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Journalist. Contrib writer Smithsonian. WaPo, Wired, others. Open to climate crisis ideas. house concert host jimmorrison.contently.com northshorepoint.com

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Jim Morrison has flown barrel rolls with the Navy's Blue Angels (he didn't barf), climbed and slept overnight in a 243-foot-tall redwood (he didn't fall), and gone one-on-one with Muhammad Ali (he didn't flinch).

His award-winning stories have appeared in Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, This Old House, National Wildlife, Private Clubs magazine, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, George, Context, Family PC, Good Housekeeping, Playboy, The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, …

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After decades of waterfront living, climate change is forcing communities to plan their retreat f...

After decades of waterfront living, climate change is forcing communities to plan their retreat f...

On Richmond Crescent in Norfolk, Va., more than a dozen homes rise in varying heights, forming a streetscape …

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Norfolk has a plan to save itself from rising seas. For many, it's a $2.7 billion mystery - Virgi...

Norfolk has a plan to save itself from rising seas. For many, it's a $2.7 billion mystery - Virgi...

Norfolk, where the land is sinking and seas are rising faster than anywhere else on the Atlantic coast, is th…

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North Carolina Bald Cypresses Are Among the World's Oldest Trees

North Carolina Bald Cypresses Are Among the World's Oldest Trees

smithsonian.com "There is no other place on Earth like this," Angie Carl says. Her voice carries across the s…

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An ancient people with a modern climate plan

An ancient people with a modern climate plan

A native American tribe living on an island in northwest Washington long ago recognized the threat of climate…

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Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests

Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests

For years, Emily Ury traversed North Carolina's coastal roads, studying patches of skeletal trees slain by ri…

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Amid scrutiny, Norfolk housing authority subsidiary says it will attempt to add a local project -...

Amid scrutiny, Norfolk housing authority subsidiary says it will attempt to add a local project -...

Hampton Roads Ventures, the controversial subsidiary of Norfolk's housing authority, will try to add a Norfol…

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Riverview Theater Sold at Auction to Former Owner

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By Jim Morrison 
| Substack
Levin hopes to sell to someone who will finish the renovation The Riverview Theater was sold at a foreclosure auction Thursday back to the man who held onto it for decades, hoping a buyer would make it the theater jewel of the neighborhood. Richard Levin bid $600,000 for the theater, surpassing other bidders by $100,000. He was protecting his investment.
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A recruitment firm got two no-bid contracts from Norfolk’s fired housing authority head. It later led the search that got him hired in Charleston, S.C. Original

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By Jim Morrison , Ryan Murphy 
| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Local Government Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Photo illustration by Julius Ayo Nathan Simms was fired from his job leading Norfolk's housing authority after the board learned about the use of no-bid contracts. Gans, Gans & Associates was paid up to $82,500 across two contracts approved under Nathan Simms. Norfolk housing board members said they never saw or heard about them.
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Restless Palmyra Returns to Norfolk

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By Jim Morrison 
| Substack
Virginia band makes second appearance in a year behind critically-acclaimed album This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Palmyra earned their record deal with Oh Boy Records, the label founded by the late John Prine, through the equivalent of winning the lottery -- a cold email. It’s not that they weren’t acclaimed. They were named one of NPR’s best new artists of 2024.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working nights during high school taking scores of high school games over the phone for a small daily newspaper.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email. Spare the hype -- and the exclamation points. Pitch me a story you're not pitching the rest of the universe.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Evernote is indispensible.

Awards

American Society of Journalists and Authors Excellence in Reporting

2021 - Excellence in Reporting first place

Covering Climate Now

2021 - Finalist, Feature Reporting

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