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NPR’s Elissa Nadworny on Reporting Internationally

Elissa Nadworny likes to cover higher education because she sees it as a gateway ...

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B. “Toastie” Oaster on Telling Native Stories

Toastie Oaster’s first-ever feature made them a finalist in the 2023 National Magazine Awards. ...

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The Houston Chronicle’s Brady Stone on Reaching Readers

Stories don’t always make their way from reporters to readers on their own. Sometimes ...

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Ryan Prior on Uncovering Stories About Health and Disability

Ryan Prior has been interested in telling stories about health, science and disability since ...

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UGA’s Denetra Walker on Creating Change Through Social Justice Journalism

It’s Denetra Walker’s second semester teaching at the University of Georgia, and she’s just ...

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Atlanta Magazine’s Kamille Whittaker on Recording Black History

Kamille Whittaker’s career is intimately intertwined with the Black Press, starting with her time ...

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Grist’s Lylla Younes on Environmental Storytelling

Lylla Younes’ work has had an impact. Her work mapping cancer-causing industrial pollution in ...

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Paul Glader on Getting Out of the Office

Paul Glader’s reporting has taken him all over, from California to Sweden and Germany. ...