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Interactive: The Anatomy Of Human Tissue Profits : NPR

Interactive: The Anatomy Of Human Tissue Profits : NPR

Explore how much medical facilities pay for body parts commonly used from tissue donors.

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Survey Shows Uncertainty In Reporting Suspicious Activity : NPR

Survey Shows Uncertainty In Reporting Suspicious Activity : NPR

At airports, train stations and other public places across the nation, the Department of Homeland Security's …

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What Is Black Lung? : NPR

What Is Black Lung? : NPR

An investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity found federal regulators and the mining industry …

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Grandmother In High-Profile Shaken Baby Case Has Sentence Commuted : NPR

Grandmother In High-Profile Shaken Baby Case Has Sentence Commuted : NPR

A California grandmother convicted of shaking her 7-week-old grandson to death will not return to jail, becau…

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The Sept. 11 Trial: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Web Of Connections : NPR

The Sept. 11 Trial: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Web Of Connections : NPR

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Once Routine, Autopsies Now Scarce At U.S. Hospitals : NPR

Once Routine, Autopsies Now Scarce At U.S. Hospitals : NPR

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7 Best Facial Tissues and Kleenex of 2023

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By Alicia Cypress
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Updated June 8, 2023 Whether it’s allergies, a cold, or something worse, when you’re standing in a store and staring at all those colorful boxes wondering which to buy, chances are, you won’t go wrong. Most tissues do what they’re made to do. But as anyone who’s grabbed a tissue on their way out of a doctor’s office, or from a box on a random office desk, sometimes the mass-produced supply-store tissues can be a bit weak or scratchy.
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Coravin Pivot makes wine preservation easy for consumers

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By Alicia Cypress
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Good wine doesn't come cheap, and it's always disheartening if you can't commit to emptying a bottle before it spoils. So when Coravin, an innovative leader in wine preservation, launched a more consumer-accessible device—the Pivot, and its counterpart, the Pivot+—with promises to extend the life of your everyday wines for up to four weeks, I jumped at the chance to try it.
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The Best Wine Fridges of 2021

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By Alicia Cypress, Julia MacDougall
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Credit: Reviewed / Betsey Goldwasser The Wine Enthusiast 32-Bottle Dual-Zone MAX is the best wine fridge we tested. ADVERTISEMENT How We Tested Credit: Reviewed / Betsey Goldwasser The Vinotemp and Wine Enthusiast wine refrigerators rose to the top of our list after testing for temperature, capacity and build.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first professional job was writing for a small sports paper in Irvine, Calif., while still in high school.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I used one until high school, but I skipped over the entire "word processor" movement and went directly to an Apple and then a PC.

How is social media changing news?

It's not only creating a higher level of reader engagement, but it's helping increase accountability.

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duPont Award from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism

2015 - Outstanding Public Service

Award honors NPR's "Guilty And Charged" series: http://www.npr.org/series/313986316/guilty-and-charged

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Peabody Award

2012

Honored as part of the team for the NPR's series Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families. http://www.npr.org/series/141763531/native-foster-care-lost-children-shattered-families

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Goldsmith

2012

NPR's "Poisoned Places" series co-reported with the Center for Public Integrity was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize. http://www.npr.org/series/142000896/poisoned-places-toxic-air-neglected-communities

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Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism

2012 - Audio

NPR's Post Mortem "Child Cases" stories, in partnership with PBS Frontline and ProPublica received the award; while our Native Foster Care series received an honorable mention.

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Investigative Reporters and Editors Award

2011 - Multiplatform Large

The Post Mortem series was awarded, and Poisoned Places series was a finalist.

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