Amanda Lindner

Journalist

Long Island, NY

Award-Winning Journalist and Activist

Amanda Lindner

Journalist

Long Island, NY

Award-Winning Journalist and Activist

Avodah Kansas City
Avodah is taking its national Justice Fellowship to America’s heartland. In winter 2018, the Avodah Kansas City Justice Fellowship, a joint collaboration of Avodah and Bend the Arc, will kick off its first cohort. The Avodah Justice Fellowship has become a sought-after opportunity for emerging Jewish leaders.
These Well-Known New Yorkers Give Back. Here’s Why.
Lin-Manuel Miranda distributed food to victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico this month. Carlos Giusti/Associated Press. After the post-Thanksgiving shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday, which kicks off the season of charitable giving. As The New York Times continues its Neediest Cases Fund campaign, we reached out to some prominent New Yorkers to ask them to name an organization to which they devote their resources.
The New York Times
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl: Why I Chose Avodah as My New York Times #GivingTuesday Pick
Avodah was featured in The New York Times on #GivingTuesday as one of several prominent organizations well-known New Yorkers are giving to this holiday season. Avodah is listed fourth in the article (under Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pick and a few others). Here’s what Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Avodah Board Member and Senior Rabbi at Central Synagogue, had to say about making Avodah her New York Times #GivingTuesday pick.
Digital Media Startup One Green Planet Launches Largest Vegan Food App With Over 5,000 Recipes
(Marketwired - February 29, 2016) - The biggest, baddest, most beautiful vegan recipe app is now available for food fanatics across Canada! The Food Monster App from One Green Planet, the leading digital media company for eco-conscious millennials, boasts the largest collection of meatless and dairy-free recipes that are sure to satisfy!
This is how all lions should live.
The endangered African Lion is one of the most majestic creatures on our planet. The king of the jungle, lions are the only cats that live in family units, and they have been revered throughout history for their courage and strength. Lions once roamed most of Africa and parts of Asia and Europe.
The Cruelest Animal Attractions Where Thousands of Tourists Are Unknowingly Paying for Abuse
According to a new report released by World Animal Protection, nearly all wildlife tourist attractions involve some form of animal abuse or conservation concerns and up to 550,000 wild animals are suffering in these venues. The report details the mistreatment of baby animals who are stolen from their mothers, beaten, and abused during training to break their spirits, in addition to other heart-wrenching examples that prove animal attractions are anything but fun for the animals.
This Business Woman Recycles Your Grandma’s Old Fur Coats Into Beds for Orphaned Animals
Lions, tigers, and bears – oh my! That was what EJ Toovey, who runs an estate sales business in Anacortes, Washington, was unpleasantly surprised to come across during her home visits to help families find new owners for the items and heirlooms of their lost loved ones. Due to the nature of her work, Toovey comes across dozens of fur coats, stoles, muffs, and even fur bow ties – which were once the epitome of high-class fashion.
80-year-old steals show at Long Island Lutheran prom
While the class of 2016 stepped onto the dance floor to shake off their final days of high school and spend an unforgettable night with their friends, perhaps the most popular dance partner of the night was the school’s beloved physics teacher, 80-year-old Audrey Hebling.
Newsday
Do Gun-Toting Cattle Ranchers Have a ‘Right’ to Pillage More American Land For Cows?
As you have probably heard by now, a band of gun-toting, angry cowboys overtook a federal wildlife refuge center in Oregon, January 1, 2016, to protest what they describe as a “tyrannical” control of public land. Yes, you read that correctly, an armed militia of anti-government cattle ranchers forcefully occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, threatening deadly force, after two cattle ranchers were ordered to serve additional time in prison for burning the protected land back in 2001 and 2006.
Funding to Crack Down on Illegal Ivory Trade Restored in Congressional Budget!
Congress cleared a year-end spending deal Friday, December 18 and the budget plan is a big win for elephants. Previous versions of the bill were laced with potentially disastrous consequences for animals, including a provision that would have blocked efforts to crack down on the illegal ivory trade in the United States.
One Green Planet
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Portals/29/press/2014/HousingOurHomelessHeroesPR.pdf
Legislator Steve Stern’s State of the 16th District Newsletter
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Portals/29/newsletter/2015/newsletter_stern_jan2015.pdf
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School Stops Autistic Student From Questioning Treatment
gratefulmom44 October 14, 2013 at 11:06 AM Timothy, your the one who seems to be ignorant of the education system as a whole. While I don’t believe that special education students bring the entire class down, I do believe that some may be in incorrect pla
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Amanda Lindner is an award-winning journalist and press aide who believes in using the power of the pen to improve the lives of others.

She is currently a news editor for One Green Planet.

Previously,she was a Press Aide for Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, in which she led media and communications for the government office. Amanda was the first Senior Local Editor for Patch.com in the country while working on Long Island, covering breaking news, business, crime, local politics, education, health and feature stories. Amanda wrote up to 10 articles a day for two hyper-local news websites, serving as the sole writer, editor, photographer, videographer and social media manager. Under her leadership, the sites grew to become two of the highest trafficked Patch.com sites in Suffolk County. In addition, one of those sites, Commack Patch, increased its Facebook fans by more than 1,000 in less than one year. Several of her stories, including a controversial school board ruling on disciplining an autistic child and the whereabouts of a missing man, reached viral status and were picked up by multiple national news outlets.

During her tenure as a staff writer for Long Islander Newspapers in Huntington, NY, she took on several investigative pieces, including the abuse of heroin on Long Island, a legal battle over a local church, and the sexual abuse of a teenage girl.

It was during that time that the New York Press Association named her the “Rookie Reporter of the Year” in its 2010 Better Newspaper Contest. The judges said that Amanda’s work represents what one would expect from a seasoned veteran reporter. “She tackles serious, hard news… she is an impressive talent… her enthusiasm for journalism is apparent,” the judges wrote in their statement.

An alumna of The George Washington University, Amanda graduated magna cum laude in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication. During her senior year, she served as Web editor for her college newspaper, The GW Hatchet. At that time, the paper received the Mark of Excellence Award for Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper and second place for Best Affiliated Website in region from the Society of Professional Journalists.

In addition to general news assignments, Amanda has particular interests in human rights, animal welfare, health and environmental issues. In 2012, she was one of eight GWU alumni selected to report in Berlin, Germany, covering sustainable business practices.

Amanda is available for freelance and long-term reporting assignments. She can be contacted at aelindner@gmail.com.