100 Days in Appalachia is seeking a knowledgeable, creative and motivated part-time copywriter and audience engagement strategist to help shape the editorial voice and social strategy for our award-winning publication in online and social media. The ideal candidate has a talent for crafting stylish headlines and copywriting with experience in […]
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Editor’s Note: Below are a series of photos taken by West Virginia photographer Rebecca Kiger at Jacob’s Ladder, a residential addiction recovery program run by Dr. Kevin Blankenship in the rural community of Aurora, West Virginia. The men featured in the photo series attended the farming-based rehab and are the subjects of the 2018 feature-length documentary “Recovery Boys,” directed by Academy Award nominee and West Virginia native Elaine McMillion Sheldon. “Recovery Boys” can be viewed on Netflix and is […]
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Ken Ward Jr. is a genius. No, really. Last month he was named a recipient of the 2018 MacArthur Foundation fellowship, affectionately nicknamed the ‘genius award.’ For more than 25 years, Ward has been a journalist in West Virginia at both the former Charleston Gazette and the current Charleston Gazette-Mail. […]
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Ever wonder what it’s like to be a reporter on Capitol Hill? It can be a rough and tumble place, says 100 Days in Appalachia’s D.C. correspondent Jan Pytalski. “It’s highly competitive and hugely dependent on who you know,” Pytalski says. “The climate can be hostile and it takes a […]
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Writer/historian Elizabeth Catte has her own interpretation of what’s going on in Appalachia today and it’s far different from the total gloom perspective laid out by J.D. Vance in his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.” iHeartRadio’s Scott Widemeyer interviewed Catte on her 2018 book “What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia,” a […]
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