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Megan Kamerick

@megankamerick.bsky.social
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News director, KUNM-FM. She/her. TED speaker and coach. Board treasurer SPJ Rio Grande. Former prez of Journalism & Women Symposium. Opinions are my own.

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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So @tmz-news.bsky.social "reports" ("we're told" does not equal reporting) re: the cause of RJ Mitte's death and other outlets like @thr.com amplify this lack of reporting by repeating it. Y'all need to review the wealth of information online on how to responsibly report on this. Do better.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The DOJ is purging numerous information on the Jan. 6 riot, including news releases about people who attacked Capital Police officers and were convicted, but later pardoned. But @npr.org has maintained a complete archive. This is one reason public media is so important. apps.npr.org/jan-6-archiv...
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This could lead to thousands of evictions according to the article. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
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HUD Moves to Limit Assistance Animals for Disabled Tenants
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Folks had a lot to say this morning during our show. ICYMI the audio is here. Let’s talk about traffic fatalities and Vision Zero share.google/eLuGEAizW5NF...
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Let’s talk about traffic fatalities and Vision Zero
This week on Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’re diving into the design philosophies that will hopefully make our streets safer for everyone: drivers, cyclists and pedestrians alike.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thanks to @johncusack.bsky.social for articulating what I've been trying to say. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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Paywall-free news coverage of ICE raids, deportation campaign aids those who need it most
Paywalls create a two-tiered citizenry — one that can afford to be informed, and one that cannot, actor and political activist John Cusack writes.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“It’s not like ‘Oh I won’t be able to sit with my friends at lunch’ or ‘I won’t be able to do my math homework’. It’s turned into ‘what's gonna be unsafe that day?’” KUNM's @mcasas03.bsky.social digs into why more kids are bringing guns to school.
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American children have more access to firearms and they’re bringing them to school
Last Thursday, five guns were found at three different high schools across Albuquerque, just two weeks into the new school year. So why are children feeling the need to bring firearms to school?
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New Mexico expects to lose a total of $203 million in federal SNAP funding. The Commonwealth Fund recently listed New Mexico as the state losing the highest proportion of SNAP funds, at nearly 44%. And that doesn’t account for any new costs as a result of these changes. Story by Daniel Montaño.
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NM is working to soften the blow of federal SNAP changes
Federal cuts to food assistance through the budget reconciliation bill, better known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” put more than 450,000 New Mexicans at risk seeing their benefits drop by more than 20%...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Oh me too!
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I will miss hearing your voice every day!
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I will really miss @arishapiro.bsky.social - good luck on future ventures! www.npr.org/sections/npr...
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Ari Shapiro says farewell to NPR
Ari Shapiro, co-host of All Things Considered and Consider This, has decided to step away from the host chair and daily news coverage at NPR.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Legit badass Laura Lee led Blue Ridge Public Radio through Hurricane Helene coverage and is #PMJA2025 editor of the year. "No matter what happens in life, be good to your people...because that's a good legacy to leave behind."
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
"We cannot let the threats facing us prevent us from preparing for our future," says @kellymcb.bsky.social #PMJA2025
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Gerard Albert III, New Voices Award winner who covered Hurricane Helene, says our work as journalists is most important when people need us. #pmja2025 @reportforamerica.bsky.social
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The future of public media - the fellows in the Opening Doors program. #PMJA2025
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thank you @tonyamosley.bsky.social for introducing me to such an intriguing person. I can't believe I hadn't seen his work. I immediately went online to find it.
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For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'
Kaphar draws on his own painful relationship with his father in his film, Exhibiting Forgiveness. He says the project gave him a new sympathy for his dad. Originally broadcast Oct. 24, 2024.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I have been through 7 airports since leaving g for South Africa on May 21st and I can say without a doubt the worst one is JFK in NYC.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
People who do this are real losers and shitty hunters to boot. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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How leopards are being killed off by the world's top trophy hunters
A new report documents unabated hunting despite leopard numbers plummeting across Africa.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
El Salvador: PEN International Calls on Salvadoran Authorities to End Persecution of Journalists and Editors — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/el-salv...
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El Salvador: PEN International Calls on Salvadoran Authorities to End Persecution of Journalists and Editors — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“The systematic harassment of El Faro and other media outlets in El Salvador represents an alarming situation for press freedom and freedom of expression. PEN International calls on the Salvadoran ...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our new reporter at KUNM Mia Casas will be graduating in style. #publicmedia
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
What I'll bring up next time someone tells me history is boring.
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Penis count debate rages over Bayeux Tapestry
A podcast has again investigated the penises on the embroidery, which has a replica in Reading.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Special Report: These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack — Reuters
As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment. The intimidat...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Journo Brigid Schulte talks about her new book "Over Work" with @giovannarossi.bsky.social at the Famiy Friendly Business Awards. #FFNM2025
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is incredibly weird and creepy. @scifri.bsky.social It's things like this that make me remember one of my dad's fave phrases: Nature is red in tooth and claw (Tennyson)
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A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies
“Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ICYMI - KUNM's Taylor Velazquez moderated a great conversation on the equity education lawsuit Yazzie/Martinez, which is headed back to court because plaintiffs say the state isn't in compliance with the 2018 order.
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Let's talk about the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit to improve education going back to court
In 2018 a New Mexico judge ruled the state was failing to provide a constitutionally sufficient and equitable education to at-risk students. Years laters, the state is still out of compliance with tha...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
There's still so much I'm learning about New Mexico, even after being here for 21 years. Loved talking to Matt Schmader about his new book.
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New details emerge of Coronado incursion and pueblo battles
Archeologist Matthew Schmader uncovers new details of the first Spanish incursion into the territory that became New Mexico, led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and the battles that ensued with the ...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If you're a health provider with a patient portal and you don't look at messages or answer them, then just stop pushing us to set up an account in the patient portal. It's performative and pointless.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Learn a new skill this weekend! Cool KUNM story by @mcasas03.bsky.social
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Summit offers women the chance to explore trades
To wrap up Women’s History Month, Central New Mexico Community College is holding its annual ‘Women in Trades Summit’ this Saturday.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
ICYM @fabflutist2716.bsky.social @votergirl.bsky.social @marjoriechildress.bsky.social and Taylor Velazquez helped me break down the 2025 Legislative session. #nmleg
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Let's talk about what happened in the 2025 Legislature
We’ll reflect on the end of the 2025 legislative session by talking with journalists who followed all 60 days at the Roundhouse.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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You're a journalist added to a classified group chat. Here’s what you need to consider. - Poynter
5 ethical questions journalists should consider if, like The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, they are added to a top-secret conversation about war plans.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Hey New Mexico journos - Friday is the SPJ Rio Grande monthly happy hour at the Albuquerque Press Club at 6:30. Come join us! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jev...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In case you were wondering.... it's transgenic, not transgender.
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What are transgenic mice? UGA was on the forefront of using them for Alzheimer's research
According to multiple research sites, mice are valuable tools for studying diseases in a laboratory setting. Here is what transgenic mice are.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Love this piece by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social but @russcontreras.bsky.social you gotta school him on proper spelling of chile.... www.ncronline.org/spirituality...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
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White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
In announcing plans to hand-select the reporters who can ask the president questions at many events, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Federal layoffs affect national park, tribal university and more in New Mexico
Guided tours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park have been suspended, an Albuquerque-based tribal college has no tutors left and veterans could face paperwork delays after President Donald Trump dramati...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
KUNM is live with @repstansbury.bsky.social Michael O'Donnell w/ BBER at UNM and Rick Mossman w/ Association if National Park Rangers talking about federal workforce reductions.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"Some workers were responsible for making sure emergency response plans were in place at sites like a giant facility in Texas, where thousands of dismantled warheads are stored. Others worked to prevent terrorists and rogue nations from acquiring weapons-grade plutonium or uranium."
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Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons
The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We've got chefs from Escondido in Santa Fe and Level 5 and Buen Provecho in Albuquerque - all James Beard semifinalists -- on KUNM 89.9FM or KUNM.org. Join the conversation at 505-277-5866!
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Need a palate cleanser this morning? Tune into Let's Talk New Mexico on KUNM 89.9FM or at KUNM.org at 8 a.m. to hear some of the James Beard semifinalists from New Mexico. www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Breaking: For the second day in a row, the AP reporter on pool duty who tried to attend a POTUS event was blocked from entering the Oval Office. The reporter was there to cover the swearing-in ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here's a link! youtu.be/nfQIh6OfXCc?...
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'American Oasis' Author on NM's Diversity
YouTube video by New Mexico In Focus, a Production of NMPBS
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Yes I think if you have PBS Passport you can see it. You can get that by making an annual donation to your local PBS station (I think the minimum is $75). Here is the link to the show: www.pbs.org/show/eating-...
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Eating History
Eating History celebrates food's impact on New Mexico's diverse cultures over time.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I saw the screener of this film ahead of my interview -- it made me drool. Premiers tonight on New Mexico PBS at 7! www.kunm.org/local-news/2...
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Documentary explores the origins of New Mexico cuisine
A new documentary, “Eating History: A Taste of New Mexico,” explores the many culinary traditions that have come together to create the state's unique cuisine.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It was a VERY lively discussion on Let's Talk NM this morning about medical malpractice. You can listen here if you missed it. We added the messages and emails on the web post that we couldn't get to in the hour as well. www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
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Let's talk about costly medical malpractice insurance
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has called for easing medical malpractice insurance expenses by having the state step in to help cover gaps. Meanwhile a new Senate bill introduced by the only doctor in th...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
"NPR and PBS are vital institutions. But they are not the entirety of public media...The real risk of defunding CPB lies elsewhere — in the smaller, often overlooked stations that make up the heart of public media’s infrastructure." bit.ly/publicradiof...
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Why advocacy for CPB funding must include our smaller community-based stations
Defunding CPB would devastate smaller stations, particularly those reliant on critical systems like the Public Radio Satellite System, the Emergency Alert System and SoundExchange agreements.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This was such a good film.
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Sure Nash isn't on Bluesky but their email us nashjones@kunm.org
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Get a terrific overview from @algernonwrites.bsky.social @prokopdani.bsky.social @fabflutist2716.bsky.social and @susanmelinda.bsky.social on the #nmleg www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
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Let's talk about the 2025 state legislature
Our state legislature is meeting in Santa Fe again - this time through mid-March - to consider the budget, but also lawmakers’ and the governor’s priorities on things like public safety, health care, ...
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Megan Kamerick @megankamerick.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
One of our KUNM reporters is trying to find an organizer of the event. They're working on a story for NPR on the bill that would withhold state funds to libraries that put bans in place. Can they contact you?
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