I’m fortunate to be part of a team of dedicated reporters and editors with deep experience—and we’re still growing! ➡️ lookouteugene-springfield.com/hiring/

I’ll be covering wildfires, industrial pollution, and more. If you have a story idea, let’s connect! 📧 ashli@lookoutlocal.com

I relocated from Seattle to the Willamette Valley last summer—my first move driven by personal reasons rather than work. It feels serendipitous to find a local newsroom launching that shares my journalism values: putting people first in the most consequential stories affecting our community.

This week, I started as the Environment and Public Health Correspondent at Lookout Eugene-Springfield, a community newspaper that's digital.

✨ We officially launch on April 10! ✨➡️ lookouteugene-springfield.com

Meet our 2025 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award finalists The Southern Environmental Law Center is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Presented each year, the Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve ...

Humbled to be a @selc.bsky.social Reed Writing Award finalist. EtO stories are complex & emotional to report. Grateful for @mlk50memphis.bsky.social editors, @wendicthomas.bsky.social & Adrienne Johnson Martin, and their thoughtful support to this work. www.southernenvironment.org/news/meet-ou...

Contributor @ashliblow.bsky.social has been covering issues with Velsicol for @tnlookout.bsky.social for three years and has a big update:

Velsicol’s defunct Memphis plant may become environmental trust   • Tennessee Lookout Velsicol, a legacy polluter that manufactured pesticides, proposes to hand over its 83-acre defunct facility in North Memphis to Tennessee.

Velsicol’s cleanup is 20+ years in the making. The Memphis plant’s 2012 closure lagged nationwide action spurred by Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" published in 1962. Advocates & residents hope public institutions will finally hold the company accountable. tennesseelookout.com/2024/12/11/v...

A Google earth image of the consolidation pile.

If TDEC accepts a settlement from the company, the state will be left to determine what to do with wide-ranging contamination including a baseball diamond-shaped pile of hazardous waste and a fluctuating groundwater plume of chemicals beneath it.

Image: 2024 RCRA Application

Velsicol’s defunct Memphis plant may become environmental trust   • Tennessee Lookout Velsicol, a legacy polluter that manufactured pesticides, proposes to hand over its 83-acre defunct facility in North Memphis to Tennessee.

Big development in the 3-year Velsicol investigation at
@tnlookout.bsky.social ⬇️

The company’s proposal to transfer into an environmental trust follows recent questions from regulators and attorneys about mismanagement and potentially fraudulent activity. tennesseelookout.com/2024/12/11/v...

This thing on? We've probably met on other platforms ... if not, hi I'm Ashli 👋 Independent journalist who covers climate adaptation, pollution abatement, wildland fire management, and so, so, so much more.

If you're an editor looking for pitches, I'm open for commissions!