Dec 23 Resource Shift Picturing The Future: A Coal Community’s Comeback Can a photograph help a community grow? One photographer is shedding some light on ongoing efforts in a region looking for some new ways to sustain itself. Rebecca Kiger is a documentary and portrait photographer raised in West Virginia. The images she captures are often exceptionally emotionally evocative. She says it takes a lot of […] By Glynis Board Dec 23 Resource Shift Picturing The Future: A Coal Community’s Comeback Glynis Board
Dec 21 Resource Shift How To Help Those “Fighting For Breath” Listening to the Branham family describe how they’ve been affected by Mackie’s black lung is heart-wrenching. Our profile of the Branhams and the NPR investigation of black lung cases have gotten a lot attention, and in many cases I’ve seen the stories shared on social media with a warning that they’re likely to make you […] By Benny Becker Dec 21 Resource Shift How To Help Those “Fighting For Breath” Benny Becker
Nov 18 Resource Shift 2016 Election Results Interactive Map By Alexandra Kanik Nov 18 Resource Shift 2016 Election Results Interactive Map Alexandra Kanik
Nov 18 Resource Shift Trumped: Coal’s Collapse, Economic Anxiety Motivated Ohio Valley Voters The electoral map of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia is a sea of red with a few islands of blue. Of the 263 counties in the three states only nine went for Hillary Clinton, most of them around the region’s cities. The Ohio Valley ReSource looked to voters and voting data to learn more about […] By Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik Nov 18 Resource Shift Trumped: Coal’s Collapse, Economic Anxiety Motivated Ohio Valley Voters Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik
Nov 8 Resource Shift Ad It Up: Outside Groups Funding Many Campaign Ads If it seems like your TV time has been carpet-bombed with campaign advertising, some data indicate you might well be right. Parts of the Ohio Valley region stand out in analyses of campaign spending on high volume TV spots. West Virginia: 58,000 Ads on State Races Alone For all of the attention on the presidential […] By Jeff Young Nov 8 Resource Shift Ad It Up: Outside Groups Funding Many Campaign Ads Jeff Young
Nov 7 Resource Shift Election Day ReSource: Key Campaign Issues For The Ohio Valley Campaign rhetoric (and a lot of political coverage) too often features more heat than light. The Ohio Valley ReSource put the spotlight on some of the important election issues for our region with these stories on coal’s collapse, trade’s effects, the addiction crisis, and more. The Addiction Battle and the Ballot The region’s opioid drug […] By Jeff Young Nov 7 Resource Shift Election Day ReSource: Key Campaign Issues For The Ohio Valley Jeff Young
Oct 28 Resource Shift White Stuff: Amid Election Rancor, Writers Reassess The White Working Class One look at the recent arrivals shelf at Carmichael’s Books, in Louisville, and I knew something was up. Titles like “White Rage,” “White Trash,” and “The End of White Christian America” were piling up. “And then this has been the surprise,” Carmichael’s co-owner Michael Boggs said, picking up another hardcover. “This actually hit the Times […] By Jeff Young Oct 28 Resource Shift White Stuff: Amid Election Rancor, Writers Reassess The White Working Class Jeff Young
Jul 7 Resource Shift Why Did Facebook Block Our Reporting On Hemp? Hey, Mark Zuckerberg, can we talk about hemp? No, really, I’m asking: can we? Because a recent experience with Facebook left the impression that reporting on the plant used in products from soap to rope is taboo. Verboten. The leaf that dare not speak its name. This bit of anti-social media behavior came after […] By Jeff Young Jul 7 Resource Shift Why Did Facebook Block Our Reporting On Hemp? Jeff Young
Jun 9 Resource Shift Introducing the Ohio Valley ReSource Welcome to the Ohio Valley ReSource, a journalism partnership that aims to rethink how we use our resources in a shifting economy. With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting seven public media outlets in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia formed the ReSource to strengthen coverage of the area’s economic transition and the social changes […] By Jeff Young Jun 9 Resource Shift Introducing the Ohio Valley ReSource Jeff Young