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Producer for @npr's Weekend Edition. Used-to-be: Statehouse / breaking stuff @wvpublicnews. I also played on the world’s best-worst softball team.
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West Virginia Halts Supreme Court Impeachment Trials

West Virginia Halts Supreme Court Impeachment Trials

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International Firm Hired to Help Off-Ballot GOP Senators with Messaging on W.Va. Teacher Strike

International Firm Hired to Help Off-Ballot GOP Senators with Messaging on W.Va. Teacher Strike

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — As the 2018 midterm election approaches, some West Virginia Senate Republican leaders are making use of a large and influential worldwide public relations firm to aid in messaging about this year's teacher strike and the economy. The politicians making use of the public relations services, which an independent expenditure political action committee is paying for, are not on this year's ballot.
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Morgantown's 'Bad News Bears': Chico's Bail Bonds More Social Club Than Softball Team

Morgantown's 'Bad News Bears': Chico's Bail Bonds More Social Club Than Softball Team

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School's Out And Teachers Run For Office Over Summer Break

School's Out And Teachers Run For Office Over Summer Break

NPR — With school out, a lot of teachers are thinking about a wave of protests that had them walking off the job, demanding things like better pay and benefits and more funding for public education. Some of those educators are now running for public office and are on the ballot in North Carolina, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado and in West Virginia where those strikes began.
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Seeing Through the Rhetoric of the Alt-Right: Spotting White Supremacist Propaganda in W.Va.

Seeing Through the Rhetoric of the Alt-Right: Spotting White Supremacist Propaganda in W.Va.

WPBY-TV (Charleston, WV) — A year ago this week, white supremacist groups descended on Pikeville, Kentucky, aiming to rally "white working families," where they were met by anti-fascist groups from across Appalachia and elsewhere in the country. After a deadly incident in Charlottesville, Virginia in August, many of these white supremacist groups have fractured as a result of increased scrutiny and internal power struggles.
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States Turn To National Guard To Help Protect Future Elections From Hackers

States Turn To National Guard To Help Protect Future Elections From Hackers

NPR — subscribe to The NPR Politics Podcast podcast In elections past, the integrity of the vote was protected by poll workers and election officials. But in 2018 and likely beyond, elections are being protected by people like the anonymous man who works in the basement of the West Virginia Capitol.
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Data Viz: When Did West Virginia's Heroin Problem Begin? Which Counties Are Hurting the Most?

Data Viz: When Did West Virginia's Heroin Problem Begin? Which Counties Are Hurting the Most?

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — As the stories airing this week on West Virginia Morning illustrate, West Virginia is in the midst of a heroin epidemic. According to the state Department of Health and Human Resources' Drug Overdose Database, heroin has claimed the lives of more than 600 West Virginians since 2001. But what else can we glean from this information? When did it all begin? And which counties are seeing the highest rate of deaths related to heroin overdoses?
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Here's the Department of Defense Equipment that West Virginia's Police Have Received Since 2006

Here's the Department of Defense Equipment that West Virginia's Police Have Received Since 2006

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — Over 500 weapons and hundreds more pieces of military-grade tactical equipment have been transferred to the state of West Virginia since 2006 through a Department of Defense program known as the 1033 program. The transfers came through the Defense Logistics Agency's Law Enforcement Support Office, or LESO.
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West Virginia's The Demon Beat Decides to Take a Break

West Virginia's The Demon Beat Decides to Take a Break

West Virginia Public Broadcasting — Eight years ago three friends at Shepherd University started a band. The Demon Beat's popularity grew from the restaurants and pubs around Shepherdstown to audiences across the state and region. The band just made a run around the state before taking a hiatus.
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'Surrender Under Protest': Another Take on Pikeville, Kentucky's White Supremacist Rally and Coun...

'Surrender Under Protest': Another Take on Pikeville, Kentucky's White Supremacist Rally and Coun...

100daysinappalachia.com — Late into the night of Saturday, April 29, I was standing in front of the Holiday Inn Express in Pikeville, Kentucky smoking a cigarette and trying to get my head around what I had just experienced. I was taking a break from trying to crank out a piece more along the lines of what you're [...]
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'Surrender Under Protest': Another Take on Pikeville, Kentucky's White Supremacist Rally and Coun...

'Surrender Under Protest': Another Take on Pikeville, Kentucky's White Supremacist Rally and Coun...

100daysinappalachia.com — Late into the night of Saturday, April 29, I was standing in front of the Holiday Inn Express in Pikeville, Kentucky smoking a cigarette and trying to get my head around what I had just experienced. I was taking a break from trying to crank out a piece more along the lines of what you're [...]
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Left of the Dial: The Ascent of Tyler Childers

Left of the Dial: The Ascent of Tyler Childers

Charleston Gazette-Mail — Journalists often pride themselves on breaking news and getting out in front of the story. In a way, the same thing can apply to music writers. And right or wrong, there's also an inherent tendency of music lovers to proclaim such things as "I was into that before they were popular."
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