With ONA Annual Conference's new professionals scholarship and a spontaneous flight purchase, I'm in LA this week at my first in-person journalism conference! I'm around and happy to talk about features writing, videography, XR formats, LGBTQIA+ coverage, and more! #ONA22

Nice to meet up with Newhouse School alum and multimedia journalist Amanda Paule at #ONA22!

Can confirm, there were puppies!!! #ONA22

Two generations of fierce female immersive journalists, finally meeting in person. Nonny de La Peña Nonny de la Peña, PhD and my former student and Visualizing 81 producer Amanda Paule. I love #ona22!

Enjoyed this thread

It's overdue, but this would be huge for researchers trying to answer questions about cannabis. When I reported a few cannabis stories in 2020, lack of info due to federal restrictions on research showed itself as both an overarching and solvable issue: democratandchronicle.com/story/news/202…

Biden signed the cannabis research bill.

🎊 Congrats to Amanda Paule, our Spring 2023 Insider Fellow! Amanda Paule is a reporter and video journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian, USA TODAY Network newspapers, and Philadelphia magazine. She'll join the @InsiderInc team for a 6 month editorial fellowship.

It was so fun to chat with upcoming Magazine, News & Digital Journalism grads about Insider, early-career journalism, and working in NYC. Thanks for visiting Newhouse School!

Wrote a spontaneous ode to Jersey about the Cherry Blossom Festival Branch Brook Park Alliance in Newark for Insider. Such a worthwhile weekend trip, and I'll definitely be back! 🌸

Dirt is home to more than 25% of the biodiversity on Earth. The women-led startup Trace Genomics is working to reverse human-caused soil erosion. For more #GainsInGreenTech like this, check out this story and others in the series. trib.al/PZsuyGq

Pretty proud of this article I wrote about dirt! And glad to feature Trace Genomics + the work they're doing to help fill the information gap about soil health. 🌱

"Unless and until you know what's in the soil, how do you know what opportunities exist and how to create products that really foster biodiversity and other soil functions?" Read more in this in-depth article from Amanda Paule at Business Insider: ow.ly/AxJk50OotZX

I'm in shock at this news. Alfie, it was beyond a privilege to spend a weekend with you this April, to capture your craft on film one last time, and to share in your dedication to this tradition. You gave us a gift, and we'll tell your story. Rest in Power, Alfie. Nya•wéñha.