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witf's Real Life | Real Issues is a multimedia series devoted to providing several angles on a single issue of interest to Central PA each month. The goal is to provide in-depth coverage of the topic on all witf media, including witf 89.5 & 93.3, witf TV, Central PA Magazine and witf.org. Real Life | Real Issues also engages listeners, viewers and readers on witf's Facebook and Twitter accounts to discuss the issues with members of the community.

Thursday, 12 May 2011 04:50

Communities adjust to natural gas drilling's impact

Written by Tim Lambert, witf Multimedia News Director

(Undated) -- In his budget address two months ago, Governor Corbett pledged to make Pennsylvania the Texas of the natural gas boom. "Let's make Pennsylvania the hub of this boom," he said. "Just as the oil companies decided to headquarter in one of a dozen states with oil, let's make Pennsylvania the Texas of the natural gas boom." That's because…

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Tuesday, 03 May 2011 10:00

Biggest thing since the CA gold rush

Written by Tim Lambert, witf Multimedia News Director

The business owner stood and looked at the two reporters. "This is the biggest thing since...the California Gold Rush!" he said. He was referring to the boom in natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation in the Williamsport area. Others may not agree, since many feel the impact drilling may have on the state's environment may not be worth the big…

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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:49

Working with Cancer

Written by Joel Washok

After you’re diagnosed with cancer, there can be a lot running through your mind: how did this happen, how far has it progressed, am I going to survive? You might also wonder, how am I going to continue working? Cancer is difficult as it is, but trying to work through treatment just adds to the difficulty, and that’s what Pat…

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Tuesday, 19 April 2011 13:36

Life in the Time of the Marcellus

Written by Jonathan Squibb

Devonian fossil (see below for description/credit)

While the Marcellus Shale is in the news today because of what it contains, it may be helpful to explain what it is. The Marcellus rock layer is mostly shale that settled on the bottom of an inland sea around 390 million years ago in the Middle Devonian epoch, over a period of about 2 million years. Today’s Allegheny Plateau…

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Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:47

RLRI: witf staffers experience dealing with cancer

Written by Tim Lambert, witf Multimedia News Director

(Harrisburg) -- witf's Facing Cancer Together is an interactive, multimedia effort to connect the stories and lives of people touched by cancer. Since it just launched this week, witf's Tim Lambert got to thinking about the people around him and how they might have been impacted by the disease. Cancer has had an impact on Lambert's family. His late mom survived breast cancer when…

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Biggest thing since the CA gold rush

Working with Cancer

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