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August 2018

Navigator

Tips for acing your first week on the job

This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  Wilson Liévano is...

Aug 21, 2018
Health

Faced with dangerous chemicals in water, residents plead for EPA action

EXETER, N.H. — Whenever Chris Clark entered the science lab at the University of Massachusetts, he was always careful....

Aug 17, 2018
Democracy

Pushing back against an attack on our democracy

This column originally appeared in GroundTruth’s newsletter. You can subscribe here.  BOSTON — When Donald Trump started his populist war...

Aug 17, 2018
Democracy

What happens when local news disappears?

WASHINGTON — After 17 years covering the Maryland counties just outside the nation’s capital, editor Judy Hruz was “devastated”...

Aug 16, 2018
Fellowships

War Children

War Children: How Iraq is creating a new generation of ISIS Babies crawl along cinder blocks in Shahama...

Aug 13, 2018
Rights

Anime fans and anti-fascists gear up for hate rally in D.C.

WASHINGTON — Kimberly Merani first started volunteering at Otakon, one of the country’s largest anime conventions, in 2011...

Aug 10, 2018
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Navigator

Six tips for breaking into podcasting

This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  Milan Polk is...

Aug 07, 2018
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Aug 02, 2018

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