My last story for The Herald: For years, locals have begged the city of Edmonds to remove fish barriers in lower Perrinville Creek. Now city officials are hoping a federal grant can help bring adult coho back to the stream.
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Photos of the Year 2024 - Such great work by Ryan, Annie and especially Olivia, who now must carry the load as sole @EverettHerald photographer. @ogvanniphoto@ryeandberries https://t.co/OALwXxhseL
Three households received eviction orders after a tribal court hearing Friday in the latest chapter of a bitter conflict over Nooksack tribal enrollment.
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I would love everyone to pause and think about what a day in the life of a solo photographer at Herald looks like when there is a 2-3 byline a day requirement for reporters……………..
Carpenter Media presented the NewsGuild with a new wage proposal today, the company's first in about six months.
It is, frankly, insulting.
Perhaps most egregious, the company proposed $1.00 an hour bonus for "meeting newsroom minimum standards of 2-3 bylines per day."
Some news I haven't gotten around to sharing: early this month, I left Seattle to drive 86 miles north to my new home in Bellingham, WA.
For the next two years, I'll be covering rural issues for Cascadia Daily News as part of the Murrow News Fellowship.
This week, I started a new gig as a crew member for the Washington Conservation Corps, participating in trail maintenance and restoration projects. I'm very excited to continue learning and exploring over the next year :)
(📸: Ryan Berry, Olivia Vanni and Annie Barker)
Some of my many rewarding reporting trips included forest bathing in Lord Hill Regional Park; whale watching on Whidbey Island; discussing local Climate Commitment Act projects with Gov. Jay Inslee; and coring a tree at a timber sale site (the tree was 142 years old!).
About a dozen members of the @EverettHerald news staff are wrapping up their final shift today, in light of cuts mandated by new owners Carpenter Media Group.
I'll miss @reporterbrown's column so much. She's a pitch perfect writer who has a knack for finding the delightfully weird pockets of everyday life. "What's up with that" is a reminder that newspapers should be fun to read, as well as informative. https://t.co/fo2LwoyxFC
Today's a hard day. Twelve of our members are working their final shift. We bargained tirelessly for a month, but Carpenter Media simply refused to spare any jobs.
We were, however, able to negotiate optional buyouts, increased severance packages and raises for remaining staff.