Josie Taris
Josie Taris left her home in Fayetteville in 2014 to study journalism at Northwestern University. There, she took a class called Journalism of Empathy and found her passion in audio storytelling. She hopes every story she produces challenges the audience's preconceptions of the world. After spending the summer of 2018 working in communications for a Chicago nonprofit, she decided to come home to work for the station she grew up listening to. When she's not working, Josie is likely rooting for the Chicago Cubs or petting every dog she passes on the street.
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As protests surged in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a former Minneapolis police officer, governors and mayors in more than 20...
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Cities around the country are facing pressure to reform their policing and take a hard look at systemic racism. Minneapolis announced the intent to...
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Writing poetry in this moment of civil unrest is not much different than writing poetry at any other time in American history, according to Hausson Byrd...
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Anti-racist activists are protesting across the country in response to police brutality against people of color, particularly black men. This latest...
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Jessica Yinka Thomas grew up in both the United States and West Africa. Her father, a Nigerian economics professor, and her mother, an American computer...
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Strikes and labor organizing are on the rise as essential workers grapple with safety concerns while on the job. Meatpacking plants, city sanitation and...
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When Victoria Lee first wrote “ The Fever King ” (2019/Skyscape), they did not intend to predict the future. Rather, they hoped to explore our habit of...
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How comfortable are you talking about porn and erotica? Does it make you embarrassed? Ashamed? If you knew more about how porn is made, and how to...
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Gov. Roy Cooper declared Tuesday, May 5 a “Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.” The advocacy group Shatter the Silence reports...
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Can you do condom demonstration over Zoom? What about teaching comprehensive sexual education? In the midst of a pandemic, the answer is unclear. On...