Egill Karlsson

Episode Soundbit by Egill Karlsson

In this episode, I'm heading to West Union, Doddridge County's capital, to explore how the recent gas boom has impacted everyday residents. Come with me, as I talk to a business owner, a sheriff, and a principal, among others.

In this second podcast episode, where the topic of hydraulic fracturing is explored through the eyes of Doddridge County, West Virginia, I pay a visit to two residents who say the industrial activity in the county is destroying their home, county, and state.

In this fourth, and last episode, I'm meeting up with an inspector for a gas processing company in Doddridge County, and heading north across the state line to Canonsburg, Pennsylvania to talk to a veteran natural gas sales director who's worked all across the world.

In my first episode, I want to understand the fundamentals of this controversial gas extraction method; its history, function and why it's equally lauded and contested.

In this fourth, and last episode, I'm meeting up with an inspector for a gas processing company in Doddridge County, and heading north across the state line to Canonsburg, Pennsylvania to talk to a veteran natural gas sales director who's worked all across the world.

In this episode, I'm heading to West Union, Doddridge County's capital, to explore how the recent gas boom has impacted everyday residents. Come with me, as I talk to a business owner, a sheriff, and a principal, among others. This podcast series is a part of a master's degree project in journalism. For additional information, video, photos, timeline and more, visit: https://egill-karlsson-k9fd.squarespace.com

Welcome to my first episode of a four-piece podcast series on horizontal hydraulic fracturing, sometimes called ''fracking''. I will be exploring the topic through the eyes of Doddridge County, WV, where the gas industry has transformed the residents' quality of life, whether for better, or for worse. In my first episode, I want to understand the fundamentals of this controversial gas extraction method; its history, function and why it's equally lauded and contested. This podcast series is a part of a master's degree project in journalism. For additional information, video, photos, timeline and more, visit: egill-karlsson-k9fd.squarespace.com

In this second podcast episode, where the topic of hydraulic fracturing is explored through the eyes of Doddridge County, West Virginia, I pay a visit to two residents who say the industrial activity in the county is destroying their home, county, and state. This podcast series is a part of a master's degree project in journalism. For additional information, video, photos, timeline and more, visit: egill-karlsson-k9fd.squarespace.com