Scott Blanchard

Tim was my mentor. He taught me how to tell stories with sound. He always had a clear vision, but also let me follow my own passions -- a real leader.

His departure is a huge loss for public radio listeners, for those who rely on his expertise and knowledge, and for WITF.

In Los Angeles, as Palisades Fire burns, resilience begins to take hold At an emergency shelter near the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, resilience has started to bloom even as the flames burn on.

A story full of life and perseverance amid destruction and uncertainty. www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...

Thanks for the shout-out! And I'll pay it back by reminding everyone in central Pa. to listen to @timlambert-pa.bsky.social on The Morning Agenda podcast every weekday: www.npr.org/podcasts/115...

And: "...activism (for democracy) is different from partisanship. Partisanship is defining democracy as that which Democrats want and Republicans don’t. That would be a mistake."

Exactly. This piece is asking a lot of good questions that journalists and news orgs should be asking themselves.

Fairness and empathy: 2 politics writers on how they anchor their work In this stretch between Election Day and the inauguration, the United States waits on a president-elect who has a long list of actions to take “on Day 1,” many without precedent, even given his earlie...

How journalists think about fairness, and why journalists who go this deep are, in fact, worth your trust. #news #journalism #politics www.csmonitor.com/Podcasts/Why...

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I will never, ever get over this.

After a Canadian orca pod’s decline, now ‘you can see the whales coming back’ A decades-old habitat preservation effort in British Columbia, Canada, is showing positive signs for one type of orcas that live there.

A Canadian marine reserve created 40 years ago is credited with a rare win for the ecosystem: reversing the decline of one population of Northern resident orca whales and deepening local human allegiance to the mammals. Whales #Canada #Environment

Such a good graphic. @timlambert-pa.bsky.social and I saw that pattern start during the 2020 presidential campaign and, as journalists, did all we could then & since to get facts & context out to people. But it only works if people make an effort to understand what is happening, and act accordingly.

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep Water

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof Beats

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our Moon

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!

Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚

Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

Remember tomorrow that the origins of Thanksgiving- as a truly national holiday- came from the work of Sarah Hale and Abraham Lincoln. A nation gave thanks to God as it mourned the Union dead and prayed for the defeat of the Confederacy by either changing rebel minds or bringing them to submission.

Trump targets temporary protected status. What that could mean for Haitians in the US. Temporary protected status covers many U.S. immigrants. President-elect Trump says he’ll challenge its use, particularly for Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.

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