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Allison Salerno

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Georgia-based multimedia journalist with words in @nytimes @washingtonpost etc. Report on food, farming, climate, social innovation. ASJA, NAHJ and AIR member. Ñ awards from NAHJ. Write, hike, knit, backpack, read, repeat.

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Aug 4

my latest. with @palabranahj.bsky.social
www.palabranahj.org/archive/no-l...

#immigration #massdeportation

No License, No Rights: The Underground Network Keeping Georgia’s Immigrants Moving — palabra.

Georgia volunteers defy 'migrant hunt' orders, forming underground networks to transport immigrants despite driver's license bans. Their dangerous resistance revealed.

www.palabranahj.org

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · 16d

My latest. In @theassemblync.bsky.social
#extremeweather #art #trauma
www.theassemblync.com/culture/art-...

Finding Solace in Art After Helene

In hard-hit Marshall, N.C., artists have found their creative work helps them process their losses after Hurricane Helene.

www.theassemblync.com

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Sep 7

#appalachiantrail in Pawling, NY

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Aug 4

my latest. with @palabranahj.bsky.social
www.palabranahj.org/archive/no-l...

#immigration #massdeportation

No License, No Rights: The Underground Network Keeping Georgia’s Immigrants Moving — palabra.

Georgia volunteers defy 'migrant hunt' orders, forming underground networks to transport immigrants despite driver's license bans. Their dangerous resistance revealed.

www.palabranahj.org

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Aug 4

my latest. with @palabranahj.bsky.social
www.palabranahj.org/archive/no-l...

#immigration #massdeportation

No License, No Rights: The Underground Network Keeping Georgia’s Immigrants Moving — palabra.

Georgia volunteers defy 'migrant hunt' orders, forming underground networks to transport immigrants despite driver's license bans. Their dangerous resistance revealed.

www.palabranahj.org

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jul 22

humbled this radio doc of mine about #climatechange and #farmworkers earned second place Ñ award from @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social Thanks to @fi2w.org for believing in this story

www.fi2w.org/harvest-of-s...

Harvest of Shame: Deadly Heat Edition - Feet in 2 Worlds

In July of 2023, Efraín López García died picking fruit on a farm in Homestead, Florida. According to his family, extreme heat caused his death. At the same time, the Florida legislature was consideri...

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Apr 18

thank you for reading and sharing.

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Apr 16

A Death In the Woods www.theassemblync.com/health/menta...

My latest. #mentalhealth #wildernesstherapy Thank you editor @katesheppard.bsky.social and @ewstephe.bsky.social @theassemblync.bsky.social

A Death In the Woods

Families turn to wilderness therapy like Trails Carolina to address mental health. But does a 12 year old's death raise oversight concerns?

www.theassemblync.com

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Mar 30

my latest

𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj.bsky.social · Mar 5

After leaving Mexico 25 years ago, Federico Gutierrez faces a new challenge: rebuilding after Hurricane Helene. His granddaughter, photojournalist Kaoly Gutierrez, captured his journey and the community’s toward recovery. @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social www.palabranahj.org/archive/betw...

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Mar 5

My latest: a portrait of an #entrepreneur and #migrant facing the impacts of #extremeweather
#northcarolina #climatechange #hurricane #flooding #nahj

𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj.bsky.social · Mar 5

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 5

The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee told GOP lawmakers to stop having in-person town halls with constituents. The directive comes as Republican town halls have devolved into angry shouting matches across the U.S.

Republican House Members Told to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls

The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee told G.O.P. lawmakers that public confrontations with angry constituents could hurt them politically in the midterm elections.

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Feb 16

2/2 "as a result, she was becoming familiar with many different magazines. She knew what all sorts of publications wanted and needed. When she wrote something, she generally had a good idea of which magazines would most likely be interested in it."

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Feb 16

sixth book of 2025. #booksky #writingcommunity #freelance "sometimes her work was still rejected by the first publication she sent it to, but instead of becoming discourage she simply sent the piece elsewhere until it was accepted..." #canadianlit 1/2

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Feb 5

a first for me: while interviewing a source at a federal agency, I also released an #anole who had made its way into our kitchen. Multitasking while committing
#journalism
#writingcommunity
#freelancejournalism
(not my puc)

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Feb 4

"We have to defend democracy, but remember that not everything is politics. Without science, industry, and technology, no progress is possible, and without music and art, there's no soul." @isabelallende.com Grateful for @libbyapp.bsky.social

#publiclibraries and time to listen and read. #booksky

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Feb 2

Thank you. I will share the piece here once it's published later this month

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Feb 1

#onassignment today for @palabranahj.bsky.social

Sone families in #westernnorthcarolina are still struggling to recover from #hurricanehelene

#climatechange #extremeweather #writingcommunity #freelancejournalism

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 27

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 26

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 26

I usually have two audiobooks and two print books going at the same time. Do you read audiobooks or are these just print books?

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 26

What are your January reads? @mashagessen.bsky.social 's prescient work was my fourth book this month. "many of us were reduced to sharing only isolation" #booksky

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 22

#freelancewriters #californiafires #LAfires #mutualaid #extremeweather #writingcommunity #ASJA

ASJA Offers Emergency Funds for Freelance Writers in L.A. and Beyond - American Society of Journalists and Authors

Freelancers affected by the LA fires or other emergencies and meet ASJA professional members qualification can get up to $1,000

www.asja.org

Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 18

Thank you!!

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 18

Which #bronte book or biography of #charlottebronte do you reccommend I read next? As a lifelong reader and an English major, I'm surprised to say I'd never read Jane Eyre. loved it. #booksky Loving my #libbyapp #brontesisters

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 17

Delighted to work once again with the great folks at Plate Magazine on this story about #returningcitizens in the #restaurants industry.

Giving Formerly Incarcerated Workers a Second Chance in the Kitchen

In November 2024 Miguel Tapia, 48, was released from the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe after nearly 15 years behind bars on a drug-trafficking conviction.

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Allison Salerno @allisonbsalerno.bsky.social · Jan 13

#publiclibraries are the best. I need to read a chapter of an obscure herpetology book (is that redundant) and the closest copy is 95 miles away. No problem. Reference libriaran at my county library is ordering it via interlibrary loan. Gratis. #writingcommunity #freelancejournalist