Max Tendler
Digital News InternMax Tendler is from Durham, North Carolina, and is attending Duke University as a Freshman majoring in English and minoring in Journalism and Creative Writing. She loves public speaking, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and reading The Power Broker, by Robert Caro. Max was previously Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper, and she applied for the Youth Reporting Institute to improve her story-crafting skills and serve her community with the most effective and compelling journalism possible.
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The plea from Audubon N.C. follows a study last year that estimated more than 1 billion birds are killed in collisions with buildings in the U.S. annually. It cites artificial lights at night and reflective windows as causes — they confuse birds that use the light from stars to migrate. -
The event occurs once every five years, and can be attended as a reenactor or visitor. -
Likening it to a metal bubble wrap, AMM says their "composite metal foam" design can make almost any metal or alloy 100 times more energy absorbent, three times lighter, more radiation resistant and 7.5 times longer-lasting in extreme heat fires. -
Every 15 days, someone is killed on Durham’s roads. Max Tendler talked to pedestrians at busy Durham intersections to see how they felt walking around the city without a car. Then, she spoke with the people designing plans to make Durham safer.
