlement from the company, the state will be left to determine what to do with wide-ranging contamination including a baseball diamond-shaped pile of hazardous waste and a fluctuating groundwater plume of chemicals beneath it.
Image: 2024 RCRA Application
Big development in the 3-year Velsicol investigation at
@tnlookout.bsky.social ⬇️
The company’s proposal to transfer into an environmental trust follows recent questions from regulators and attorneys about mismanagement and potentially fraudulent activity. tennesseelookout.com/2024/12/11/v...
This thing on? We've probably met on other platforms ... if not, hi I'm Ashli 👋 Independent journalist who covers climate adaptation, pollution abatement, wildland fire management, and so, so, so much more.
If you're an editor looking for pitches, I'm open for commissions!
