What pulls Gary Schwitzer from sleep at 3 a.m. these days is a mixture of personal and professional worries. Personally, Schwitzer is aggrieved by his battle with board members of his homeowners association, who he said have resisted his recommendation for residents in his Twin Cities condo complex to wear masks. Professionally, it’s journalism, specifically…
Kathleen Greeson had been photographing her brother’s recovery from attempted suicide for nearly a year when the coronavirus pandemic confined them each to their homes in Tennessee and Georgia. In trying to find some way to continue her work from a distance, Greeson found the basis for her “Safe at Home” documentary series: video chat…
National Public Radio is creating a new journalism hub in the Midwest that will emphasize investigative reporting and underserved communities in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. The hub, funded through a $4.7 million grant from philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt, means that these states will get an infusion of money while two huge news events…
Matt Furber is used to being told “no” for man-on-the-street interviews. But Furber, who writes for The New York Times as a freelancer, was caught off guard when a man saw him writing on his reporter pad inside of Cup Foods in Minneapolis, where 46-year-old George Floyd had been killed by police earlier that week.…
Should I make the 15-hour drive? How often would I have to stop for gas or food? How many touch points would that entail? If I do fly, what will the airport terminals be like? Will I get my own row on the plane?