Introducing ‘energy, explained,’ a podcast from StateImpact Pennsylvania

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As director of journalism, I work on things like newsroom strategy, culture, ethics, and training; I work with reporters (mainly climate reporter Rachel McDevitt) on stories; and I'm deeply involved with our community engagement efforts and collaborations with other news organizations.

My roots in journalism go back to growing up outside Washington, D.C., reading Woodward and Bernstein in my hometown paper, and being drawn to the ideals of freedom of the press and holding the powerful to account. I also idolized the Post’s sports columnists, and in fact was a sports reporter/editor before I moved to news.

I followed journalism’s call to the University of Missouri, then to jobs in Virginia and Maryland before landing in Pennsylvania, and I’ve lived near Gettysburg for more than two decades. Living in rural Pa. helps inform my work as a journalist and my belief that listening is one of the most important things we can do.

If I’m not doing journalism stuff, I may be traveling, bird-watching, or both.

September 4, 2018 | 7:00 AM

In the past year, StateImpact Pennsylvania has broadened its geographical reach, adding two Pittsburgh-based reporters, Reid Frazier and Amy Sisk, to the team that already included Harrisburg-based Marie Cusick and Philadelphia-based Susan Phillips.

StateImpact expanded its coverage footprint, too, beyond the shale gas boom. Its authoritative reporting focuses on the ongoing energy transition: from the struggles of the coal and nuclear industries to the rapid rise of natural gas and renewable energy.

Now, the StateImpact team brings you “energy, explained” — a new podcast that brings you behind the stories of Pennsylvania’s complex and consequential energy economy and the decisions that affect people across the state.

Check our website tomorrow for Episode 1: A very controversial pipeline — Pennsylvania’s most polarizing pipeline brings the fracking boom through Philadelphia’s suburbs. The neighbors aren’t happy. We explain.