Skylar Baker-Jordan is a journalist at The Independent. With a passion for both Appalachia and England, Skylar writes about public education, school administration, and cultural movements, blending insights from both regions. Their work has been featured in notable publications such as Mental Floss, Yahoo News, and the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
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Skylar Baker-Jordan's coverage predominantly focuses on LGBTQ+ rights and political matters, particularly within the United States. Given this focus, Skylar would likely be interested in receiving pitches from experts or individuals who can provide insights into legal and policy developments related to LGBTQ+ issues, as well as perspectives on political events with a particular emphasis on how they impact the LGBTQ+ community.
In addition to seeking out sources with expertise in politics and government affairs, Skylar also covers evolving stories and cites data. Therefore, he may be receptive to pitches that offer unique angles or new data-driven insights into ongoing social or political issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community in the US.
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By: Skylar Baker-Jordan, Dylan Lovan
Kentucky’s rules limiting number of healthcare professionals able to diagnose black lung makes applying for compensation by miners increasingly difficult. Currently, the entire state has one pulmonologist legally qualified to assess for the disease.
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Skylar Baker-Jordan June 20, 2024 How can a book be filled with broad generalizations, cynical misrepresentations, and ill-defined parameters — yet still feel true?
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Vance and I are both Appalachians from the same working-class backgrounds, born at the same time to eerily similar families. Yet our views — and our reactions to this attempted assassination — couldn’t be more different
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We are both Appalachians, with eerily similar working-class backgrounds which JD Vance wrote about in his bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy. Yet, says Skylar Baker-Jordan, our views — and our reactions to this attempted assassination — couldn’t be more different
By: Skylar Baker-Jordan
We are both Appalachians, with eerily similar working-class backgrounds which JD Vance wrote about in his bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy. Yet, says Skylar Baker-Jordan, our views — and our reactions to this attempted assassination — couldn’t be more different
There is nothing Papaw Jordan likes complaining about more than property taxes. It infuriates him that the government can make him pay for a piece of property he owns, the only home he has in a country where — from colonization to the the “manifest destiny” of westward colonial expansion, […]
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Vance’s family connections to rural Kentucky could be good for the region, some say. Others say the senator, vice presidential candidate, and memoirist has claimed mountain roots while perpetuating stereotypes of Appalachia.
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From an attempted assassination and an historic withdrawal from the race, the 2024 election has already had more twists and turns than an Aaron Sorkin screenplay. I should be forgiven, then, for how emotionally invested I became in the veepstakes. I did not imagine ever caring this much about running […]
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Of the many culture shocks I experienced moving from Ohio to the remote eastern Kentucky county of around 10,000 people my grandmother’s family calls home, none was greater than the stark contrast in schools. The district I grew up in, just outside of the Dayton city limits, was by no […]
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Right-wing groups can speak on ETSU's campus with no waivers or trigger warnings, while the painting "Evolution" by Joel Gibbs got both.
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