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  In the final episode of this season of The Lead, GPB News’ Cross Platform Managing Editor Wayne Drash joins to discuss his methods for speaking with sources who have recently been affected by a tragedy. Plus, he shares inside details from the work that earned him an Emmy award, where he followed…

Listen closely — Camilla Sims, known as Convict Julie, tells an intimate story through each verse, chorus and bridge. From the honest and haunting “Dark Matter” to the punk-trap think piece “Drive Bys on Tractors,” Sims channels her innermost vulnerable feelings into every song she writes.  For the 22-year-old musician,…

Soft music playing, a young boy and girl laughing and chasing each other through the colorful aisles, an older couple sitting at the bench by the door sharing a classic, rows upon rows of novels of all different sizes and genres, the smell of paper, and the promise of a…

Alexia Benavent-Rivera left a part of herself in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico when her family, unable to survive in the declining tourist economy, sold its three-building shopping center, packed up and moved to the United States in the summer of 2006.  Benavent-Rivera remembers bawling at the airport as she said goodbye…

  In this episode of The Lead, freelance culture and entertainment reporter Jewel Wicker joins to reflect on the trends we’re seeing in the culture and entertainment journalism industry, and discusses how she prepares for interviews with celebrities and with people who have little to no media exposure. Plus, her…

  As more Americans begin to understand the insidious nature of racism and discrimination faced by Black Americans, little attention has been given to the impact of racism from the very beginning of Black Americans’ lives. Research shows, however, that structural and interpersonal racism experienced during the first 18 years…

  The recent general and special elections in Virginia resulted in a red wave across the state. Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, putting Virginia in the GOP’s hands for the first time in over a decade. With Georgia’s upcoming midterm elections, Democrats and Republicans alike will use Virginia…

  Jeremy Miller has been acting in Athens since 2009. Even though now he has multiple duties in different areas and also self-published two children’s books, when he talked about acting and performing, his voice was still full of enthusiasm and caring.  “If I think of myself as an individual…

  The automatic sliding doors open with a whoosh. Books are neatly stacked on the hold shelves, waiting for readers to come and retrieve them. The stairs take you up to rows upon rows of books of all different sizes, some skinny, some wide, some heavy tomes. Bright lights illuminate…