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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Why we need art. In case you were wondering.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

What loons teach us.

4 frame comic. The first frame shows a loon diving underwater. Text reads :
across inuit nunaat, the
loon is a symbol of healing
and clear-sightedness. in the
popular story of lumaaq, a
loon helps a boy regain his
vision by leading him
underwater.
Second frame shows the two loon sculptures at the Greenlandic parliament. Text reads :
in inatsisartut, the Greenlandic
parliament currently in recess
due to the white house threats,
two loon sculptures by Jens
rosing preside over the debates.
because of loons' sonorous
voice, they evocate eloquence
and awareness.
Third frame shows someone in a crowd brandishing a flag with the Minnesota Rebel Loon design on it. Text reads :
it's a special kind of
poetic dialogue to see loons
popping up in Minneapolis as
symbols of resistance and
resilience.
Fourth frame shows a group of loons in the water. Text reads:
from
kalaallit nunaat/greenland
to Minnesota, loons are
reminding us to stand up
for what's right.

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Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Here's Part 2 of @niemanstoryboard.org's Best of 2025, as selected by the community. Thanks to everyone who shared their favorite stories, podcasts, books, and documentaries. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/12/18/n... #booksky #podcasts #longreads #documentary

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Nieman Storyboard Best of 2025: Your favorite stories — and storytellers — of the year (Part 2) - Nieman Storyboard

Here are some of your favorite stories, books, podcasts, documentaries … and an audio magazine and a singer-songwriter

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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 29/09/2025

#Maine has long been one of the most food-insecure states in New England and directors are saying ensuring people are fed is becoming even more challenging. To read more from @elaineagrant.bsky.social for free, click the link below.

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Maine’s food pantries stare down volunteer shortage

At Neighbor’s Cupboard in Winterport, funding cuts aren’t the biggest challenge. It's keeping volunteers, especially as they get older.

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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 30/09/2025

@elaineagrant.bsky.social shares her story on Neighbor's Cupboard, a #foodpantry in Winterport #Maine. Neighbor's Cupboard is facing a #volunteer shortage at a time when Maine food pantries are already facing diminishing food supplies and an increase in demand. themainemonitor.org/food-pantrie...

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

It's out! My story focuses on increasing demand, diminishing supply, and a hidden but very real problem -- the volunteers who run the nation's emergency food network are old. They're dedicated, warm, compassionate -- and aging out.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This weekend is the community holiday in midcoast Maine otherwise known as the Common Ground Fair. It's a wonderful phenomenon that makes you grateful for community spirit, organic farming, environmental goodness, great art draft horses, and, I hear, super-cute goats. #Maine #gardening

Official 2025 poster of Maine's Common Ground Fair. Features an illustration of 2 brown draft horses, with white stripes on their faces and white forelegs. Above them, type reads, "Common Ground County Fair." Below it says, "CELEBRATE RURAL LIVING WITH MOFGA," followed by the dates (9/19 - 21, 2025), and Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, the address in Unity, Maine, phone #, and mofga.org.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

That looks like a sweet, quiet read! How are you reading together? Reading out loud, or you each have your own copy?

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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 28/08/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to talk with us and the @midcoastvillager.bsky.social! If you haven't been able to join us on our Listening Tour to share your thoughts on how we serve you, you still can! Check out our Facebook page to see our next stops. Photos courtesy of John Blodgett.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

What a great listening session led by @themainemonitor.org and @midcoastvillager.bsky.social in Belfast, Maine the other night!

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Language is powerful. Perhaps we should be asking and sharing, “What is it that we want to conserve?” I want to conserve the democratic America that I believe in. What do you want to conserve?

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

“I believe in conserving the environment. I believe in conserving human rights. I believe in conserving civil rights. I believe in health care.” I don’t recall his entire list, but I have never forgotten his message.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

My college political philosophy professor, whom I revered, one day said, “I am a conservative.” Even then, there were startled faces. He went on, saying:

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Witness the right’s negative framing of the word “liberal,” a word the left adopts proudly or at least with comfort. Here’s a way to think more deeply about language:

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

One way to help resist authoritarianism is to be more deliberate about how we use language and whether it matches our intent — not just what we mean, but how the public understands it.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

People doing the good work.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I oversaw global health programs at @USAID. They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide. What insanity and cruelty to break that.

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Tim Villegas @timvillegas.com · 03/02/2025

“…bad policy has damaging consequences, whether or not Mr. Trump chooses to admit it. Mr. Trump can’t repeal the laws of economics any more than Joe Biden could on inflation.” - WSJ Editorial Board www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

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Opinion | The Dumbest Trade War Fallout Begins

Canada and Mexico vow retaliation in response to Trump’s tariffs, amid new economic uncertainty.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Grateful for the peacefulness of the snow in Maine this very particular morning.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Tomorrow noon east-coast time, 9am Pacific: we'll be here to talk about beloved community, power, storytelling, and enter this next era of US history together, heads held high, friends held close. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...

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James Cridland @james.crid.land · 20/01/2025

I wonder how I might find the (ex(?)) Googler who made the Google Listen app, the company’s first foray into a podcast app from 2009. Would love to interview them and get their spot in podcast history. Dare I ask for a repost or two?

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

You can learn seven great techniques that the best audio storytellers and writers use from this classic Christmas story:

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy holidays - a fun little thing I whipped up to celebrate great storytelling and learn seven easy techniques to bring your work alive - straight from The Night Before Christmas! Turns out that…

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Poetry Living @poetryliving.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say 'Look!' and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads." #poetry #poemoftheday

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Writing part 2 now. Includes advice from investigative reporters on tracking down people who don't want to talk to you. Tell me YOUR tips for finding & interviewing reluctant sources.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Reporter/producers who created the podcasts Extremely American, about Christian Nationalism, and The Alley: DC's 8th and H case, offer great advice for journalists interviewing reluctant sources. open.substack.com/pub/soundjud...

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Don’t get stonewalled: How to interview people who don’t want to talk

It’s one thing to interview friendly sources and guests. But what about those who don’t trust you? Part 1 of a two-part issue on interviewing the reluctant source.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

New here - journalist, pub radio veteran, writer who dissects audio storytelling for a living. Trying my best to figure out how to serve in hard times.

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Elaine Appleton Grant @elaineagrant.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I left that other app about a year ago, but I'm also still trying to figure out whether to use this or Threads!

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