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Emily Anderson

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Covers:  Education, health, food, local news, entertainment
Doesn't Cover: Business
my mom was right. the internet is a stupid waste of time

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Emily Anderson’s Biography

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Writer, journalist, and editor based out of the New York metro area. Emerson College grad. Currently with the Atlantic, bylines at Boston.com and Vice.

Emily Anderson’s Journalist Portfolio

Heroes of a Civil War Victory That History Forgot

Heroes of a Civil War Victory That History Forgot

What happened at the Battle of New Market Heights, and why we don't often talk about it.

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A Working Education

A Working Education

How students are learning the skills they’ll need to fill the biggest hole in the American job market.

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Psych Meds Sound Like They're Named After Sci-Fi Villains

Psych Meds Sound Like They're Named After Sci-Fi Villains

Zoloft, Geodon, and Risperdal were all named, bizarrely, with your safety in mind.

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Semicolon tattoos aren't a trend. They're a symbol of a silent fight.

Semicolon tattoos aren't a trend. They're a symbol of a silent fight.

“A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is yo…

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This is why you care more about some animals than you care about humans

This is why you care more about some animals than you care about humans

“When you touch and look at your pet, it makes your brain release chemicals that make you feel good."

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Articles

Bioethics under bombs: A global health partnership in Ukraine

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By Michael McCarthy, Michael Mccarthy, Emily Anderson, Yaryna Pikulytska
| America Magazine Verified
In late March of this year, we traveled to Lviv, Ukraine, to meet with students, alumni and collaborators at Ukrainian Catholic University. The collaboration between bioethics programs at our Jesuit Catholic institution, Loyola University Chicago, and U.C.U. began in 2016. Rooted in a shared mission for ethics education and for establishing a culture of responsible conduct in research, our partnership has now flourished for over a decade, despite unexpected obstacles.
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Vermont Environmental Policies Worth Celebrating This Earth Day

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By Emily Anderson
| vtecostudies.org
The first Earth Day was as much a call to action as it was a celebration. The 1962 book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson had drawn attention to the pesticides polluting the land, water, and air. In 1969, Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River—not for the first time—burst into flames. The Bald Eagle had all but disappeared from the landscape as their DDT-weakened egg shells shattered. By 1970, panic about the state of the natural world and its consequences for human health was blooming within U.S. communities.
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The Federal Government Is Funding Conservation Work…for Now

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By Emily Anderson
| vtecostudies.org
VCE biologist Mike Hallworth carefully attaches bands to a Blackpoll Warbler. This bird was banded and tagged under VCE’s USGS Bird Banding Lab permit. The Bird Banding Lab administers all U.S. bird banding and was one of the many programs that avoided deep federal funding cuts. Photo credit: Mike Sargent When it comes to nail-biting spectacles, federal budgeting rarely makes most folks’ top 10 list.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

An intern at Boston.com.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, an old school Remington my brother keeps in his apartment.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Shauna Malwae-Tweep