Audio Documentary Weekend Intensive Aug 1-3, 2025
Led by Isaac Kestenbaum, Director of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, hosted and supported by Torchlight Media. Learn more/register at torchlightmaine.com. Sliding scale.

Is there a support group for writers who often turn in drafts to their editors that are over word count? Asking for a friend who consistently got in trouble in elementary school for not being able to summarize and who would like to include the story of this pic but sadly cannot. #StillGotIt #Details

An AI eye contact technology has been created to make it look like we are making eye contact via Zoom, etc., rather than staring at our own reflections/distractions.

It's a beautiful day, *technically* so you shouldn't have any time to read this. Maybe later, though? michelechristle.substack.com/p/something-...

Who knows what this is? Don’t guess—it’s an otolith from an #AmericanEel What a sight to behold! Such mystery contained within. I’m not saying that staring at otoliths will stop fascism but it’s a great palate cleanser.

It's time to talk about my "t" key and why technically, I no longer have a laptop. michelechristle.substack.com/p/yeah-righ

This month's newsletter is an ode to convenience stores I've visited at night in the past week. Subscribe for free or for $. michelechristle.substack.com/p/i-was-driv...

The story I wrote about a Passamaquoddy eel conservation initiative got a shout-out in Sam Sifton's NYT Cooking newsletter yesterday. I'm chuffed + pumped that this story—which is just as much about Wabanaki sovereignty as it is about eels—is making it to an even bigger audience.