As the Assistant Director for Hearst Television’s centralized design department, Stephanie oversees a team of artists that create graphics for 26 of HTV’s markets each day. Since 1999 she has the opportunity to work with newsrooms in 45 markets, but it all started with an amazing opportunity to learn television from the ground up at WWBT, Richmond’s NBC affiliate. She received her Bachelor’s in Visual Communication from Towson University and lives in sunny Florida with her family.
With one of the largest prison populations in the world, many Americans are calling for criminal justice reform. But what does that reform look like? Abolitionist and podcaster Richie Reseda, a formerly incarcerated person, comes together with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry to discuss common ground.
A national shortage of the truck drivers, mechanics, and technicians. This week Matter of Fact looks at an innovative training program helping workers get the skills to get the jobs. A visit with the CEO of American Diesel Training Centers to see its effort to have companies pay for tuition is successfully recruiting and retaining new hires. Plus, a conversation on criminal justice reform between Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and abolitionist Richie Reseda.
Following our 2021 story about a company that is recruiting and training truck technicians, Tim Spurlock, CEO of American Diesel Training Centers updates Soledad O’Brien on how the program is expanding into new sectors.
For more than a hundred years, Japanese immigrants have found comfort, acceptance and community in boarding houses in Los Angeles. But, that may change now that the only remaining house has been sold. Special contributor Joie Chen reports on what could be the final chapter for the residents and this piece of history.
This year marks the seventeenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, that took 1800 lives and devastated hundreds of thousands of homes and livelihoods. Then 13-year-old Edward Buckles, Jr., saw his own life turn upside down before later documenting the stories of other children who survived the storm. Soledad O’Brien sits down with the filmmaker, whose first film, “Katrina Babies,” is now airing on HBO and HBO MAX.
This week Matter of Fact looks at the 100-year-old history of Japanese-American boarding houses and meets with three LA-based men worried about losing the only home they’ve known for decades to a hot real estate market. Plus, HBO “Katrina Babies” filmmaker Edward Buckles, Jr, speaks with Soledad & poet Elizabeth Acevedo performs “Inheritance,” based on her poem, “Hair.”
Climate change and asthma. This week Matter of Fact looks at how children in one New York neighborhood are at higher risk of developing asthma than anywhere else in the city. Plus, a closer look at the legendary baseball player Roberto Clemente and questions about the long-term stability of our power grids in the face of prolonged heat waves.
Sweet potato gin and vodka. This week Matter of Fact takes a look at the legacy of one farm family in Arkansas and how it’s putting a new spin on an old crop. Plus, how a group of dedicated public health researchers is combatting misinformation in BIPOC communities, and California schools have a new plan to increase the number of school counselors desperately needed by students.
Gin and vodka made from sweet potatoes. Correspondent Dina Demetrius visits with an Arkansan entrepreneur who is continuing his family’s legacy of farming – but putting his own spin on it. Harvey Williams takes Matter of Fact behind the scenes of his distillery, Delta Dirt, and talks about how he’s inspiring a new generation of Black entrepreneurs.