Writing — Courtney Balestier

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"Coal Is Dying—Coal Country Doesn't Have To: Creating the Post-Coal Economy in Appalachia" (Series), Co.Exist

Photo by Elaine McMillion Sheldon.

"In Search of the Hillbilly Highway" (Part I), Model D Media

Photo: West Virginia and Regional History Center, WVU Libraries

"Another Side of Appalachia," The New Yorker Online

Photo by Aaron Blum.

"The Bar Where Nobody Knows Your Name," Punch

Illustration by Laura Breiling.

"Add to Cart," Wired

"The Best American Fruit You've Never Eaten," Bon Appetit Online

"Lagos Or Bust," Gravy

Photo by Rush Jagoe.

"Let Us Now Retire the Whiskey Woman," PUNCH

Illustration by Maddie Edgar.

2016 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award finalist.

"Pepperoni Rolls Are an Edible Piece of West Virginia History," Vice Munchies

Photos by Courtney Balestier.

"Grown Ups," Lucky Peach

Cover photo by Eric Medsker.

"Common Ground," Oxford American

"Late Lunch," LuckyPeach.com

Gif via luckypeach.com.

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