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Monitor Daily Podcast

July 05, 2024
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Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation

Don’t skip past the news, but a feature story deep in today’s Daily might be just the balm you need. Bonus if you like birds. It’s about a program that advances the fine art of ornithological illustration.

For detailed depictions of our avian friends, you might look to John James Audubon or any number of specialist photographers. Generative artificial intelligence could render you a bird clutching sparklers and wearing a tiny Monitor hoodie.

Stephanie Hanes’ story, with photos by Melanie Stetson Freeman, is a celebration of creativity and craft, of new art in the service of science – of deep observation and hand-drawn beauty.


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Today’s stories

And why we wrote them

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Bureau of Economic Research

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Today’s news briefs

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Karl Bischoff, a rancher and a lumberjack, stands on land that has been in his family for six generations, in Celista, British Columbia, April 23. He is organizing a volunteer fire brigade after the area was heavily burned in 2023.
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Patterns

Tracing global connections
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Relatives of Nepalis killed in Ukraine after being recruited into the Russian army under false pretenses light lamps during a vigil ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Courtesy of Charlotte Holden
A watercolor by Charlotte Holden, one of the artists in the Bartels Science Illustration Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York, was used on the 2023 mug sent to members of the Ornithology Lab.

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Diana Ross performs at Michigan Central Station June 6.

A Christian Science Perspective

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George Floyd leads the Fourth of July parade in Hingham, Massachusetts, as Uncle Sam. Mr. Floyd has played the role for a number of years, with the honor being given to an older person in town who has been active in civic activities. His stylish costume has been passed down among Uncle Sams for many years.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris and Jacob Turcotte. )

A look ahead

Thanks for dropping in between a big U.S. holiday and the weekend. We’ll be back next week with a wrap-up of the Supreme Court’s consequential session and Round 2 of Iran’s presidential election. 

Our “Why We Wrote This” podcast returns with a new episode next Friday. Meantime, here’s an encore presentation of a listener favorite: a conversation with veteran staff photographer Melanie Stetson Freeman

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