Emily Schabacker

Health reporting is becoming a bit of a specialty of mine. Covering health @cardinalnews. Former health reporter @billingsgazette.
MT local, VA transplant.

[Cardinal News @CardinalNewsVA]

10 Virginia hospitals listed as ‘at risk,’ but what does that really mean? https://t.co/Pz1Behopwt

[USC Center for Health Journalism @ReportingHealth]

Very few rural localities have accessed funds for programs that serve pregnant and parenting women, reports National Fellow @Em_Schabacker for @CardinalNewsVA. Read here: https://t.co/2HE3CEllOD

[Cardinal News @CardinalNewsVA]

As floodwaters recede, residents of Damascus assess their future https://t.co/l0fHOAL3lq

[Cardinal News @CardinalNewsVA]

Court records and recordings from Danville civil rights movement are available online for the first time, through the @LibraryofVA.

Some of the documents will also be on display next week at a screening of “The Movement” documentary in Richmond.

https://t.co/m8Lvowwbzf

[Emily Schabacker @Em_Schabacker]

To be part of a newsroom that's flourishing is truly exciting!

[Cardinal News @CardinalNewsVA]

Cardinal News has named Dwayne Yancey founding editor.

As Yancey moves into his new role, Cardinal News will soon launch a nationwide search for an executive editor to oversee news operations.

https://t.co/DvqqEQOBmq

[Montana Kaimin @MontanaKaimin]

University of Montana alumna Lily Gladstone was nominated for Best Actress on Jan. 23, becoming the fourth Indigenous person ever nominated for the award.

Story by Brandon Clark @arealzooanimal
Photo Contributed by Terry J. Cyr Photography

[Nora Mabie @NoraMabie]

When @lily_gladstone made history last night, Indigenous people nationwide celebrated while simultaneously trying to figure out who beaded her black-and-white earrings.

The answer is Lenise Omeasoo, Montana-based Ermineskin Cree and Blackfeet artist.
https://t.co/jHvM6ro9kZ

[Montana Budget @MontanaBudget]

The state has removed 73,749 Montanans from Medicaid since the beginning of the unwinding. Of these, only 22,200 were found to be actually ineligible. The rest were removed for procedural reasons. #mtpol

[Emily Schabacker @Em_Schabacker]

I won a fellowship! This October I'll be heading to Washington D.C. to work alongside some excellent reporters from around the country.

It's INCREDIBLE to be able to represent Montana at this program!

[National Press Foundation @NatPress]

Congratulations to the 21 journalists selected for NPF’s America’s Long-Term Care Crisis Fellowship! Fellows will gather in Washington, D.C. Oct. 1-4 to examine long-standing challenges that family caregivers & long-term care workers face. https://t.co/GVObpI98I3

[Montana Budget @MontanaBudget]

Despite what DPHHS says during this hearing, Montana’s call center wait times are the longest in the nation. While 30 states have wait times under 5 minutes, Montana’s average wait time is 42 minutes. #mtpol #mtleg

[University of Montana @umontana]

Calling Bullshit is a course taught by UM Professor Lee Banville. Despite its provocative name, the course isn’t about the cussword, but about teaching students to be better sharers and consumers of information.
Full story 👉https://t.co/oCi6BkHJDe #Montana #Journalism

[Emily Schabacker @Em_Schabacker]

More Montana seniors winding up homeless due to housing shortage, long-term care crisis https://t.co/c0zcxYImhz via @billingsgazette
#mtpol

[Montana Budget @MontanaBudget]

Montanans are looking for help filling out their Medicaid redetermination paperwork, and it’s hard to come by. Newly released data shows MTs have extremely limited access to call center help, some of the worst in the country. (thread) #mtpol

[Larry Mayer @BGMayer]

A short-eared owl yawns after sunrise on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, near Broadview, MT.

[Montana Free Press @mtfreepress]

In late March, David Gianforte made an appointment to talk about three bills with Montana’s Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, who happens to be his father. David told his father the bills will harm the LGBTQ+ community he’s a part of. #mtnews https://t.co/OTRaz2Pqpp

[Billings Gazette @billingsgazette]

Medicaid recipients will have 30 days to send their renewal packet in. https://t.co/9HGE1eCCC1

[Holly Michels @hollykmichels]

Look at this board for Caferro's provider rates, after just one person spoke during debate #mtpol #mtleg

[Montana Budget @MontanaBudget]

More than two-thirds of the tax break would go to the wealthiest 20 percent of Montanans. For those with more moderate incomes, only 1 in 10 Montanans earning under around $100,000 a year would benefit from this bill. #HB526 #mtleg #mtpol

[Archive: Senator Jon Tester @SenatorTester]

Great to see you, Jesse. Rural papers are critically important—and often the most trusted source of information for folks in small towns like mine. Always happy to talk about keeping rural journalism alive and well!