Huo Jingnan
Huo Jingnan (she/her) is an assistant producer on NPR's investigations team.
She works with journalists in the network and in member stations to produce original, in-depth reporting. She looked into how many homes sold by the Department of Housing and Urban Development are in flood zones and investigated why face mask guidelines differ between countries.
She was the primary data reporter on Coal's Deadly Dust, a project investigating black lung disease's resurgence. The project won an Edward Murrow Award and NASEM Communications award, and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a George Foster Peabody award.
Huo has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in
Evanston, Illinois and a bachelor's degree in law from Southwest University of
Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China.
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Georgia lawmakers changed voting laws after 2020, including eliminating drop boxes in certain counties, making it harder for many voters in cities and suburbs, often people of color, to access them. -
The far-right internet began to obsess about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson only after a series of tweets from Sen. Josh Hawley echoed themes used by conspiracy theorists.
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Courts turned to remote juries during the pandemic. Now they're grappling with continuing a practice that can expand the pool of jurors but is also susceptible to problems common to all video calls.
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Federal prisons saw a significant rise in deaths during the pandemic years, NPR found. Of those who died from COVID-19, nearly all were elderly or had health conditions, and many had tried to get out.
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Hacked records purported to be from the extremist group Oath Keepers include the names of active-duty law enforcement officers in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, NPR and WNYC/Gothamist found.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.
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The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found.
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More than 4 million homes face substantial risk of expensive flood damage, a research organization says. Communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable face potentially catastrophic damage.
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Mars will be in "opposition" on Oct. 13: the sun and Mars will be on opposite sides of Earth. It's going to be ideal for viewing the red planet.
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Police said a private security guard was taken into custody as a suspect in connection with the shooting. A local news station said the guard had been hired to protect staff covering the two rallies.
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The Marine Corps called off rescue operations for seven Marines and one Navy sailor who went missing when their amphibious vehicle sank during training off the coast of Southern California.
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While the storm has weakened from hurricane status, it had sustained winds on Sunday of 65 mph and is expected to inundate much of the East Coast this week with heavy rains and strong winds.
