jessica halstead, writer/audio producer
for sports illustrated weekly:
Baseball players are mic'd up, and having a blast
A false start and a fresh start for Devon Allen [as reporter & producer]
The assassination of a Manchester United hooligan
Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked as a child [as reporter & producer]
Dikembe Mutombo: Where are they now?
FIFA World Cup 2026: Party in the USA (and Canada, and Mexico)
for on point (wbur):
Why the U.S. is cracking down on international spyware [as producer]
The truth behind the mysterious ‘Havana syndrome’ [as producer]
A running scandal and the price of power at Nike [as producer]
Why science says you deserve to be happy [as producer]
Multi-level marketing companies and the disinformation they sell [as producer]
FOR business wars daily (wondery):
Essential oil giants battle for clout in Utah
Plant-based products go to the dogs
Organized crime has turned to the vitamin aisle
Everything old is new again…including baggy jeans
Satanic panic hits the shoe market
“Social shopping” platforms surge, making influencers rich
Bumble goes public and bans body-shamers
A casino chain bets it can hang with the big dogs of fantasy sports
The pandemic has made us obsessed with decluttering
Mcdonald’s poised to start chicken sandwich war two
for the world (gbh/prx):
Ukraine is wild about mushrooms — even during the pandemic [as producer]
Equity is front and center for Biden’s new COVID-19 task force [as producer]
Cuban rookie is lighting Major League Baseball’s post-season
Retired army commander: US institutions will ‘ensure a peaceful transition of power’ [as producer]
How Taiwan is battling coronavirus with tech, crowdsourced data, and trust [as producer]
Dictionary.com announces word of the year
Tokyo’s most boring Halloween party
Ants trapped in a bunker escape
French Olympic logo raises eyebrows
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price crowned the fastest woman in the world
For colorado public radio:
RTD scrambles to limit passengers and secure PPE as drivers stay on the frontlines
For Coloradans living or caring for people with disabilities, fears over COVID-19 run much deeper
for wcai & transom.org:
A Wampanoag life, shaped by both injustices and blessings
In a program for young offenders, kids take over the courtroom
for npr:
Denver teachers vote to authorize a strike
When the principal cancels school…with a song-and-dance number
On Capitol Hill, a hearing on gun violence prevention after 8 years
‘I can exist here’: On gender identity, some colleges are opening up
Furloughed college students get help during shutdown
Classic books are full of problems. Why can’t we put them down?
Anthony Bourdain day: Remembering the chef and documentarian [as producer]
Young baker takes his family to Disney on profits from cupcake sales [as producer]
Toronto superfan to sit courtside for Raptors’ historic game [as producer]
10 Missouri inmates receive associate degrees from university [as producer]
‘My kids are in survival mode’: A chat with 2019’s teacher of the year [as producer]
Sports arbitration court to decide limits for female testosterone levels [as producer]
for npr’s code switch podcast:
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