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Good morning, Sunriser readers!

Checking in from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I’ve spent the past week in the company of journalists from all over the West. It’s been an incredibly generative week, hearing how they think about and report in their communities — from Buffalo restoration on the Wind River Reservation to migrant shelters in northern Mexico.

At times our meetings can feel really dark, talking through stories of people and issues intentionally cast aside, thrown into shadow, often by people and policies those affected have no say in. But there’s a hopefulness that comes from knowing these stories won’t go untold.

Some of you may have left last night’s screening of “Stripped for Parts” with similarly conflicting feelings, and though I couldn’t be there, I heard it was a great e