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Alina Hartounian

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Supervising Editor, Newshub at NPR

Supervising Editor at NPR. @AP alum. Graduate of @columbiajourn and @UCIrvine

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  • 2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Alina Hartounian

    Miniatures are huge right now. Social media feeds are chock-full of people painstakingly re-creating tiny kitchens where they may cook button-size eggs over the heat of a tealight. Creators give tours of carefully crafted homes decorated with handsewn, postage-stamp-sized pillows. Some will swatch lipstick and eyeshadow from palettes too small for even Barbie dolls to use.

  • 1 month ago | opb.org | Alina Hartounian

    Rockalina the eastern box turtle enjoys the outdoors for the first time in nearly 50 years. Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina’s case was different. “Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ... And they sent us the photos, and my wife and I, our jaws hit the ground,” he told NPR. A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977.

  • Jan 23, 2025 | mprnews.org | Alina Hartounian

    For those who have ever found a cool stick and felt the impulse to show it off, there is an internet community of millions that wants to see it. "Stick Nation" is a worldwide movement that thrives on irreverent, fantastical and downright wholesome descriptions of sticks and the people who rank them. An account posting videos of people and their sticks has nearly 3 million followers on Instagram. On TikTok, it's known, appropriately, as StickTok.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | npr.org | Alina Hartounian

    For years, Tiptoe has been a beloved sight in Pacific Palisades, quietly tromping along sidewalks and growing a major social media following. But last week, he lost his home to wildfires.

  • Jan 14, 2025 | laist.com | Alina Hartounian

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Alina Hartounian
Alina Hartounian @ahartoun
19 Jul 23

RT @AP: This summer’s punishing heat wave has baked much of the U.S. in sweat-soaked misery. Here are some of the ways residents in metro…

Alina Hartounian
Alina Hartounian @ahartoun
23 May 23

RT @AP: They’re not fluffy, they don’t play fetch and they certainly don’t roll over. But the lap tortoise is a surprisingly warm low-maint…

Alina Hartounian
Alina Hartounian @ahartoun
23 May 23

Happy World Turtle Day! https://t.co/lduQ6GIkwY