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Whitney Shefte

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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The New York Times, MSN, Estadão, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, Infobae, SFGate, Stuff.co.nz, Chron, Flipboard and
Senior Video Journalist @NYTimes. Former SVJ @WashingtonPost.
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They Fought for the Voting Rights Act. Now They’re Fighting Its Unraveling. They Fought for the Voting Rights Act. Now They’re Fighting Its Unraveling.

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By Bethlehem Feleke , Ben Laffin, Whitney Shefte 
| The New York Times
new video loaded: They Fought for the Voting Rights Act. Now They’re Fighting Its Unraveling. Back They Fought for the Voting Rights Act. Now They’re Fighting Its Unraveling. At just 8 years old, Sheyann Webb-Christburg marched for Black voting rights in Selma, Ala., alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Now, as Southern Republicans race to redraw voting maps before the midterm elections, Webb-Christburg and other Black voters are protesting what they fear is the erasure of their voices.
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Inside The Old Skydiving Plane Hunting Drones in Ukraine Inside The Old Skydiving Plane Hunting Drones in Ukraine

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By Michael Adams , Whitney Shefte , Dzvinka Pinchuk
| The New York Times
new video loaded: Inside The Old Skydiving Plane Hunting Drones in Ukraine Back Inside The Old Skydiving Plane Hunting Drones in Ukraine As Russian drones overwhelm Ukraine’s vast air defenses, civilian volunteers are stepping in to take them down. The New York Times takes flight with a crew that’s turned an old skydiving plane into a drone hunter. Inside this old skydiving plane, a crew of Ukrainian volunteers is hunting down Russian drones.
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Video: The Impact of Trump’s Slipping Approval Rating Original

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By Tyler Pager , Claire Hogan , Whitney Shefte , Stephanie Swart
| The New York Times
new video loaded: The Impact of Trump’s Slipping Approval Rating The Impact of Trump’s Slipping Approval Rating After months of holding steady, President Trump‘s approval rating has dipped over the past several weeks, according to a New York Times analysis of public polling. By Tyler Pager, Claire Hogan, Whitney Shefte and Stephanie Swart December 7, 2025
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