Annmarie Fertoli
@annmariefertoli.bsky.social
Host, reporter, producer, editor, journalist. Alum @nbcnews.com @WSJ.com @wnyc.org @wfuvnews.bsky.social. Animal enthusiast. Food lover. Adventure-seeker. Loves a statement earring.
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"When you open me, you might be looking for a spot where someone, anyone, ideally the doctor, explains me to you. It gives me more pleasure than I care to admit that there will be none of that here."
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I’m Your Uploaded Bloodwork Results, and No, I Will Not Explain Myself to You
I’ve finally arrived. That’s right, it’s me, your bloodwork results, in your inbox three days after that chatty nurse couldn’t find your vein and l...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"When you open me, you might be looking for a spot where someone, anyone, ideally the doctor, explains me to you. It gives me more pleasure than I care to admit that there will be none of that here."
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A rare hybrid bird was identified as the first recorded natural occurrence of a green jay mating with a blue jay in the wild.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Rare colorful hybrid jay could be result of climate change, study finds
A backyard sighting has led to what researchers say may be the first hybrid offspring of a blue jay mating with a green jay.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A rare hybrid bird was identified as the first recorded natural occurrence of a green jay mating with a blue jay in the wild.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Such a great episode
Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Such a great episode
“Checking is a forced humility. The longer you check, the more you doubt what you think you know. We are constantly misunderstanding one another, often literally.” Great read.
Zach Helfand writes about fact checking at The New Yorker. “A joy of the job was that you became an expert for two weeks on some subject you’d never thought much about—rocket science, foreskin, sand.”
The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
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September 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“Checking is a forced humility. The longer you check, the more you doubt what you think you know. We are constantly misunderstanding one another, often literally.” Great read.
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"Email has become a crucible. I can no longer say 'Attached is the draft.' I must instead write, 'Enclosed—though, of course, enclosure itself is a problematic modality—please locate a text-in-process, emergent rather than concluded.'”
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Email has become a crucible. I can no longer say 'Attached is the draft.' I must instead write, 'Enclosed—though, of course, enclosure itself is a problematic modality—please locate a text-in-process, emergent rather than concluded.'”
Ode to Claire’s
Claire's was once a place where tween girls went to be tween girls. Now it's in trouble, @elcush.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/8D1ts6RS
August 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ode to Claire’s
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RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research @nbcnews.com
RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research
The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research @nbcnews.com
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My @nbcnews.com colleague Morgan Chesky is from Kerrville, Texas. On today's episode of Here's the Scoop, he shares what it's been like to cover this devastating story in his hometown with host Yasmin Vossoughian. We also hear from his mom, Karen. Listen here:
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Deadly Texas floods hit close to home for co-host Morgan Chesky
Podcast Episode · Here's the Scoop · 07/07/2025 · 18m
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July 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My @nbcnews.com colleague Morgan Chesky is from Kerrville, Texas. On today's episode of Here's the Scoop, he shares what it's been like to cover this devastating story in his hometown with host Yasmin Vossoughian. We also hear from his mom, Karen. Listen here:
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We launched a new podcast @nbcnews.com this week! Check out “Here’s the Scoop” - and join us next week for all new episodes!
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Here's the Scoop
News Podcast · Updated Daily ·
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June 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We launched a new podcast @nbcnews.com this week! Check out “Here’s the Scoop” - and join us next week for all new episodes!
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President Trump has repeatedly claimed that US strikes this weekend “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program – but an intelligence assessment suggests that might not be the case.
"Here's the Scoop" talks with our national security correspondent Courtney Kube about what’s in the report.
"Here's the Scoop" talks with our national security correspondent Courtney Kube about what’s in the report.
Is Iran’s nuclear program ‘obliterated’?
Podcast Episode · Here's the Scoop · 06/25/2025 · 14m
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June 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
President Trump has repeatedly claimed that US strikes this weekend “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program – but an intelligence assessment suggests that might not be the case.
"Here's the Scoop" talks with our national security correspondent Courtney Kube about what’s in the report.
"Here's the Scoop" talks with our national security correspondent Courtney Kube about what’s in the report.
Our first episode of "Here the Scoop" is out! Listen and subscribe.
Iran strikes back at a U.S. base in Qatar, and the latest conversations inside the West Wing.
Listen to this episode of the new daily podcast from NBC News, 'Here's the Scoop.'
Listen to this episode of the new daily podcast from NBC News, 'Here's the Scoop.'
Here's the Scoop
News Podcast · Updated Daily · "Here’s the Scoop" is your new favorite evening podcast from NBC News. In each daily episode, our rotating hosts, Yasmin Voussoughian, Morgan Chesky and Brian Cheung, will cut through the noise and br…
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June 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our first episode of "Here the Scoop" is out! Listen and subscribe.
Launching a new podcast tomorrow @nbcnews.com! Check out our trailer and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Introducing: Here's the Scoop
Podcast Episode · Here's the Scoop · Trailer · 2m
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June 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Launching a new podcast tomorrow @nbcnews.com! Check out our trailer and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their traps
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After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last.
Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Continue reading...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
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How did the world’s largest rodent become a media darling and an international symbol of unbothered calm and calamity? Gary Shteyngart reports from Japan, Argentina, Brazil, and Florida on the craze for the capybara.
How the Capybara Won My Heart—and Almost Everyone’s Else’s
It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ago.
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January 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How did the world’s largest rodent become a media darling and an international symbol of unbothered calm and calamity? Gary Shteyngart reports from Japan, Argentina, Brazil, and Florida on the craze for the capybara.
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Never forget that David Lynch once directed a PSA for the NYC Department of Sanitation youtu.be/FGl0XFOXrDM?...
PSA Nightmares: New York Department Of Sanitation - David Lynch Nightmare
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January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Never forget that David Lynch once directed a PSA for the NYC Department of Sanitation youtu.be/FGl0XFOXrDM?...
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Meet the cats that roam Rikers Island and the retired Corrections officer who cares for them.
Meet the Cats Who Roam Rikers Island
And the retired Corrections officer who cares for them.
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January 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Meet the cats that roam Rikers Island and the retired Corrections officer who cares for them.
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This year, it was hard to feel good about humans. Moo Deng, Crumbs, and Pilaf kept us sane.
The Animals That Made It All Worth It
This year, it was hard to feel good about humans. Moo Deng, Crumbs, and Pilaf kept us sane.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:02 AM
This year, it was hard to feel good about humans. Moo Deng, Crumbs, and Pilaf kept us sane.
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During the past decade, the study of English and history at the collegiate level has fallen by a full third. What’s going on?
The End of the English Major
Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country. What happened?
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November 28, 2024 at 10:21 PM
During the past decade, the study of English and history at the collegiate level has fallen by a full third. What’s going on?
Here I am on Bluesky. Just getting started!
October 5, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Here I am on Bluesky. Just getting started!