Hi! I’m Jeremy and a digital producer here at WITF.
What’s that mean? Well, it means I produce digital things. Some of those digital things might be photos or videos that accompany a reporter’s story. A photo or video post you see on our Facebook or Instagram pages.
If you see a story posted on X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit or another social media platform, that was me too. If you use the NPR One app you’ll hear me intro-ing WITF’s stories.
In my free time, I enjoy riding my bike with friends, relaxing with a good book or watching a good television show or movie.
This year, WITF Digital Producer Jeremy Long had to opportunity to accompany reporters on many of their assignments and take photos. Here are some of his favorites from the year.
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Father Roman Oliinyk, 47, priest at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in McAdoo, Schuylkill County, center, leads the worldwide rosary prayer on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022.
A church in Schuylkill County, that has deep ties to Ukraine, held a prayer vigil when Russian attacked Ukraine in early 2022.
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More than 30 people gathered outside of the state Capitol on May 3, 2022 to protest the leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would reverse Roe v. Wade.
When a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion leaked that the court would overturn Roe v. Wade, dozens of people headed to the state Capitol to voice their opinion.
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Liliya Chekh works on a lesson as Laura Stammberger, a volunteer English teacher, teaches English to Ukrainian refugees at Bethany Slavic Church in Ephrata on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
WITF reporter Gabriela Martinez spent time with a family that escaped the war in Ukraine and was trying to start a new life in Lancaster County. Part of that journey was attending English classes at a Slavic church in Ephrata.
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The graves of Anna Vereskin (left) and Lottie Soreech (right) as the Office of Army Cemeteries prepare to disinter eight Native American graves at the Carlisle Barracks on June 10, 2022. There children were students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School operated by the Department of the Interior until 1919.
The U.S. Army’s Office of Cemeteries conducted a fifth disinterment at the Carlisle barracks that was once home to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The remains for seven Native Americans were returned home.
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Charles Fuller oils a bike chain on a bike at Lebanon Bicycle Recycle in the basement of St. James Lutheran Church on March 23, 2022
Members of the Honor Guard carry the casket of U.S. Army Private First Class Donald Born who went missing during the Korean War but was recently identified. He was laid to rest at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Aug. 30, 2022. (Jeremy Long/WITF)
Lancaster County resident Donald Born was finally laid to rest this summer after his remains were identified.
Elijiah Cross of West & Ward performs as part of the latest installment of WITF Music.
Joe Barszowski, left, Joe Mattis, back, Jess Zimmerman, center, and John Knobler, right, of the Jess Zimmerman Band perform on WITF Music on June 7, 2022.
People protest outside of the Berks County Residential Center on Dec. 7, 2022.
The U.S. government announced it intended to close the Berks County Residential Center early next year, but would not be releasing the women detained there. Several groups gathered outside the facility to call for the release of those detained.
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Lebanon City firefighters salute as the hurst that is carrying the body of Lt. William Lebo, who was killed in the line of duty on March 31, 2022, passes by on April 2, 2022. Two other officers were also wounded.
Lebanon City Police Officer Lt. William Lebo was shot and killed in the line of duty in March. Thousands of people turned out to pay their respects as his body was returned to Lebanon County.
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The annual snow geese migration at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on March 3, 2022
Every year the snow geese migration bring thousands of visitors to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area.
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Travis Peters, 22, a senior chemical engineering major with a minor in environmental engineering, and Jonathan Fisher, record data from Infiltrometers to test how fast water infiltrates the ground in Middletown on Friday, July 22, 2022.