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The Lead: Alex Crevar on Finding a Travel Journalism Niche
Alex Crevar moved to the Balkans in the 1990s and has been reporting from ...
The Lead: Scripps News’ Alexandra Travis on Telling Black Stories on Screen
Alexandra Travis works to tell stories that have gone uncovered. As a documentary producer ...
The Lead: Kelsey Coffey on Knowing What Drives You
Kelsey Coffey gets up at 2:30 a.m. every day to deliver the morning news ...
The Lead: UGA’s Dodie Cantrell-Bickley on the Bright Future of Broadcast Journalism
Dodie Cantrell-Bickley was taught the importance of a free press from her mother, who ...
The Lead: Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Savannah Sicurella, Tyler Wilkins on Starting Out in Business Journalism
Savannah Sicurella and Tyler Wilkins are both recent UGA journalism alumni, making careers in ...
The Lead: The Current’s Margaret Coker on reviving an investigative news desert
Margaret Coker has covered stories from 32 countries on four continents, working for The ...
The Lead Special Episode: What the Hackathon, Featuring Adam Levin
Misinformation. Deepfakes. Scams. None of these are going away, and we need tools to ...
The Lead: UGA’s Moni Basu On the Power of Storytelling
In her 40 years as a reporter, Moni Basu has learned how to tell ...
The Lead: NPR’s Joe Shapiro on Covering Disability Rights, Finding Voices for Radio
In his more than 20 years at NPR, Joe Shapiro has written stories on ...
The Lead: NPR’s Elissa Nadworny on Reporting Internationally
Elissa Nadworny likes to cover higher education because she sees it as a gateway ...
The Lead: B. “Toastie” Oaster on Telling Native Stories
Toastie Oaster’s first-ever feature made them a finalist in the 2023 National Magazine Awards. ...
The Lead: The Houston Chronicle’s Brady Stone on Reaching Readers
Stories don’t always make their way from reporters to readers on their own. Sometimes ...
