Happy 11 months to me for mustering the courage to try dating women. Happy 10 months to the incredible woman who confirmed my queerness. Happy Pride to all, especially those looking for the courage to try 🌈
I was laid off today as part of a restructuring at McClatchy. I am incredibly proud of the award-winning doc work we created, punching way above our weight.
Idk what's next, but I'm stoked for it. I film, field produce, project manage, & edit documentary video. HMU.
I'm thrilled to begin my first day as a video journalist for the
@AP
on a new team covering water in the West. Check out the talented team I get to work with:
Being a journalist is an incredible privilege, but our paychecks still need to be a fair reflection of the labor we provide.
I stand proudly with
@APNewsGuild
as we wear red and demand a new contract at
@AP
that is fair and on par with our competitors.
About 40 million people in the Western United States depend on water from the Colorado River, and the entire nation benefits from food farmed with its waters.
Today marks one year since I've covered
#WesternWater
at
@AP
. It's been a beast of a topic to tackle, and I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to share their story or answer my questions.
January 5, 2015 was my 1st day as VJ at McClatchy.
January 5, 2021 is the day my LLC was officially recognized and I became my own boss.
Feels appropriate.
For any sports reporter or fan suddenly finding themselves in the middle of issues around gender identity and sport, this book is the canon on the topic. Thank you,
@katie_barnes3
for your incredible journalism.
I'm excited to announce my first independent documentary film, THE LONGEST RACE.
It follows 2 ultramarathon runners in Washington, D.C. on their most ambitious solo races at the start of the Covid-19 crisis.
Watch the trailer here:
Today is my last day as a video journalist at McClatchy. One of the unofficial perks of my job was getting to run in new places, specifically, 15 of the 16 states I visited.
#Running
is not an afterthought...it's an essential part of life, & field production.
#runningmotivation
Here are all the places where
@AP
is hiring video journalists:
Richmond
Minneapolis
Washington, DC
Tampa
Philadelphia
Charlotte
Las Vegas
Dallas
Chicago
St. Louis or Kansas City
There’s a special place in hell for people who live in the desert and water their lawns 7 days a week, said Colby Pellegrino, deputy GM of water resources at Southern Nevada Water Authority.
#crwua2021
1/2 Here is the room I am renting to a stranger starting this week. To make space, I turned my dining nook into an office. The extra income is so I can afford to save enough money for retirement.
2/2 We are negotiating a
#fairAPcontract
so we can do things like afford to live in the cities where we work and save for retirement, since we no longer have pensions.
@APNewsGuild
deserves to be paid what we're worth.
1/4 Amidst urban growth and climate change-fueled drought, Nebraska has decided to build a canal to bring additional water from Colorado,
@jandersonAP
and I report for
@AP
.
I was laid off at McClatchy along with more than half a dozen others as Covid took its toll on the economy. I was in the news division. Saying otherwise is misleading. Jobs were protected for as long as they could be, but eventually, there was a cost.
Today, our negotiators are back at the table telling
@AP
that we won't agree to a 2% raise. The company exceeded revenue goals this year. They can and must do better.
#weareAP
#fairAPcontract
@APNewsGuild
Cheers to my
@APNewsGuild
colleagues for being total professionals while trying to keep their homes in tact and their families healthy on subpar benefits from our employer. We deserve a
#fairAPcontract
.
Today I got some answers about the state of Maui's drinking water near burns.
In the last hour, officials finally issued a no-use notice. Don't drink, don't boil, but said quick, cool showers are ok.
An expert I spoke with said absolutely do not shower.
Yesterday we escalated our push for a
#fairAPcontract
that keeps us strong. Hundreds of members took a short break to remind the company of our value. We know what we’re worth — and it’s more than a 2% raise.
There is a troubling reality facing winter sports: One study warns that without a dramatic reduction of greenhouse gases, only one of the previous 21 Winter Olympics sites would be able to reliably provide fair, safe conditions by the end of this century:
Late last week, National Park Service confirmed their worst fear: smallmouth bass had been found and were likely reproducing in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
My latest story for
@AP
on the
#ColoradoRiver
and
#westernwater
here:
Friday so far:
-Learned to customize code for website revamp (forthcoming)
-Set up Quickbooks
-Opened business email account
-Sent my LLC's 1st invoice
Notably, all done with a cat on my lap.
Every video project requires its own organization strategy. Here's the rough draft for a documentary I'm editing. Two main characters, each with their own colors for Aroll and Broll, with music, GFX, and archival footage as diff colors as well.
This is so sad. H street really is a death trap for cyclists. I also crashed when my tire got trapped in the trolly track. Luckily there were no cars near me at that time. I will only cross H st perpendicularly. I will never ride along it.
Big news for women's hockey: The Premier Hockey Federation (
@PHF
, formerly the NWHL) will make ESPN+ its exclusive U.S. broadcasting partner for the 2021-22 season, home to all 60 regular-season games and Isobel Cup playoffs. Details:
Now the president-elect of Chile, Boric was once a student leader. A decade ago, I'd see him in the streets leading massive protests calling for education reform that I covered as a foreign journalist.
At AP, employee wages need to be competitive to keep us strong. Setting minimum pay for top-scale employees at $75K is anything but. We can and must do better
#FairAPcontract
@APNewsGuild
A break from my usual reporting, I spent the New Year in Toronto documenting the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey League. ✏️ x
@john_wawrow
, 📷🎥 x me.
#PWHL
Video journalist spotted, startled in her natural habitat at dawn. Thanks
@tammywebber
for sneaking the pic while working together in Nebraska last week.
I've been in Montana reporting on Yellowstone-area flooding for a few days. Here's today's dispatch from
@MatthewBrownAP
and
@bmelley
, w/ my contributions.
AP News Guild is spread across the country, from Hawaii where members are reporting on the aftermath of wildfires, to Florida where they are preparing to cover a hurricane.
Despite the distance, we're united in our fight for a
#fairAPcontract
It's tough to get answers right now from totally overwhelmed public officials on Maui - I appreciate each one who confirmed tidbits of information for me in this story, even though they were not quoted.
Worked on this project for nearly 2 years and I cannot believe it's over. This story warmed my heart and broke my heart a thousand times over, from the field to the edit bay. Leaving the epilogue here.
I contacted a local high school to donate my old 360 cameras. It turns out the emerging media teacher had experienced my VR doc at
@ONA
a couple years ago. Now, this has morphed from a gear donation to being a guest speaker to some ambitious high schoolers. Love ONA.
The humpback chub has lived in the Colorado River for millions of years but now the river’s decline poses a new risk for this ancient fish.
Researchers are on a mission to save them, but the situation raises the question: How alive is a river if it loses its key native fish?
My biggest takeaways from
#crwua2021
➡️Water leaders expressed urgency for action + collaboration
➡️There's limited head space for developing post-2026 guidelines
➡️In addition to 500+ Plan, other compromises are needed to buoy the
#coloradoriver
basin through 2026
"It’s harder to find real snow anywhere, so competition increasingly comes on machine-made snow, which has its own deleterious effects on the environment."
✏️ x
@HowardFendrich
&
@pgraham34
, 🎥 x me, 📸 x
@AP
staff
We're hosting a documentary screening in DC tomorrow for
@WarWithinShow
. RSVP below to join us. So stoked to be there with my incredible colleagues and the brave people who let us film their stories.
It's been a long time coming, but the first big docu-series I worked on is finally here. The story is dynamic and powerful - Ep 1 is worth a 20-min coffee break today.
Numerous tribal elders spoke with
@AP
about why the place where their ancestors were massacred, a sacred site they call Bahsahwahbee, should become a national monument. ✏️+🎥 by me, 📷 by Rick Bowmer.