Freelance journalist and audio producer based on California’s Central Coast. Formerly with news outlets including KCBX, KVCR and NPR.
Santa Maria, CA
Joined March 2014
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Benjamin Purper retweeted
Just in time for #SunshineWeek SEJ's FOI Task Force finds large backlogs and increased response times to pending #FOIA requests at key agencies. Great data & advice for navigating the system from @benjaminpurper & @TBWheeler for @sejorg sej.org/sites/default/files/…
I graduated from the Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship! This was an incredible experience and I’m stoked be a part of the inaugural Fellowship of the R(eport)ing, thanks to @sejorg @AHCJ @ScienceWriters and more for this opportunity – at San Luis Obispo, CA
Got to visit Hearst Castle today for a media tour ahead of their reopening and can honestly say it was the most fun field assignment of my career so far
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Francisco killed it on this series and I’m stoked to have been a part of this!!
Hi all, just in case you missed any part of “Beyond the Furrows,” the 12-part series on Central Coast farmworkers done for KCBX, it’s all compiled/easily accessible here.
Cheers and thanks again.
kcbx.org/programs/beyond-fur…
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In an effort to save majestic trees in Sequoia National Park, firefighters are wrapping them in foil .
But even though it looks like recent efforts to protect the ancient trees may be working, these giants still face the impact of #climatechange.
🎨:@MarkFiore for @kqed
Instead of @RoadrunnerMovie might I recommend @strangenegsfilm which is similarly devastating but much less problematic
Benjamin Purper retweeted
Congrats to the National Science-Health-Enviro Fellows. FOLLOW THEM👇
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So excited to be a part of this!
Meet the inaugural class of the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting fellows: healthjournalism.org/about-n…
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Got to follow around some mosquito control technicians for this story - check it out! kcbx.org/post/ucsb-researche…
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Benjamin Purper retweeted
Super excited to welcome @benjaminpurper as our new news director at KCBX. He starts in May. Here's a story he has on NPR's All Things Considered today:
Increased use of electric vehicles has meant lithium is in high demand. That means big business for California's Imperial Valley, where lithium is being extracted geothermically.
@EmpireKVCR's @benjaminpurper reports -->
npr.org/2021/04/28/990867075…
Benjamin Purper retweeted
Increased use of electric vehicles has meant lithium is in high demand. That means big business for California's Imperial Valley, where lithium is being extracted geothermically.
@EmpireKVCR's @benjaminpurper reports -->
npr.org/2021/04/28/990867075…
current.org/2021/03/licensee… “The licensee for California’s KVCR is considering a plan to reduce NPR and PBS programming on the joint licensee’s stations and to transfer the trademark and license for First Nations Experience [by 2023]...” @JulianWyllie
Benjamin Purper retweeted
On today's California Report:
@benjaminpurper on San Bernardino's new 911 protocols as COVID surges
@lesleywmcclurg on how doctors are bracing for the week ahead
@scottshafer on AG Becerra's selection to lead HHS & reaction from @aafp's @AdaStewartMD1
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Benjamin Purper retweeted
A self-described anti-feminist attorney is suspected in the killing of a men’s rights attorney in San Bernardino County earlier this month and the shooting of a federal judge’s son and husband in New Jersey on Sunday. latimes.com/california/story…
"I would feel weird calling myself an activist, per se, because I don't feel like I'm educated enough to say that. I guess I would call myself a comedian that supports Black Lives Matter, and just has a voice in that." - Aaron Chase
kvcrnews.org/post/local-come…
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Benjamin Purper retweeted
The crowd has grown to about 200 in front of the Redlands police annex. Some signs read “hex white supremacy,” “love black people the way you love their culture,” and “the system is not broken, it was built this way.”
I’m in Downtown Riverside for a vigil for victims of racial violence in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. statue. – at Riverside, CA
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@MBJamerson will have a story for @EmpireKVCR on all this. I’m on backup and picture duty! – at Riverside, CA
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