Reporting Strategies

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.