Travis Lux

Former @liferaftpod co-host and @wwno environment reporter. Currently taking a lil break from journalism 🏖📚📺

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🚨Personal update!🚨 I’ve decided to take a break from journalism for a bit, and so yesterday was my last day at New Orleans Public Radio.

There are a lot of reasons for this decision, some of them institutional, but the biggest and most pressing has to do with burnout.

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@lmillernpr Why crabs and not lobsters?

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@lmillernpr Do they know what ingredients might compose the secret formula of the Krabby Patty?

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Extremely happy our podcast Hot Farm won an award for explanatory journalism from @INN, great work @Eve_Abrams @rachelayang @DanaHCronin @travis_lux and the rest of the team!

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@tuttlebean @kelligann 🤷🏼🙃

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@tuttlebean @kelligann Welp not much has changed in 3 years

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Came out of radio retirement to make one more lil climate story. This one wonders whether the Mid-delta could absorb some of the food agriculture that’s destined to flee California

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In our first three episodes, we looked at farmers changing HOW & WHAT they farm. In our final episode, we talk about WHERE they farm. Because one of the main places Americans grow our food today – California – is running out of water. Listen & subscribe! https://t.co/MOiBOB8lRV

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@BoyceUpholt @lzcamuti But I’m still a poser so that’s the best I got :/

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@BoyceUpholt @lzcamuti Actually lots of sightings on ebird in the scout island zone of city park!

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A great thread

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@sejorg @SaraSneath @AdamLMahoney @MSolDub @AustynGaffney @RebeccaRennerFL @harrisalexc @ayurellahm Dang! Likewise! :)

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@BoyceUpholt Would you settle for “tour de force”

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How is it possible that I love my dog so much

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@oliviacpaschal And this piece from Texas monthly which serves as a good primer! https://t.co/9qs4IpKYyT

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@oliviacpaschal In terms of history there’s this book, which catalogs the very intentional rebranding of Texas in the 20s and 30s as a less southern state and more of a western state https://t.co/NmryQI9wpe

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@oliviacpaschal For fancy theory there’s Edward soja’s postmodern geographies https://t.co/GRwxuQU5ci

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@oliviacpaschal I think about this essay a lot, which scratches some of these ideas. Plus @PlacesJournal is a good resource for other articles of a similar kind https://t.co/TPFVv6strr

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@towneoneill @oliviacpaschal Kate orff/scape studios also has a great map collection called petrochemical America all about Louisiana’s cancer alley

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@towneoneill @oliviacpaschal Yes! Denis wood’s narrative atlas of Boylan Heights is super. More visual than anything but awesome

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@celizario @BordenMitch Hahaha incredible