March 2013
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Guns stories
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings, I have been assigned to work on stories about the gun debate. One of these videos is about gun manufacturing in New England, an area that is nicknamed “gun valley” because so many firearms are made there. The irony, of course, is that some of the strictest firearms legislation exists and/or is being proposed in that area. And a lot of the...
February 2013
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November 2012
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The Swing States
Over the past couple months, Joel Achenbach and I traveled to four of the swing states that will decide this year’s presidential election. We looked at each state’s political geography and offered a picture of what voters in each place are thinking. We didn’t line up interviews with voters in advance (we did arrange to talk to some officials and experts beforehand), and instead...
September 2012
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Reporting on "In D.C., another measure of gun...
Several years ago I noticed what seemed like a tragic trend happening in Washington, D.C. I saw numerous young men riding around town in wheelchairs and guessed that most of them were not put there because of car accidents or disease, but because of violence. I wanted to find out if this was true, and if so, why? What is life like for these guys? Are there lessons that young people coming after...
August 2012
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January 2012
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Watchpostvideo:
Iowa’s economy on voters’ minds
With an unemployment rate hovering around six percent, Iowa’s economy has fared better than most states’, but the economy is still the issue that most concerns voters in the Hawkeye State. While the farming industry is booming, the manufacturing industry there has faced significant challenges as Iowa heads into the caucuses on Jan. 3. (Whitney...
December 2011
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Watchpostvideo:
A different campaign in Iowa
The Washington Post’s Dan Balz examines the changing political landscape in Iowa, where GOP presidential candidates are spending less time meeting caucus voters in intimate settings and more time at debates and on social media. (Whitney Shefte and Dan Balz)
Washington Post VJ Whitney Shefte spent last week in Iowa, reporting in the state whose caucuses...
November 2011
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