Melissa Bailey

Journalist covering climate & health. 2015 Nieman fellow. ✏️ in WaPo, @nytimes & others. Prev: @KHNews, @statnews, @newhavenindy, Scripps fellow @CUBoulder.

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: Covering roughly 80 miles, Apache runners fought a federal effort to fast-track a copper mine on sacred land, a case that raises environmental, health, and religious freedom questions.

@mmbaily reports from the road. ⤵️
https://t.co/fkMzc2lSnH

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

“People think these diseases are ancient history, but they’re still around,” said Finkelstein-Parker. “Measles is a stealth virus. It may look like it has cleared your body, but it can hide in your nervous system.”
https://t.co/pSVylhAOFQ

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

+1 to what Luke said!

[Center for Science and Society @columbiacss]

In Colorado's San Luis Valley, residents who rely on well water are grappling not only with a shortage amid drought, but questionable quality of the water coming out of the ground. Via @mmbaily in @insideclimate. https://t.co/QiUQfRExx5

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

In Colorado's famed San Luis Valley, residents who rely on well water are grappling not only with a shortage amid drought, but questionable quality of the water coming out of the ground.

https://t.co/iRpmuSPolY

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

Me alegra ver este artículo republicado en español! (Happy to see my latest story republished in Spanish.) via @Telemundo @KFFHealthNews https://t.co/s4Xs8Cqclc

[Apple News @AppleNews]

The colorless, odorless threat lurking in the Colorado River. (via @mmbaily for @NPR)
https://t.co/BqTJy1B9A7

[Hillary Rosner @hillaryrosner]

And another great #coloradoriver story, this one about arsenic levels linked to drought, from @mmbaily @CU_CEJ https://t.co/qzpPaMDUjY

[The Water Desk @TheWaterDesk]

Important reporting about drought and water quality in Colorado’s San Luis Valley from our grantee @mmbaily

https://t.co/hzCCKZVSlI

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Residents of Colorado’s San Luis Valley are participating in a study that examines how drought affects the quality of their water.

📝: @mmbaily , KFF Health News- NPR https://t.co/nzyElRdb6Q

[The Grade @thegrade_]

"The journalism at the @newhavenindy to me is this fresh look at every story of how people’s lives are unfolding.” @mmbaily https://t.co/DG48U31F0M

[Matt Volz @mattvolz]

Colorado's San Luis Valley is a testing ground for links between climate change and rising arsenic levels in drinking water. By @mmbaily for @KFFHealthNews via NPR.
https://t.co/boBjOOJVf9

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

Covering schools for the @newhavenindy was one of the most fun reporting gigs. Thanks to @ColleenMConn at @thegrade_ for this generous writeup. https://t.co/WWo3W6wvdC

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

Knowing Luke, this is gonna be great!

[Hannah Dreier @hannahdreier]

The US is seeing an unprecedented wave of migrant child labor right now.

Thousands of kids are working overnight in dangerous factories for brands like Cheerios, Fruit of the Loom and Ford. They're here alone and they're being failed in the most basic way.https://t.co/5IlCNTjGdh

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

@LeopardprintLtd I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm not sure how I can help, but I'd be interested in hearing more.

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

“With every escalation and fancy machine comes a lot of hope,” @danielalamasmd told me... ECMO, she said, is “a fantastic example of ‘just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.’” https://t.co/lLexj9dGvz

[Emily Atkin @emorwee]

I’m turning HEATED into a newsroom!

First hire: an enterprise reporter — someone to become a major voice of the newsletter alongside me

Know any good journalists? Send them my way! https://t.co/aNlrUPMr4X

[Melissa Bailey @mmbaily]

Proud to see my photo essay run in @highcountrynews!

[High Country News @highcountrynews]

“I intended to live here for the rest of my life, but it all went to ashes in a few hours.” Via @insideclimate https://t.co/p8up4i2Ioc