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Benny Becker

Beckley, Kentucky, West Virginia
As seen in: NPR, KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO), WLRN-FM (Miami, FL), KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA), KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA), WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA), WOSU-FM (Columbus, OH), WVXU-FM (Cincinnati, OH), KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO), Louisville Public Media and
Human earthling lifeform. Past audio journo & @niemanfdn fellow. Now learning/working my way into healthcare. Also @bhebecker on bluesky & elsewhere

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Summer 2020 Archives | Nieman Reports

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By Benny Becker, Tyler Cabot, Gustavo Gorriti, Selymar Colón
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As the coronavirus pandemic wears on and the racial justice movement in the U.S. continues to amplify in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, American society — and American newsrooms — are faced with urgent challenges as well as opportunities for change. How are news organizations covering this unprecedented time, and how are journalists managing the trauma and stress associated with that work?
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In Appalachia, radio reporter Benny Becker focuses on letting people narrate their own stories | Nieman Reports

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By Benny Becker
| Nieman Reports Verified
Chauncy Easterling watches murky water seep into a stream feeding into Panther Creek near his Appalachia home Benny Becker/Ohio Valley Resource In my proposal for the new Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism, I made one core commitment — to spend a lot of time on the road listening to people who want to share their stories, and to making sure that their words are the foundation of whatever I would end up crafting.
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Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells and the Legacy of Fossil Fuel Extraction

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By Benny Becker
| The Allegheny Front Verified
The Easterling family, Chauncy, Melissa and Timothy, in their living room. Photo: Benny Becker / Ohio Valley ReSource This story comes from our partners at Ohio Valley ReSource, a regional journalism collaborative reporting on economic and social change in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. “You seen that one with the tombstone up there?” seven-year-old Timothy Easterling asks, looking toward the grass just uphill from his home.
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