Nicky Ouellet, MTPR's Flathead-area reporter and producer of "SubSurface" reviews some of her favorite Montana Public Radio news stories from 2017.
Nobody is calling me back on this Friday before the XMas holiday, so instead I'm relistening to some of my favorite stories from @mtpublicradio this year (thread)
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
In "FUN!" category, I got to bike up Going-To-The-Sun Road in @GlacierNPS by the light of the full moon: https://t.co/7qpkdOXoFM
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
.@natehegyi got paid to eat a venison sandwich at Arby's: https://t.co/WU8uTEP5Zc
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
In more serious work, @clccarney continued his eye-opening coverage of the #OpioidEpidemic in stories that inspire empathy from all sides: https://t.co/b1SRwsMG9K
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
Edward O'Brien, whose voice wakes me up every morning with #mtnews, had a pair of stories on how homeowners prepare and react to #wildfires: https://t.co/a02uBp9jW5 and https://t.co/zeitdPEzM8
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
.@MTPRND tackled politics and science in a series of stories on #wildfires that I consider A+ journalism: https://t.co/AXcWKYYxUC
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
.@crameronthemove developed a food beat for @mtpublicradio and tried Khubz, even if she couldn't pronounce it (extra props for how she plays a character in the story!): https://t.co/PUeqPbrWLx
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
Recently @clccarney broke the story of how budget cuts will affect mental health patients in MT. Corin got the scoop in the middle of a news team lunch mtg and dropped everything to report: https://t.co/seVKfDLnSC
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
More fun: I went antler hunting with a phalanx of stoked ungulate lovers, then followed the antler into the workshop to see it transformed into usable art: https://t.co/iboJQTCXCe
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
.@nrvsaks made a true treat-for-your-ears in this story about the crazy tactics we're using to keep birds out of the toxic Berkeley Pit (seriously, SOUND UP!): https://t.co/zsMPUJXfj8
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
I'm constantly amazed by the poetry that comes out of people's mouths when you put them on the spot: "You can almost smell the history on it," Muriel Winnier told me about her son's graduation gift (an eagle feather passed down through his family): https://t.co/6P4pravXIz
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
Seriously, I stick a giant fuzzy stick in their faces and they say stuff like, "You would think it was snowing but it was glowing, glowing embers that were flying." https://t.co/pMOf0AROJY
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
Also in 2017: I made a podcast! Deep-dive reporting can feel like a risk - it's time consuming + expensive - but this is the kind of storytelling @mtpublicradio values. SubSurface is available wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/OSNNZFrDRU
— Nicky Ouellet (@nickyodoesradio) December 22, 2017
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