Changing the Course of a River
Documentary series, Ideastream Public Media Sept. 19 – Oct. 17, 2022
2023 Edward R. Murrow Award, Region 7, radio news series (large market)
For nearly 100 years, the Mahoning River was the dumping ground for the steel mills. But in the decades since the mills closed, the river has been recovering. Now people want to connect the river to the communities through which it flows. Can the river now help them remake the Mahoning Valley into a great place to live? The five stories in our series give you an idea of what’s possible.
The Rural Doctor is In
NPR-affiliate WKSU Oct. 8, 2021
2022 Radio Television Digital News Association’s National Edward R. Murrow Award, radio news documentary (small market)
2022 Public Media Journalists Association Award, 1st place, short documentary (Division B)
There aren’t enough doctors in rural America. But more could be on their way soon. In this audio story and article, I focus on the new generation of future doctors who relearning to practice medicine in rural places where many people have chronic conditions worsened by poverty and distance from health care providers. In Columbiana County, medical students and residents are learning from one doctor who still makes house calls.
Looking Inside the “Keep Forever” Box
WKSU 89.7. May 1, 2020
Over the past few years, the May 4 Visitors Center has received many new artifacts from people who were on campus in 1970 and their families. Memorabilia from the victims of the tragedy, as well as photographs and personal items from witnesses awaiting context and reflection.As the campus prepared for the 50th commemoration, WKSU’s Amanda Rabinowitz and Kent State University journalism professor Jacqueline Marino worked with journalism students to start creating audio reflections of these “Fragments of May 4.” Working in teams, they interviewed people connected to these artifacts to discover the stories contained in seemingly ordinary objects: two photographs, a plaque, some bullets and a box marked “Keep Forever.”