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Anna Maria Barry-Jester's Blog
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Many studies are fuzzy on race. Here’s why that’s a problem
“We need to think of race as a proxy for racism, rather than race as a proxy for biology," says... more »
posted 10/02/18
Maps are powerful tools for revealing health disparities
Maps can spotlight striking geographical patterns in health and pinpoint the questions your... more »
posted 09/19/18
California’s weak rules on lead leave families few options amid housing crisis
A family with a young child in Los Angeles found dangerous levels of lead in their rental. But... more »
posted 08/03/18

Anna Maria Barry-Jester's Work
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Lesson: For powerful series on deep health disparities in South’s Black Belt, a reporter marries data, history and moving life stories
A FiveThirtyEight reporter on how she tackled an ambitious series on a huge, overlooked health crisis.
Project: The health care system is leaving the Southern Black Belt behind
The Southern region referred to as the Black Belt is one of the most persistently poor in the country, life expectancies are among the shortest, and poor health outcomes are common.
Project: Patterns of death in the South still show the outlines of slavery
Maps of the modern plagues of health disparities — rural hospital closings, medical provider shortages, poor education outcomes, poverty and mortality — all glow along this Southern corridor.