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The Best Paragraph I've Read...Orcas! Are the Yacht Attacking, Shark Torturing, Halibut Stealing from A Fisherman's Line Animal Winning the Most News Headlines in the 2020's? How Intelligent Are They? Are their Actions on Purpose?The Best Paragraph I've Read:"Skipper Robert Hanson’s lines have been hit by lots ofthe killer whales that dwell in the Bering Sea. He has found the Unalaska pod to be the most savvy, skilled and aggressive — leaving just traces of halibut, the largest of which could have netted Hanson hundreds of dollars apiece.“Most of the time, you get nothing. Sometimes a lip, or ahalf a fish, if they get full,” Hanson said. “They are particularly good at what they do.”'This paragraph comes from Norther...
2025-12-0523 min
Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Forum PodcastsClimate Change and the Bering Sea Fisheries - Journalist Hal BerntonSend us a textHal Bernton has worked in journalism for more than four decades. He was a staff reporter for The Seattle Times from 2000 to March 2023 and previously worked in Alaska for more than a decade with the Anchorage Daily News. The Oregonian, The Twin Falls Times News, and columnist Jack Anderson have also employed him. He was part of a reporting team at the Anchorage Daily News that received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for reporting on Alaska's Native peoples, and a team at the Seattle Times, which received the Pulitzer Prize...
2024-06-161h 16
ADN PoliticsLet’s talk trawlersAs Western Alaska communities face a shocking decline in the salmon runs they depend on, fishing operations called factory trawlers are drawing more scrutiny than ever before — the vessels are not going after salmon, but they can still scoop some up in their nets.With support from the Pulitzer Center, the Daily News recently published a two-part series diving into factory trawling in the Bering Sea, the industry’s impact on Alaska’s salmon runs, and Community Development Quota groups, which have become powerful players in fishery politics.In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to lon...
2023-11-0334 min
The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsReporting from Afghanistan: A Conversation with Steve Scher and Hal Bernton
2023-09-1500 min
Northwest ReportsSupporting Girls’ Education in AfghanistanAs the Taliban tightens restrictions, Marnie Gustavson's nonprofit finds workarounds. Reporter Hal Bernton shares the WA native's history of advocacy.
Journalist Hal Bernton took his first trip to Afghanistan back in 2009, to cover the war for The Seattle Times. There he met a Washington woman, Marnie Gustavson, and learned about PARSA, the Kabul-based nonprofit aid organization she has now led for 16 years. Through PARSA, Gustavson, who spent part of her childhood in Kabul, has helped run schools, improve orphanages and train teachers and social workers.
Bernton returned to Afghanistan in 2012 and continued to cover both...
2023-05-3121 min
Curiosity WeeklyAstronaut Blood, Screen Wrinkles, Save the Snow CrabToday we explore how astronauts’ blood mutates when coming back from space, how our screens are aging us, and the potential extinction event of the snow crab. Astronaut Blood “Astronauts' blood shows signs of DNA mutations due to spaceflight” by Elizabeth Howellhttps://www.space.com/astronaut-spaceflight-cancer-dna-mutations-study“Researchers Find Spaceflight May Be Associated With DNA Mutations and Increased Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Cancer” by Mount Sinaihttps://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2022/fesearchers-find-spaceflight-may-be-associated-with-dna-mutations-and-increased-risk-of-developing-heart-disease-and-cancerScreen Wrinkles “Your phone screen could be making you age quicker” by Alex Hugheshttps://www.sciencefocus.com/news/your-phone-screen-could-be-making-you-age-quicker/“Too much blue light can accel...
2022-12-0910 min
Congressional Dish196: The Mueller ReportWe finally have the facts. The two year long investigation, lead by Robert Mueller, into whether or not the 2016 Donald Trump for President campaign worked with members of the Russian government to steal and release Democratic Party emails is now complete. In this episode, after reading every word of the 448 page report, Jen breaks what the facts indicate Donald Trump did and did not do so that we can all be "in the know" for the Congressional battles with the President that are sure to come. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump su...
2019-05-192h 28The Seattle Public LibraryReporting from Afghanistan: A Conversation with Steve Scher and Hal BerntonKUOW Weekday Senior Host Steve Scher interviewed Seattle Times journalist Hal Bernton about his experiences and perspective on America's role in Afghanistan on March 11, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.
2010-03-2300 min