Barbara Laker

A native of Kent, England, Barbara Laker graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and worked for several newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Dallas Times Herald. In 1993 she joined the Philadelphia Daily News, where she has been a general assignment reporter, an assistant city editor, and an investigative reporter. She is the mother of two.

Articles

Community & Public Health

Danger: Learn at your own risk

Many Philadelphia schools are incubators for illness, with environmental hazards that endanger students and hinder learning.

Environmental Health

Jana Curtis and two of her children walk past one of many construction sites in their river ward neighborhood.

Environment & Climate

In booming Philadelphia neighborhoods, lead-poisoned soil is resurfacing

Breakneck construction in Philadelphia has unearthed a toxic legacy, coating playgrounds and backyards with dangerous levels of lead dust.

Environmental Health

Environment & Climate

State Sen. Hughes finds money to help fight Philly's lead paint scourge

This article was produced as a project for the National Health Journalism Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Other stories in the series include:
Philly's shame: City ignores thousands of poisoned kids

Environmental Health