Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
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Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
ER and The Sound You Never Want to Hear Twice, A Real-Life Pitt Episode
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
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ER and The Sound You Never Want to Hear Twice, A Real-Life Pitt Episode
Send us a text At five o’clock on a Sunday morning, I woke up to a sound I never wanted to hear again. A wet, rattling breath that signaled real trouble and sent us rushing to the ER. What followed felt like living inside a real life episode of The Pitt. This episode tells the story of that morning, the chaos of the emergency room, and the calm that took over when panic would have made things worse. It is also about advocacy and how sharing the full story can change a diagnosis. A lifelong he...
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
Send us a text I’m Gen X. Which means I didn’t grow up reading about history. I watched it happen live. On CNN. On Channel One. In classrooms where world events interrupted algebra, and cable news ran nonstop in the background of our lives. At the same time, I was learning journalism. The difference between fact and opinion. Why sources matter. Why a free press, trusted expertise, and respect for evidence are essential to a healthy democracy. Growing up in suburban Texas while listening to NW...
