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‘I Just Want to Exist With my Family’: To children with eating disorders, support from family during pandemic is essential
COVID-19 Coverage
April 4, 2022
‘I Just Want to Exist With my Family’: To children with eating disorders, support from family during pandemic is essential
“I think parents can’t comprehend that kids as young as 9, 10, 11 could have eating disorders. They totally can,” says Robin Staub-Grundstein, a licensed dietitian and a certified pediatric and adolescent weight management specialist at Healthy Habits Nutrition Consulting in Athens. For Lynn Wilson, from Calgary, Alberta, symptoms of…
ANNOTATED: How A UGA Physicist Builds On A Century Of Knowledge To Research The ‘Impossible’
Doing Journalism
April 1, 2022
ANNOTATED: How A UGA Physicist Builds On A Century Of Knowledge To Research The ‘Impossible’
Quantum computers have the power to make calculations that would take our current technology thousands of years to perform, but how are they made? Why are they important? And how does the language we use help our readers join in the conversation? Science journalist Alaina O’Regan answers these questions and…
The Lead: Ken Foskett on Why the Public Needs Open Records Requests
Doing Journalism
March 30, 2022
The Lead: Ken Foskett on Why the Public Needs Open Records Requests
Ken Foskett recently retired from his role as a senior editor for investigations at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and he has no shortage of stories to tell. He led a reporting team that investigated open records violations in Atlanta, which led to the first-ever criminal investigation of open records violations in…
The Lead: Max Blau on Practicing Radical Transparency In Interviews
Doing Journalism
March 23, 2022
The Lead: Max Blau on Practicing Radical Transparency In Interviews
Max Blau is an investigative reporter covering health care, public health, and the environment for ProPublica’s South unit, and during his career as a journalist, he has investigated people, corporations and government agencies that have caused harm in their communities. He joins this episode of “The Lead” to discuss the…
ANNOTATED: Behind the Scenes of Newsource at 5
Doing Journalism
March 18, 2022
ANNOTATED: Behind the Scenes of Newsource at 5
On Monday and Wednesday evenings, students in the Newsource broadcast capstone class create Newsource at 5. Over the course of each half-hour show, the broadcast journalism students watch the television packages they’ve spent the day assembling, take turns serving as the anchors and critique their work after the show. However,…