On this episode, Mark Simon talks to Alissa Quart. Alissa is the executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project funds and co-publishes reporting, supporting independent journalists who do stories that counteract typical narratives all related to inequality. It can be found at economichardship.org.
Alissa talked about her career, provided examples of what the group does, and explained why reporting on inequity is so important.
Alissa’s salute: The Debt Collective.
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