Accountability
Catch a Killer With Your DNA (rebroadcast)
Genetic genealogy is a powerful crime-solving tool combining DNA science and family tree research. Will it mean a crime-free world or a dark dystopia?
Staff
Biography
Emily Harris is a reporter and producer for Reveal. She previously served as an NPR international correspondent, based first in Berlin and later in Jerusalem. Her 2016 series on Israelis and Palestinians changing their minds about some aspect of their conflict won the Overseas Press Club’s Lowell Thomas Award, and her 2014 coverage of Gaza was honored with an Overseas Press Club citation. She also was part of the NPR team that won a 2004 Peabody Award for coverage in Iraq. Harris lived in and reported from Russia during the upheaval of the 1990s. In the U.S., she covered a range of beats for NPR’s Washington desk and reported jointly for NPR and PBS’ “Now” with Bill Moyers. Harris helped start and host “Think Out Loud,” a daily public affairs talk show on Oregon Public Broadcasting. She worked to evaluate and share new financial models for journalism as editorial director of the Journalism Accelerator startup. She’s drafted a screenplay about relationships born in war and collects audio stories of awful and mind-changing moments in people’s lives. Harris is based in Portland, Oregon.
Articles
Accountability
Catch a killer with your DNA
Genetic genealogy is a powerful crime-solving tool combining DNA science and family tree research. Will it mean a crime-free world or a dark dystopia?
The Cost of Choice
The cost of school choice
Dominique Martin was thrilled to get a state-funded voucher to send her daughter to private school. We go to Louisiana to investigate the cost of school choice.
Accountability
Bundyville revealed
What happened to rancher Cliven Bundy’s supporters since his original armed standoff with the government?
Sports
Lasting impact
In Oregon, the concussion protocols that were supposed to keep high school athletes safe end up falling short for a star quarterback.
Guns
Hate in the homeland
This episode surveys the state of the hate movement in America, focusing on how hate groups are spreading their message and winning converts.
Immigration
Trans national migration
We meet an immigration judge who rejected nearly every asylum case that came before her, then follow a transgender woman as she tries to claim asylum.
Environment
Behind Trump’s energy dominance
A recording of oil industry executives shows them rejoicing over their access to David Bernhardt, the nominee for interior secretary.
Sports
Concussion laws: How does your state stack up?
All 50 states and Washington, D.C., have youth concussion laws focused on letting young athletes heal. But important details differ state to state.
Sports
Lasting impact
In Oregon, the concussion protocols that were supposed to keep high school athletes safe end up falling short for a star quarterback.