Brie Zeltner

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Rachel Dissell and Brie Zeltner, participants in the 2018 National Fellowship....

This reporting is supported by the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship. 

A new project from The Plain Dealer will listen to the voices of Cleveland children sharing what it's like to grow up, play, go to school and live in this city — and what needs to change. But some early reader responses have been troubling.

This reporting is supported by the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship.

This reporting is supported by the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship.
Other stories in the series include:
Dear Cleveland: To learn, you first have to listen

Birth attendants can positively affect outcomes for mothers and infants. But access to them is often out of reach for low-income and minority women, who have the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality.

Christin Farmer knew she wanted to help women have babies at 16, when she watched an episode of TLC's "A Baby Story" and saw a midwife with a birthing center delivering babies.