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Flurry of federal activity around grants impacts local researchers, study on cannabis advertising

KAZU | By Elena Neale-Sacks,
Amy Mayer
Published February 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM PST
A wooden sign that reads "University of California Santa Cruz" that marks the entrance to UCSC's campus.
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The sign at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus.

In today's newscast, the recent flood of executive orders and federal funding changes has upended the work lives of many people across the country–including researchers at UC Santa Cruz. Plus, a study on cannabis advertising shows much of it is attractive to teenagers, who aren't legal customers.
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Elena Neale-Sacks
Elena is an Emmy award-winning researcher, reporter, and producer. Before joining KAZU, they worked as a podcast producer at The Oregonian. Their reporting and research has been featured on NPR, KQED, Netflix, Reveal, CalMatters, and more. Elena is an alum of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UC Santa Cruz.
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Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.
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