With limited access to grocery stores in New Orleans' predominantly Black neighborhoods, urban gardeners set up community gardens to combat food insecurity. Read my story in Prism to find out more about the community's resilience and the drive to become self-sufficient.

In the Finger Lakes region, a bitcoin mining facility's previous operation as a coal-fired power plant has left toxic coal ash behind. Here's my piece for Medill Investigative Lab and @energynews_US on Greenidge Generation's handling of the ash and how it affects Seneca Lake.

NEW from "Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash." Here are the basics that will help you understand the looming threat. This explainer by Sruthi Gopalakrishnan is part of a collaboration between #GreatLakesNow, @energynews_US and students at Northwestern Medill. greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/coal-a…

Congrats to @mptowfighi, Cassidy Jensen, Eric Rynston-Lobel, Sruthi Gopalakrishnan and all the other NH journalists who won awards. Kudos.

It was just announced that Concord Monitor News was awarded New England Sunday newspaper of the year from NE Newspaper & Press in the under 20,000 circulation category.

Meet John Jones and Jessica Helfenstein. When I first knocked on their door last July, they had no idea their local gov now owned their house. When homeowners don’t pay property taxes this can happen across NH at varying rates. concordmonitor.com/Tax-deed-serie…

Incredible photo by Monitor photo editor Geoff Forester of lightning over the New Hampshire State Capital last night.

NEW: N.H.’s trans sports ban faces a legal challenge. Yesterday, Parker Tirrell’s mother was told by her school superintendent that she wasn’t allowed at soccer practice, which starts Monday. Today they sued. Story from @mptowfighi/Sruthi Gopalakrishnan concordmonitor.com/NH-transgender…

NEW: A deal to allow a transgender girl to play with her Plymouth Regional soccer team when practice begins tomorrow is off, two people familiar tell Sruthi Gopalakrishnan, @mptowfighi, and me. Instead, a judge will decide during a hearing tomorrow afternoon. concordmonitor.com/Trans-sports-b…

Super excited to be a NEFAC fellow! Thank you New England First Amendment Coalition!