Lylla Younes’ work has had an impact. Her work mapping cancer-causing industrial pollution in Louisiana for ProPublica helped lead to a plastic manufacturer’s permit to be suspended. She’s written about oil spills, hazardous waste and a tanker off the coast of Yemen that’s poised to cause an environmental disaster.
She’s now a staff writer at Grist, a nonprofit telling stories at the intersection of climate and justice. In this episode, we chat about her path to data and environmental journalism, her work as an investigative reporter and all the intersections environment stories contain.
Lylla’s project she mentions is called “We Were Not Allowed To Mourn.” It tells the stories of New York’s Arab and Muslim community after 9/11 and can be found here.
“I think the best stories, the ones that I want to tell myself, often have an eye for both the very close view and the local and that specific instance, and also the larger systemic forces at play, and are able to kind of balance those two perspectives.”
Guest: Lylla Younes, staff writer at Grist.
Host: Jacqueline GaNun.
GPB’s Stephen Fowler on political reporting and the power of radio
NPR’s Pallavi Gogoi on making business stories that matter to people
Alyssa Pointer on people-focused photojournalism
ProPublica’s Rui Kaneya on supporting local investigative news
Melissa Lyttle on believing in your work
BONUS: Introducing Jacqueline GaNun as host
Daniella Zalcman on reimagining documentary photography
Sean Keenan on why housing reporting is essential
Ken Foskett on why the public needs open records requests
Max Blau on practicing radical transparency in interviews
Alex Sujong Laughlin on investing in your passions
UGA’s Karin Assmann on interviewing hesitant sources
GPB News’ Wayne Drash on tragedy reporting and following a family’s unique medical journey
Jewel Wicker on the future of culture journalism and on interviewing different sources
CNN’s Grace Walker on finding her storytelling voice
The AJC‘s Tyler Estep on covering communities and maintaining the human connection
UGA’s Kyser Lough on trends in photojournalism and studying the visual communications field
WSB-TV‘s Maureen Sheeran on the investigative reporting process
Season 11 Trailer: Welcome Back!
BONUS: Introducing Kyra Posey as host
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