NEW: Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.

Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back. n.pr/4oQF4u9

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.

The "Industrial Risk: Beyond the Blueprint" podcast with Jowanza Joseph features some of my reporting from Mount St Helens to Coal's Deadly Dust. "How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures." parakeetinc.substack.com/p/episode-8-...

NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn

From @alexcurley.bsky.social at Semipublic: public media jobs available now jobs.semipublic.co

This is how I will always remember Susan Stamberg. Union strong. Standing with her NPR colleagues and marshalling her considerable clout for the least powerful. NPR was a far better place with Susan in its orbit.

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

The 2018 state case involved a guided hunt for Trump Jr., where a bear was allegedly baited. The settlement reduced guide Wade Lemon’s felony charge to a wildlife violation infraction.

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million. publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/14/u...

NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social: A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. The data shows extraordinarily high rates of disease. publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/09/t...

The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news. We fact-check the hell out of our reporting, and we respect and protect our sources. Have a tip? Drop us a line, confidentially.

Terrific story from @kuer.org @macylip.bsky.social about a small town coming together for volleyball…and potatoes.

A conference on censorship was censored by Weber State U. WSU cited a UT law prohibiting discussion of "DEI" topics on state-funded campuses. That was signed into law by "Disagree Better" Gov Spencer Cox, who apparently believes some disagreement is unacceptable. www.sltrib.com/amplify-utah...

Video: Telling the Stories of the Uninsured Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.

For those inclined to believe the “Disagree Better” hype from Utah Gov Spencer Cox, read this. Not all national media types failed to look under the hood. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

NPR to trim $5 million as some public radio stations struggle to pay bills My story for NPR NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...

“I'm upset. This is horrific. But I am not shocked.” I visited Tyler Robinson’s family home today to learn how the neighborhood is reacting to his arrest in the killing of Charlie Kirk. My latest from southern Utah for @kuer.org ⤵️ www.kuer.org/news/2025-09...

NPR wants to write about what makes travel difficult for people who use wheelchairs--with hotels. Tell us your stories. www.npr.org/2025/09/11/g...

Shot fired at right wing activist Charlie Kirk during speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Witnesses say he was hit and bleeding. www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.

Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago today, devastating the Gulf Coast. 250K evacuees were sent to Houston. 600 were put on planes to Utah. Pamela McCall @kuer.org used some of my reporting from 2005, and found an evacuee who stayed. www.kuer.org/news/2025-08...

NPR's coverage is here: www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...

@scottdetrow.bsky.social replaces Ari Shapiro as a weekday host of @npr.org All Things Considered www.npr.org/2025/08/27/g...

BREAKING NEWS: Despite an executive order from President Trump, a judge will NOT dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pair of transgender girls against Utah's high school athletics org over the state's ban on them playing sports: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah #LGBTQ

It’s National Radio Day!

@ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social in Juneau Alaska is providing real time streaming video of glacial outburst flooding. This is the kind of public media public service in emergencies Congress and the Trump administration decided to defund. www.ktoo.org/glacial-outb...

@npr.org founding mother Susan Stamberg is retiring. www.npr.org/sections/npr...

Texas leaders are hoping to boost research funding for Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases. But doctors and caregivers in the chronically underfunded Rio Grande Valley worry they are being left behind. publichealthwatch.org/2025/08/07/a...

For local journalists trying to make sense of federal policy turmoil and its local impacts. All expenses paid training. nationalpress.org/training/app...

New on @npr.org: In 2024, President Trump popped up as a guest in a number of popular podcasts. Now, even in an off-election year, politicians are taking to the same non-political podcasts to reach a new audience. Is it working/will it be a prerequisite for national hopefuls in future elections?

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down: cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

NEW: Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools, by partner @emilyschwing.bsky.social of KYUK w/ @npr.org

A discussion between High Country News wildfire correspondent Kylie Mohr and authors River Selby and Kelly Ramsey, who both release memoirs this summer, dives into their experiences on the male-dominated fire line.

The Trump Administration Just Let Some Of America’s Biggest Polluters Off The Hook Last year, the EPA issued a rule aimed at reducing cancer-causing emissions from 218 chemical plants around the U.S. On July 17, however, Donald Trump exempted 49 of those plants—including the biggest emitters of…

Six hours after Louisville Public Media lost $376,000 in annual funding, it held an emergency pledge drive. In a post on LinkedIn, the organization’s president and CEO says it raised more than $500,000. “This is what happens when a community refuses to let something valuable die.”

NEW: According to data not previously reported, thousands of firefighting jobs — as many as 27% of them — remain vacant as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states. By @abestreep.bsky.social

NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social @shelbyjouppi.bsky.social - They are the biggest emitters of two carcinogens. So the Trump administration exempts them pollution rule. publichealthwatch.org/2025/07/21/h...

Here’s how to help public radio and TV stations now at risk. Adopt a Station is a tool developed by Alex Curley: adoptastation.org

Youth kayakers from several tribes in the Klamath River Basin began their journey a month ago, reaching the Oregon Coast this week, taking a step toward rebuilding their connection to the river now that a big stretch of it is no longer blocked by dams.

Lost in the rhetoric about @npr.org @pbs.org is this fact. ONLY @npr.org @frontlinepbs.bsky.social held both DEM/GOP admins accountable for decades of failure to protect coal miners from toxic silica dust. NPR/PBS hold both DEMs/GOPs accountable when they fail. Exhibit A: www.npr.org/2018/12/18/6...

“We’re physically seeing the impacts of a changing climate on these communities. … And the fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem.” By @emilyschwing.bsky.social‬

We’ve been here all along Public Health Watch rarely covers breaking news, but its investigative reporting is often tied to it — and sometimes, as in the case of a Medicaid crisis, foreshadows it.

New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic, where over two dozen died in the Texas flood. And, U.S. measles cases hit the highest level in over three decades.

JUST IN: A federal judge has just GRANTED Planned Parenthood of Utah's request to block the Trump administration from cutting off their Medicaid reimbursements as part of the "Big, Beautiful Bill." PPAU was part of a coalition lawsuit over it. #utpol #Utah