Andrea de Leon

@WeMakeWAMU @wamu885 This is such sad news

This morning, @wamu885 management informed us they are laying off 15 vital people from our organization. These individuals are the lifeblood of our journalism. Our hearts are broken. We can’t believe we are losing our colleagues and friends.

@PSLiterary Sometimes it is the best drug ever. Other times my brains leak out my ears. Drip by drip.

Does writing energize or exhaust you?

Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states npr.org/2022/11/08/113…

@JaneLindholm Hot pepper and lemon?

I’m drying herbs before the next hard frost and thinking of infusing some of our honey. Which flavor(s) sound best to you? * Double lemon (🍋verbena and 🍋 balm) * Sage * garden mint * Rosemary mint

@PSLiterary Night of the Living Rez

What's the last book you recommended to a friend?

Hey - if you're a public radio reporter you probably qualify for the public service loan forgiveness program. And if you've worked at a station for a few years but weren't enrolled, you have until ***MONDAY*** to get those past payments counted towards the program.

Canada prevents drug overdoses with supervised use sites for addicts : NPR npr.org/2022/10/15/112…

@PSLiterary The Macbeths. Been in there since we read it in 9th grade

What literary couple still lives rent free in your head even if it's been years since you read their book?

@ceciliaclyra Her drug addicted brother. She will do anything to get him away from the dangerous influences in his life

At the start of your story, who exerts the most influence over your MC? And how so? #WritingCommunity

@pauldoiron butter or olive oil?

My first and last cat video. Dinner time at the chez.

Yet again, our climate team at @NPR is hiring. This time we are looking for an experienced audio journalist with serious climate chops as our next Senior Climate Editor. More info in the thread 1/ recruiting.ultipro.com/NAT1011NATPR/J…

@jenchung @Gothamist Best of luck, Jen. I hope you land somewhere great.

Some personal news: I'm leaving @Gothamist and New York Public Radio, effective July 15, 2022.

@Janet_Reid My librarian mom beat “youse” out of me. Too bad!

I use guyz. I'm not sure if anyone else does, but it works for me.

5 people dead at Tulsa medical building, in the 233rd mass shooting of 2022 npr.org/2022/06/01/110…

@LZats Could you talk about the etiquette of querying and meeting with multiple agents who request the full? What are the expectations agents have for authors around that?

@BrianMannADK Long Cove Point and Muscongus Bay, Maine.

Needing beauty today. I don't often do this, but - here's an invitation. Please share an image of your beautiful place. ❤️🛶 #adirondacks #wildness #backcountry

@aropeik @agwaterdesk @TeganWendland Woot! Let’s get that coffee🍂🪷

!!!!👇@npr

@Deggans Ain’t over yet.

There may not be a media story that has made me feel so good, recently, as this one. loom.ly/jMxgvW4