Shantal Riley

Shantal Riley is an award-winning freelance health and environmental reporter. Before graduating from the health and science program at Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, she worked as a print reporter in Newburgh, New York, where she spent several years covering the city’s “forever chemical” water crisis. Her work has been featured by Frontline PBS, NOVA PBS, the Washington Post Magazine, and WNYC/Gothamist, among other media. In 2022, Frontline’s Un(re)solved project, on which she was a lead reporter, won an Emmy for outstanding interactive media. Riley continues to cover environmental pollution and its impacts on communities of color.

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A reporter visits Flint a decade after the crisis began, and finds ample signs of lingering trauma

"After speaking to a handful of residents, I was certain of one thing: the water crisis had devastated their lives when it happened and, 10 years later, they were still coping with the terrible consequences."

Children & Families

Health Equity & Social Justice

The children of Flint, ten years later

They'll live with the consequences of the water crisis all their lives. They're angry, but also hopeful. And they've been a rallying point for the city.

Community Safety

Ten years later, what lessons have we learned from the Flint water crisis?

A new reporting project will look at how families have been impacted — physically, mentally and emotionally — by one of the largest public health emergencies in modern America.

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Shantal Riley

Articles

A reporter visits Flint a decade after the crisis began, and finds ample signs of lingering trauma

The children of Flint, ten years later

Ten years later, what lessons have we learned from the Flint water crisis?