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Author Archives: Will Atwater

Will Atwater has spent the past decade working with educators, artists and community-based organizations as a short-form documentary and promotional video producer. A native North Carolinian, Will grew up in Chapel Hill, and now splits time between North Carolina and New Jersey, where he lives with his wife and two children. Reach him at watwater@northcarolinahealthnews.org

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Posted inFeatured

What’s coming in 2023 in NC’s health care scene? Here’s what we’ll be tracking.

by Will Atwater, Anne Blythe, Rose Hoban, Rachel Crumpler, Taylor Knopf, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven and Thomas Goldsmith January 3, 2023January 4, 2023
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What did you read on NC Health News in 2022?

by Rose Hoban, Will Atwater, Anne Blythe, Rachel Crumpler, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith and Taylor Knopf December 30, 2022January 4, 2023
A female doctor, wearing a white coat, purple shirt and black mask, with a stehascope drape over her shoulders, talks with a male patient in an examination room, who is wearing a blue t-shirt over a longsleeve red shirt and a while mask.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Both public and private agencies work to provide resources to support communities in the wake of climate change

by Will Atwater December 20, 2022December 19, 2022
Two men are standing down slope from a series of hog houses. One man is dressed in overalls and a cap and the other man has on a orange down vest. There are fluffy white clouds overhead.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

 From hogs to mushrooms: a family farmer fights to chart a new path

by Will Atwater December 6, 2022December 6, 2022
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Posted inEnvironmental Health

Sampson County is set to receive support in establishing an air quality monitoring program

by Will Atwater November 18, 2022November 20, 2022
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Posted inEnvironmental Health

Plastics pose a problem in waterways. Could chemical recycling be a solution?

by Will Atwater November 11, 2022November 16, 2022

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