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Ricki Morell

Ricki Morell is a Boston-based freelance writer who has written for publications including the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, WBUR’s CommonHealth website, and the Hechinger Report, an online education newsroom.

Reporting and Resilience: How Journalists Are Managing Their Mental Health

Reporting and Resilience: How Journalists Are Managing Their Mental Health

Friends and colleagues began calling Sarah Glover soon after the world witnessed the killing of George Floyd on video. Black journalists were hurting, in need of empathy and solutions, trying…
July 15, 2020
What Happens to News When Journalists and Historians Join Forces

What Happens to News When Journalists and Historians Join Forces

Historically-informed journalism provides crucial context to reporting
January 21, 2020
Design as a Driving Force for Audience Engagement

Design as a Driving Force for Audience Engagement

A man in silhouette, head bowed, stands against a gray background. A dark shadow extends below the silhouette, and the chilling words underneath proclaim in simple white type: “Ronald Bert…
December 9, 2016