A newspaper "beat" is a specific subject that a reporter covers intently, from small happenings to major developments. This news blog covers three separate beats (fisheries, environment and immigration) and their occasional intersection. The "etc." category allows for periodic coverage of issues outside these beats. Please join the conversation by posting a comment.
Take the ThreeBeats Challenge: Find a news story involving all ThreeBeats: fisheries, environment and immigration. Send your name and a link to the story in an email to reporter.evans@gmail.com Include a short explanation of how the story fits the challenge, and I will post the story and your comments in my next blog.
is a freelance journalist and aspiring author. She writes about fisheries, environment and immigration issues while living in Massachusetts and trotting around the globe. Evans is a former staff writer for The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Mass. She has written for Cox News Service, National Fisherman Magazine, Inc Magazine, Boston Magazine and Harvard Business School.