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Lesson: Haunted by child deaths, a reporter shares lessons for coping with tough assignments
When reporting on trauma and death, strategies for coping become essential.
Project: Children in Peril, Part 3: Child Abuse
Arkansas ranks high in child abuse, deaths. COVID-19 has made it worse, officials say.
Project: Safety steps in pandemic cloak abuses
Arkansas Children’s Hospital saw an increase in the number and severity of child-abuse-related cases last year, a troubling pattern in a state that had high rates of child maltreatment before the onset of the covid-19 pandemic.
Project: State's 2 agencies studying abuse cases unique
Arkansas is the only state in the country in which two separate state departments conduct non-criminal investigations of suspected child maltreatment.
Project: Hot line calls screened first
This is what happens when the hot line receives a report of alleged child maltreatment, according to interviews with Arkansas State Police and Arkansas Department of Human Services officials, state documents and state webpage.
Project: Children in Peril, Part 2: 'One suicide is too many'
Kids need help, frank talk, experts say.
Project: Children in Peril, Part One
Arkansas child gun-death rate among nation's 10 highest. Toddler Tacari Briggs was one of the youngest.

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Evictions are rising in Connecticut. What does it mean for the mental health of kids?
As the number of evictions rises, a new reporting project will look at the mental health effects... more »
posted 07/25/22
Is Arkansas conducting adequate investigations when children die?
Arkansas has a child mortality rate far higher than the national average. Is the state doing... more »
posted 10/22/19

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Lesson: Haunted by child deaths, a reporter shares lessons for coping with tough assignments
When reporting on trauma and death, strategies for coping become essential.
Project: Children in Peril, Part 3: Child Abuse
Arkansas ranks high in child abuse, deaths. COVID-19 has made it worse, officials say.
Project: Safety steps in pandemic cloak abuses
Arkansas Children’s Hospital saw an increase in the number and severity of child-abuse-related cases last year, a troubling pattern in a state that had high rates of child maltreatment before the onset of the covid-19 pandemic.