The Appalachian Voice has covered environmental, outdoor and cultural news in the Appalachian mountains since 1996. We provide thorough and well-researched journalistic news coverage to fit a niche not often covered by standard news media.
Due to the economic and public health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, The Appalachian Voice shifted to online-only publication in the summer of 2020. Prior to then, we and our dedicated team of distributors delivered more than 76,000 free copies of the print edition of The Appalachian Voice to a broad spectrum of readers in locations that span eight states.
The Appalachian Voice newspaper was first published in the winter of 1996, as a publication of the Sierra Club Southern Appalachian Highlands Ecoregion Task Force. A year later, the club grew into the environmental organization Appalachian Voices, which has continued the publication of The Voice to today.
The mission of The Appalachian Voice is to provide factual information about environmental concerns in our region, as well as to share the beauty and value of our mountains with the public.
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Molly is from the Midwest, where she earned journalism and religious studies degrees from the University of Missouri and wrote for several newspapers and magazines. She also holds an executive education certificate in Environmental Communication through Duke University. Molly served two years with AmeriCorps Project Conserve at Appalachian Voices, assisting with print and online communications, before joining the staff in 2013 as editorial communications coordinator. She is currently the organization’s director of program communications. Since 2016, she has also served as editor of Appalachian Voices’ wide-reaching publication The Appalachian Voice.
editor [at] appvoices.org
Lorelei holds a B.S. from East Tennessee State University in interdisciplinary studies with concentrations in journalism and environmental science. Her journalism experience includes editorial positions in lifestyle and education, as well as news reporting and feature writing. She is an alumna of the Marine Biological Laboratory Logan Science Journalism Fellowship.
She served as an intern with The Appalachian Voice while earning her degree and continued writing for the publication as a freelancer until joining the team in January 2023. Lorelei has lived in the Appalachian region for nearly three decades. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, hand drumming and volunteering at city and state parks. She holds certifications as a yoga instructor, a drum circle facilitator and a Tennessee naturalist.
lorelei [at] appvoices.org
Megan is a recent graduate from Appalachian State where she studied journalism and Spanish. She was born in Raleigh, N.C. but has spent the past four years in the mountains of Boone. In her free time, Megan enjoys spending time outdoors, painting, writing and hanging out with her pet guinea pig. Megan has been passionate about the environment from a young age, and she’s very excited to put her writing skills to use at App Voices to inform the public about environmental concerns and sustainable practices in an effort to protect the Appalachian region she cherishes.
megan.pettey [at] appvoices.org
Meredith, or “Mayzie,” grew up in the intentional community known as The Farm outside Nashville, Tenn. The community works to help insure that all people have access to clean water, sanitation, nutrition and livelihood, a philosophy at the core of her life’s work. Mayzie received a nursing certificate from Caldwell Community College and is also a certified community herbalist. She co-owned an eco-friendly fair trade store in Boone, N.C. More recently, she worked with the nonprofit organization Go Conscious Earth in the Democratic Republic of Congo to document and facilitate the installation of five clean water wells that now serve 10,000 people. Mayzie lives on a portion of 165 acres she helped preserve along the Blue Ridge Parkway, where she has raised her three children, Lydia, Rory and Charly.
mayzie [at] appvoices.org
Jamie has over 20 years of experience in print and online media. She helped establish two award-winning community newspaper websites; co-founded the Boone-based community newspaper, High Country Press; created and edited the popular SHOUT! nightlife magazine; and served as Webmaster and co-chair of the Web Advisory Council at Appalachian State University. As senior communications coordinator for Appalachian Voices, Jamie filled the role as editor of The Appalachian Voice for six years, and now serves as a consulting editor to the team. She is a self-taught computer geek who has a serious soft spot for all creatures great and small–plant, animal, or otherwise.
jamie [at] appvoices.org