Benjamin Purper

Freelance journalist and audio producer based on California’s Central Coast. Formerly with news outlets including KCBX, KVCR and NPR.

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@reeyopeeyo @KCBXnews @CAMarketMatch It was great to have you on, Rya!

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@kqedangela @JerimiahOetting @kqedangela i didn't even notice it here!

[Meaghan Parker @meagham]

Just in time for #SunshineWeek SEJ's FOI Task Force finds large backlogs and increased response times to pending #FOIA requests at key agencies. Great data & advice for navigating the system from @benjaminpurper & @TBWheeler for @sejorg https://t.co/RnyKnjj5xw

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

I graduated from the Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship! This was an incredible experience and I’m stoked be a part of the inaugural Fellowship of the R(eport)ing, thanks to @sejorg @AHCJ @ScienceWriters and more for this opportunity

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

Got to visit Hearst Castle today for a media tour ahead of their reopening and can honestly say it was the most fun field assignment of my career so far

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@DocOcho @KCBXnews @HancockCollege Just added that! Thanks for the heads up

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

Francisco killed it on this series and I’m stoked to have been a part of this!!

[francisco martinez @martinezafran]

Hi all, just in case you missed any part of “Beyond the Furrows,” the 12-part series on Central Coast farmworkers done for KCBX, it’s all compiled/easily accessible here.

Cheers and thanks again.

https://t.co/6wlymFAmfG

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

This graphic 👀

[KQED News @KQEDnews]

In an effort to save majestic trees in Sequoia National Park, firefighters are wrapping them in foil .

But even though it looks like recent efforts to protect the ancient trees may be working, these giants still face the impact of #climatechange.

🎨:@MarkFiore for @kqed

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@ughdepressica Boots +cats

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@ughdepressica Cool lemme just finish writing it! Which could take… who knows how long

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@ughdepressica I may have a project for you!

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

Instead of @RoadrunnerMovie might I recommend @strangenegsfilm which is similarly devastating but much less problematic

[Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org @CoveringClimate]

Congrats to the National Science-Health-Enviro Fellows. FOLLOW THEM👇

✨@mccarthy_ciara @benjaminpurper @nhassanein_ @_thehalparker @brandonyadegari @betsyladyzhets @jmmeszaros @erinmdouglas23 @NicolasFuRivero @m0nica10 @thompsoncarolk @JeseniaDeMoyaC ✨

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[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

So excited to be a part of this!

[Association of Health Care Journalists @AHCJ]

Meet the inaugural class of the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting fellows: https://t.co/oSImyt7MvT

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

Got to follow around some mosquito control technicians for this story - check it out! https://t.co/BE4OzGNX6d

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@ughdepressica Please do!

[Marisa Waddell @MarisaWaddell]

Super excited to welcome @benjaminpurper as our new news director at KCBX. He starts in May. Here's a story he has on NPR's All Things Considered today:

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@ughdepressica Public radio and yes I love it

[All Things Considered @npratc]

Increased use of electric vehicles has meant lithium is in high demand. That means big business for California's Imperial Valley, where lithium is being extracted geothermically.

@EmpireKVCR's @benjaminpurper reports -->

https://t.co/tETZVps404

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

@eyeofthebarrio @MBJamerson @JulianWyllie Thanks, I appreciate that! I would hate to have to leave. I guess we’ll see.

[Benjamin Purper @benjaminpurper]

https://t.co/qP4TIpJ7f5 “The licensee for California’s KVCR is considering a plan to reduce NPR and PBS programming on the joint licensee’s stations and to transfer the trademark and license for First Nations Experience [by 2023]...” @JulianWyllie