I used to work in student loan servicing and here are the top things I think people need to know about their federal student loans and how to make them manageable if you’re really struggling to pay them. A thread:
You can catch part 1 of my series on the #CO voter-approved universal free meals program for students. I spoke with a MCSD nutrition official on how the program works. More than half of Montrose and Delta counties voted against this program in November https://t.co/vGRJDh01G1
This had me tearing up this morning as I wrapped up another @MorningEdition@KVNFradio show. I’m standing on the shoulders of some incredible giants as I find my radio feet
Change is good and necessary. And I’m making one. It's been the honor of a lifetime to host Morning Edition for the past 6 years. A lot of stuff went down in this country during that time and it’s been a privilege to do my part to help you make sense of all of it.
For the first time ever, NPR is offering a special bilingual broadcast of the State of the Union address in both Spanish and English. Tune in to @MorningEdition's Twitter Spaces on Tuesday to catch Biden's speech and analysis from an all-Latino panel. https://t.co/T6mQuoLJCT
As another Colorado newspaper folds a local library works to digitize its archives; ‘political speech’ and ‘journalism’ are now protected in Colorado’s new privacy law; report in Cortez, CO for The Daily Yonder + more Colorado media odds & ends: https://t.co/xAtk7nCXoI
Next Friday is my last day with the Montrose Daily Press. It’s bittersweet leaving my first professional news job, but I’m excited to start the next chapter of my career with @KVNFradio
Sooo if anyone has advice for someone starting out in radio reporting, I’m tuned in 🎧
@ShannonNajma@WSJ I graduated in Huntsville, TX—it’s the execution capital of the U.S. (I don’t say this proudly) and it houses seven prisons. I wish I had taken the opportunity to learn more about the system and how it impacts everything else while I was there