High Country News Up Close & Personal @highcountrynews
High Country News Up Close & Personal  @highcountrynews
Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
An all-star cast of former and current High Country News editors and writers discuss the ups and downs that have shaped HCN and its coverage of the changing West.

Grit, sorrow, laughter, anger, trouble and triumph — they’ve experienced
the works, and they are eager to join you for a scintillating, one-hour
conversation in celebration of our 50 years on the planet.

High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western United States. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
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High Country News Up Close & Personal

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