@abramsonwrites

Writer, thinker, former U of MT J School dean and NPR correspondent. Bury me with my ski boots on.

 Missoula, Montana
Joined March 2014
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Was Keeping Tourists Out the Only Way to Survive? (Published 2021)

On the Blackfeet Reservation, at the border of Glacier National Park, businesses needed visitors. The tribe needed to protect people from Covid.

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Nice piece by my old friend Jim Robbins with lovely pics from ⁦@TailyrIrvine⁩ via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/mo…

In Rural Montana, a Hope That Biden Will Reopen the Rails (Published 2021)

The North Coast Hiawatha hasn’t run through Montana since 1979. Now cities like Billings, Bozeman, Helena and Missoula are hoping that “Amtrak Joe” will help fund new rail service.

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How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, ‘They Have No Idea’ (Published 2020)

New outbreaks used to be traced back to crowded factories and rowdy bars. But now, the virus is so widespread not even health officials are able to keep up.

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Republicans could suffer from Chinese company’s failure to buy Montana beef washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Lee Enterprises at work in Virginia: This journalist was her paper’s only full-time reporter — until they fired her. Her small town wonders: Now what? washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…

This journalist was her paper’s only full-time reporter — until they fired her. Her small town...

Ashley Spinks was the one-woman newsroom for Virginia’s weekly Floyd Press. Now she’s a cautionary tale about the dire state of local media.

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It took from mid-March to June 26 to reach 852 cases dphhs.mt.gov/Portals/85/publ…
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Nice work by @Lucy tompkins2 . Pics from Montana’s @TailyrIrvine
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nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/ru… I got to report in my home state on how a coronavirus outbreak in the Cascade County jail became the town's first real experience with the virus, which has since spread rapidly all over Montana.

‘I Just Kind of Lost It’: As Coronavirus Cases Soar, One Montana Town Reels (Published 2020)

In the Mountain West, an outbreak has revealed the danger that the virus poses to jails and rural communities.

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Mos def.
Anne Helen Petersen@annehelen8 Oct 2020
There is a fly....stuck to the Vice President’s hair gel???
Fly on Pence!
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nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/co… I just spent a week in North Dakota, which in the last week has seen more coronavirus cases per capita than any other state. I talked with doctors, public health officials, families and hospital leaders about their concerns as the virus sweeps the Midwest:

The Virus Surges in North Dakota, Filling Hospitals and Testing Attitudes (Published 2020)

As Covid-19 cases grow in the Great Plains, one official said residents need to know “how perilously close we are to the edge.”

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Yes. Earthquake.
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@nwsmissoula. did you feel that
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What Clint Eastwood’s new movie gets very wrong about the female reporter who broke the Richard Jewell story. From @farhip: washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…

What Clint Eastwood’s new movie gets very wrong about the female reporter who broke the Richard...

There’s no evidence that journalist Kathy Scruggs traded sex for a scoop on the FBI bombing investigation

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Absolutely. Well said. Imagine if photos had not captured the Civil Rights movement? Demonstrations in public spaces are public. Be sensitive, but document everything, and track down every source.
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Just want to report that here in Addis Ababa today, no one seems to be talking about impeachment. Focus as usual is on the traffic. #impeachment
Is Twitter reporting like this part of our future? Shows how public your social media activity is. nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/po… via @NYTimes

Trump’s Twitter War Room Aims Its Punches at Decorated Colonel (Published 2019)

The president and his allies have used the platform to frame his defense and attack key witnesses, including Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman.

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Nice piece on why many service members support an end to war. Do many oppose withdrawal only because Trump wants it?nytimes.com/2019/11/01/us/po… via @NYTimes

Trump’s Opposition to ‘Endless Wars’ Appeals to Those Who Fought Them (Published 2019)

A majority of veterans regret the wars fought after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. President Trump and Congress are listening.

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Autumn, Rockies. instagram.com/p/B3TZUbQFeD3/…
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Nate Hegyi@natehegyi4 Oct 2019
Whew. Three months, 8,000 words, one 50 minute documentary, lots of workdays spent staring at a computer screen in a half-panic, and this @AmericanPrairie project is almost ready to air...
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Brooks is right: impeachment will upstage all other issues. nytimes.com/2019/09/26/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake (Published 2019)

This political brawl will leave Trump victorious.

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Great point! What exactly was HB up to? Hunter Biden's Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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