Claire Murashima Claire Murashima is a production assistant on Morning Edition and Up First.
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Claire Murashima

Claire Murashima

Production Assistant, Morning Edition and Up First

Claire Murashima is a production assistant on Morning Edition and Up First. Before that, she worked on How I Built This, NPR's Team Atlas and Michigan Radio. She graduated from Calvin University.

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Some of the reusable items to avoid single use plastics. Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption

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WEEK OF NO PLASTIC 1

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A bride and groom partake in a church wedding ceremony, circa 1960s. H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images hide caption

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The 'Morning Edition' series 'The Sumer of Love' begins with a look at marriage

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Women no longer have to make the first move on Bumble, the dating app that was launched in 2014 with the goal of putting more power in the hands of women. Nikos Pekiaridis/Getty Images hide caption

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Women no longer have to make the first move on Bumble. Will it make the app better?

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Monday

Artists UMI (left) and Louis VI (right) teamed up with the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live to re-release songs with nature sounds for Earth Day. Ryusei Sabi, Orson Esquivel. hide caption

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Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it

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Experts and creators weigh in on TikTok voice. compiled by NPR/Natalya Toryanski, Adam Aleksic, Rishika Vinnakota, Daniel Grinspan, Ashley Warren hide caption

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Do you have 'TikTok voice'? It's OK if you don't want to get rid of it

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Thursday

Top: Dawson Crisman, Kati Yau, Jonathan Boer, Bottom: Issy Kagan, Ryan Kachnowski, Sarah McCall Compiled by NPR/Dawson Crisman, Kati Yau, Jonathan Boer, Issy Kagan, Ryan Kachnowski, Sarah McCall hide caption

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Young voters focus more on issues than candidates in 2024 presidential election

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Friday

We asked insiders to weigh in on the trends that will shape the internet in 2024 Grace Cary/Getty Images hide caption

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Less oversharing and more intimate AI relationships? Internet predictions for 2024

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Friday

Spotify Wrapped endures despite privacy concerns surrounding the data it collects from users. Screenshot by NPR/Spotify hide caption

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Why your brain finds Spotify Wrapped so irresistible

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Tuesday

Jon Batiste unveiled his first symphonic composition, American Symphony, at New York's Carnegie Hall on September 22, 2022. An eponymous documentary by Matthew Heineman follows his life with his wife. Netflix hide caption

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Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of 'two extremes' in American Symphony

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Friday

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Should my Halloween costume include a fake scar? This activist says no

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Wednesday

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Breaking down the TikTok hype behind this preppy Dallas boutique for tweens

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Tuesday

Kayla Crum (left) with her sister and two-time cancer survivor Ella Beckett (right) in August 2018. Kayla Crum hide caption

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One sister survived cancer. Five years later, the other one is still processing it

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Wednesday

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 12: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) speaks during a news briefing after a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on July 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House GOPs held a conference meeting to discuss their agenda. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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'I think chaos is the operative word,' says Rep. Mark Alford on McCarthy's ousting

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Tuesday

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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) waits to speak during a news conference following a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol March 22, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Sen. Mark Kelly says Biden impeachment talks are 'a distraction and a waste of time'

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Thursday

England's striker Chloe Kelly celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final match between England and Germany on July 31, 2022. Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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As the Women's World Cup gets underway, a look at the history of the sports bra

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The last class session with students from Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro, Ukraine, and science and engineering students from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo. Kenneth Osgood hide caption

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Unlikely connection: college students in Ukraine and the U.S. form a bond

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