This Is Newsworthy

A place for practicing editorial illustration by artist Liz Volpi. I'll be posting art inspired by articles periodically until I hit 100.

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Five Tips For Birdwatching In Austin

Article from Austin Monthly. Illustration 11/100.

Spot illustration for the final tip, #5: Listen

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Five Tips For Birdwatching In Austin

Article from Austin Monthly. Illustration 10/100.

Spot illustration for Tip #4: Learn to use your binoculars

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Five Tips For Birdwatching In Austin

Article from Austin Monthly. Illustration 9/100.

Spot illustration for Tip #3: Meet others who enjoy birds too

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Five Tips For Birdwatching In Austin

Article from Austin Monthly. Illustration 8/100.

Spot illustration for Tip #2: Learn the common birds of your area

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Five Tips For Birdwatching In Austin

Article from Austin Monthly. Illustration 7/100.

Spot illustration for Tip #1: Get prepared to see birds

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Juanita Craft Helped Integrate the Texas State Fair—And Inspired the Next Generation of Civil Rights Activists

Article from Texas Monthly. Illustration 6/100.

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Melting Mountain Glaciers May Not Survive The Century

Article from Wired. Illustration 5/100.

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8 Easy Ways To Stop Weight Gain, According To Health Experts

Article from Eating Well. Illustration 4/100.

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How Today’s Unions Help Working People. 

Article from the Economic Policy Institute. Illustration 3/100.

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Discarded Covid-19 Masks and Plastic Gloves Are Killing Wildlife

Article from SmithsonianMag.com. Illustration 2/100

Please clip mask bands before discarding in waste receptacles!

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What cities will be most affected by climate change?

Article by Mic.com. Illustration 1/100.

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Instacart Lays Off 2,000 Workers

Note: I originally shared this on my Instagram on 01.24.2021. It felt important to keep these sources saved together somewhere, hence the existence of this blog post. See below for links to sources.

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Vice News: Instacart Layoffs. https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9deg/instacart-says-it-will-lay-off-all-of-its-unionized-workers

The Verge: Instacart Unionization https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122632/instacart-workers-union-vote-succeed-gig-worker-economy-labor-activism

Business Insider: Labor Unions “Necessary” https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-unions-might-be-necessary-2015-10