Artist Talk: Stacy Kranitz - Frist Art Museum Join us for a talk by Smithville artist Stacy Kranitz, the 2024–25 recipient of Austin Peay’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) Tennessee Artist Fellowship.

Please join me on March 27th in Nashville at 6:30pm

Proud to announce five finalists of the 2025 Shadid Award, including Kavitha Surana, Cassandra Jaramillo, Lizzie Presser & Stacy Kranitz (@propublica.org) for investigating what happened when women with life-threatening pregnancies were denied abortions.
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ProPublica Wins Polk Award for Medical Reporting ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

I am honored to be a part of a team of reporters that won a George Polk award for our coverage of Post Roe America. Thanks to @propublica.org for supporting my immersive photo essay about life after a denied Abortion in Tennessee.

A rural Tennessee county changed the way it separates guns from dangerous people. Now the rest of the state may follow suit. Two Republican state lawmakers filed legislation that would change Tennessee’s firearms dispossession form, closing a loophole that experts say leaves domestic violence victims vulnerable.

I am so impressed to see @paigepfleger.bsky.social reporting on Gun Control lead to possible legislative change to protect domestic violence victims.
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A new interview in YNST magazine Emma Riva and I talk about the murky line between "insider" and "outsider" in documentary photography

Tennessee sued over delays to SNAP benefits • Tennessee Lookout A coalition of legal organizations filed a class action lawsuit against the Tennessee Department of Human Services over SNAP delays.

On paper, there are resources available to assist people struggling in poverty but in reality, they are nearly impossible to access.

Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business. In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.

I worked on a story about substance use recovery in eastern Kentucky for the @nytimes.com . Oliver Whang beautifully reported the story over several years. It is filled with the kind of complexity and nuance that stories like this deserve but do not always receive.