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July 2022

Programs seek to give kids facing trauma and poverty a better future by wrapping the whole family in services (centerforhealthjournalism.org)

Even when a resource is in their own backyard, people often don’t take advantage of it. That’s not the case for Children’s Institute in Watts. The organization offers early childhood education and mental health programs for kids and parents, and their new building is emerging as a community center. The organization operates under the principle that children’s development is intertwined with their caregivers’ wellbeing, which is in turn influenced by their community. To learn more about what...

Former LA gang members teach journalists and doctors about the value of second chances (centerforhealthjournalism.org)

Image: (Photo by ChrisAnna Mink) That same morning Maria was shot, I heard Father Greg Boyle tell a group of reporters that gang violence is “really a public health issue,” and society needs to use the right words for the problems to find solutions. He was talking to a group of journalists with USC Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship on a sunny morning in the bustling, noisy courtyard of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries , a gang...

Reporters’ Explosive Takedown Investigation of Harvey Weinstein (rollingstone.com)

Author: To read Daniel Kreps' article, click, ‘She Said’: See Trailer for Film About Harvey Weinstein Investigation – Rolling Stone TWO REPORTERS’ INVESTIGATION into the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein — a story that helped spread the #MeToo movement — is the focus of the upcoming movie She Said , arriving in theaters on Nov. 18. The film stars Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan as Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the real-life New York Times investigative reporters that headed the...

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