Eleanor Skelton

2 weeks ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Eleanor Skelton

Environmental activists in the Pikes Peak region started working to rid the water supply of “forever chemicals” like PFAS, PFOS, and PFOA nearly a decade ago, but the contamination had been happening for over 50 years. Journalists Sharon Usdain and Rachel Frazin’s new book, “Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America,” published in April, seeks to expose the damage done by corporate greed in overlooking illness and deaths caused by PFAS.

Dec 10, 2024 | eleanorskelton.com | Eleanor Skelton

Being a freelance writer means that I write many different types of things. I wrote this TV show recap for a client on Upwork March 1, 2022, right after the episode aired. On The Walking Dead Season 11, Episode 11, Alexandrians are finding out that once again, the newfound community they have in the Commonwealth is not as safe as it first seemed. Detective EugeneEugene (Josh McDermitt) reports his girlfriend Stephanie (Chelle Ramos) missing after she fails to show up to their ice cream date.

Mar 26, 2024 | baptistnews.com | Eleanor Skelton

It’s been more than a year since a man armed with an A-15-style rifle walked into a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and opened fire. It was Nov. 19, 2022, the day before Transgender Day of Remembrance. Club Q was the first LGBTQ nightclub I ever went to, when I first came out back in college. I am a nonbinary, neurodivergent bisexual person assigned female at birth. My sexuality and gender identity are an important part of my identity, especially since most of my life, I was told it was a sin.

Nov 30, 2023 | eleanorskelton.com | Eleanor Skelton

Port Arthur native, inspirational speaker and ex-convict Damon West told his story of battling addiction and being paroled after receiving the equivalent of a life sentence in prison to West Brook High School students Monday, Nov. 13. “Whatever your circumstances are in life, no matter where you came from, or what you’ve done, there’s a chance you can become a better version of you,” West said during his opening remarks to the student body.

Nov 21, 2023 | eleanorskelton.com | Eleanor Skelton

This story was originally published in the Southlake Independent on June 6, 2022. I’ve reposted the original version here since the Southlake Independent’s website is no longer online. Lori Cerami wants no other family to lose their child to drowning. Her 13-year-old daughter Elise, a student athlete with the North Texas Natadores, drowned during swim practice June 20, 2016. Cerami established Swim4Elise, a nonprofit foundation, to honor her.