Above the Fray Fellow @NPR.org - formerly @onthemedia.bsky.social & The Takeaway at WNYC | 🇨🇿/NM/ATX/NYC |https://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3mrpxn6mszs2oNew from me today on @npr.org's Short Wave science pod: Meet the shark nannies who are hatching shark eggs, sent from aquariums around the world — from Atlanta to Australia — to help restore wild leopard shark populations around a group of islands in Indonesia. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-cooler-of-eggs-and-a-bold-plan-to-save-leopard-sharks/id1482575855?i=100077861954228 Jul 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpxn6mszs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3mlbetebccc2pCheck out my latest story for @npr.org out today! While it works in mobile, open it up on a bigger screen to get the full experience of the incredible photos from Claire Harbage as we take you through the the nickel mining areas of Sulawesi, Indonesia. https://apps.npr.org/indonesia-nickel-mineral-mining/07 May 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbetebccc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3mkyjw4qsv22qOof did not expect the Devil Wears Prada 2 to hit so close to my own existential dread of billionaires and AI destroying the journalism industry. At least there’s some recognition out in the mainstream right? 🥴04 May 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyjw4qsv22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3mkpqjmrais2vMy latest for @npr.org about the how the nickel boom in Indonesia is impacting the health of locals, like the 21-year-old mother, Putri, that I spoke to. https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5801422/dirty-nickel-the-health-costs-of-mining-in-indonesia Take a listen!30 Apr 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpqjmrais2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3mjmpknve222rI haven't posted in a while, but I wanted to share my latest from NPR as part of the Above the Fray fellowship. I traveled to Indonesia's new capital being built in the forest of Kalimantan (Indonesia's Borneo island) to see how the progress is going. Take a listen! https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/g-s1-117409/indonesia-capital-nusantara-future-faces-doubts-present16 Apr 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmpknve222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3lvh2dx6fls2dOnce again, @onthemedia.bsky.social has served up some critically important and poignant interviews. It’s a must listen this weekend. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?i=100072027574402 Aug 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvh2dx6fls2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3luacidmlss2wWhelp they did it. After nearly 60 years of bipartisan support of local public radio, both houses voted in favor of cutting CPB funding. Rural stations will be the most impacted and we’ll start to see stations shuttering as soon as this fall. Donate to your local stations 😢 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3luacidmlss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3lu5znlfybk2fCPB has been under attack by Rep. Admins since it was created in 1967 - but it has survived bc there were always Republicans who recognized that free local news was important for their communities. What a dark day. The bill goes to the House next. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/nx-s1-5469904/npr-pbs-cuts-rescission-senate-vote17 Jul 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5znlfybk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3ltzaf6fzbc2mI happen to be in D.C. today so I made an appointment at the Library of Congress to hunt down some archival audio tape from 1959 that I’ve been searching for for a year! Wish me luck! 🤓15 Jul 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzaf6fzbc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerinabarton.bsky.social/post/3lfi2tj6wfc2pThis month marks 5 years working at WNYC (on and off) and what better way to celebrate that than to help produce this episode about the important work public radio stations are doing across the country (I produced a whopping 5 interviews for this episode!) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?i=100068353286611 Jan 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:l2k7giw3a4pt2ws2ynyytqfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfi2tj6wfc2p