Jennifer Brookland
American Homefront Project Veterans Reporting FellowJennifer Brookland is the American Homefront Project Veterans Reporting Fellow. She covers stories about the military and veterans as well as issues affecting the people and places of North Carolina.
Jennifer grew up in Baltimore, MD and studied International Politics and African Studies at Georgetown University. She spent four years as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations in North Carolina and Maryland, and deployed to Djibouti and the Comoros Islands.
After earning her master鈥檚 degree in journalism from Columbia University she contributed to News21, a national reporting project on transportation safety in America. She also interned at PRI鈥檚 鈥淭he World鈥� and in Nairobi with IRIN, the United Nations鈥� humanitarian news and analysis service. She received a master鈥檚 degree in human security and NGO management from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Jennifer spent three years producing content for international development organizations in D.C, highlighting aid work in countries including Tajikistan, Haiti, Honduras, India and Tanzania. She moved to Durham in 2015 and began freelance writing, editing and producing, including a yearlong stint as producer for "The State of Things."
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The Environmental Protection Agency may change the way it calculates the health risks of air pollution, according to the New York Times. The change would鈥� -
The Environmental Protection Agency may change the way it calculates the health risks of air pollution, according to the New York Times. The change would鈥�
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For Juan 脕lamo, rhythm just comes naturally. He has a passion for percussion that surfaced when he was a little boy growing up in Puerto Rico. Juan鈥�
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New abortion legislation is sweeping the country, with states introducing ever-more polarizing bills to constrict and expand access. With Justice Brett鈥� -
New abortion legislation is sweeping the country, with states introducing ever-more polarizing bills to constrict and expand access. With Justice Brett鈥�
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Growing up in turn-of-the-century Georgia, the Lumpkin children were steeped in a culture of white supremacy. The older girls performed in rallies for鈥�
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In literature, film and popular culture, vegans have long been mocked and dismissed as naive, privileged white women who allow emotion to guide their鈥� -
In literature, film and popular culture, vegans have long been mocked and dismissed as naive, privileged white women who allow emotion to guide their鈥�
