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Reporting Strategies

Man watering his farm.

How I reported on the silent battle over nitrate pollution in Nebraska’s water

My eyes opened wide when I saw the nitrate reading on this family’s drinking water well — at 30 parts per million, it was far above the safe drinking water standard set by the EPA.

Environmental Health
 A patient using a pulseoximeter in the hospital

How I learned that low-income patients are left out of health tech — and health tech reporting

A van ride through LA with a street medicine team gives a reporter a whole new sense of the health challenges facing low-income patients.

An image of Zachary Chafos, dressed as Mr. Incredible, at his Maryland home

How a veteran Post reporter solved the data puzzle for story on young patients stuck waiting for psychiatric beds

William Wan of The Washington Post explains how he reported his remarkable story on the agonizing waits some children face when seeking mental health help in ERs.

Image of East Boston community neighborhood before and after construction.

To understand a neighborhood’s health disparities, you first need look at its history

Why did so few people know the story of Boston's Wood Island Park? A reporter sets out to remedy the fact.

People standing in a queue to collect their meal

A deeper understanding of trauma proves essential for reporter telling the story of an unhoused woman

How was I going to find enough details to rebuild the life of an unhoused woman who had a small support network?

Housing and Homeslessness
Jen Christensen working from her home office.

Our webinars proved vital to journalists covering the pandemic after newsrooms shut down

When reporters across the country suddenly found themselves on Zoom instead of in the newsroom, the Center's "Covering Coronavirus" webinar series stepped in to help.

Greta Johnson with her son Jack Hays, at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, where he has spent more than a year. Jack’s story was central to reporter Hannah Furfaro’s Seattle Times series on the youth psychiatric boarding crisis.

What I learned while reporting about youth in psychiatric crisis

I’ve spent my career writing about youth. But Jack and his family graciously let me into their lives in a way that few have before.

Mental Health
Vax school sign test.

Coronavirus Files: Seniors bear the brunt of brewing surge; misinformation runs rampant (Test)

<p>The CDC is distributing almost $4 billion in public health grants, but community organizations that work in underserved areas say they’re being left out.</p>

Coronavirus
A dining area inside the Maternal Health Diversion Program’s interim housing.

A new diversion program for LA’s incarcerated pregnant people looks promising, despite scant data

A unique program in Los Angeles County focuses on getting pregnant people out of jail and into housing where they are supported during and after their pregnancy with services.

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