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The Reporters Inc The Reporters Inc. (www.thereporters.org) is dedicated to promoting social awareness and change through powerful multimedia storytelling.

The Reporters Inc., located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a 501(c)(3) journalistic production company; we promote social change and justice through powerful multimedia storytelling.

From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: After reporter Stacia Kalinoski lost her job as a TV news anchor in Michigan and u...
06/10/2026

From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: After reporter Stacia Kalinoski lost her job as a TV news anchor in Michigan and underwent brain surgery, she turned the painful story of her epileptic seizures into a powerful documentary, "Brainstorm." That was nearly a decade ago. Since then, Kalinoski has continued her work as an epilepsy awareness advocate and a motivational speaker. In this first-person account she wrote for The Reporters Inc., she says, "I’m telling my story loudly in order to clear up misconceptions and educate America. It needs to be shared.”

Former journalist shares how her epilepsy diagnosis turned her world upside-down "Making a documentary about my experiences with epileptic seizures seemed like a natural segue--a bridge--to link my TV reporting career and health issues," Stacia Kalinoski says. After losing her job and undergoing bra...

From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: In 2019 reporter Rachel Lieberman ventured to a rest stop in a suburban Minnesota ...
06/08/2026

From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: In 2019 reporter Rachel Lieberman ventured to a rest stop in a suburban Minnesota community to find several people living inside their cars. The discovery led to an in-depth examination of the state’s still-soaring homelessness crisis. Six years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted nearly 7,000 homeless people in Minnesota. Today, that number has increased to 9,201. The reasons? A continued lack of affordable housing and employment, as well as discrimination. And as Lieberman revealed, even for homeless people who work, the gap between living on the streets and living in a house is often insurmountable:

Despite efforts to increase affordable housing, homelessness remains prevalent The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted nearly 7,000 people who experience homelessness in Minnesota. The reasons? A lack of affordable housing, employment and discrimination. Even for homeless people...

How one survivor is reframing recovery and healing from sexual violence. For JoDee Neil, the sexual violence she experie...
06/02/2026

How one survivor is reframing recovery and healing from sexual violence. For JoDee Neil, the sexual violence she experienced didn't change her life goals--she still became an attorney and mother of two--but it did change the way she functioned, reporter Olivia Hines writes. In her new book "Outcry Witness", Neil says "being witnessed is the beginning of healing," and urges other women to share their own stories. The Reporters Inc. talks with the author and shares exclusive excerpts.

How one survivor is reframing recovery and healing from sexual violence. For JoDee Neil, the sexual violence she experienced didn't change her life goals--she still became an attorney and mother of two--but it did change the way she functioned. In her new book Outcry Witness, Neil uses her own perso...

The Deadly Cost of Caring: After its founder’s shocking su***de, a Minnesota fox rescue is carrying on its mission—despi...
05/28/2026

The Deadly Cost of Caring: After its founder’s shocking su***de, a Minnesota fox rescue is carrying on its mission—despite criticism. Mikayla Raines was always saving orphaned or injured animals, and eventually she started her own rescue, SaveAFox. But in June 2025, Mikayla tragically took her own life at age 30. As reporter Olivia Hines explains, Mikayla’s family claims cyberbullying about how she ran the rescue, coupled with her mental health struggles, led to her su***de. Her husband says, “She put the animals' well-being over her own, time and time again." It’s a Reporters Inc. Original.

After its founder’s shocking su***de, a Minnesota fox rescue carries on its mission—despite criticism. Mikayla Raines was always saving orphaned or injured animals, and eventually she started her own rescue, SaveAFox. But in June 2025, Mikayla tragically took her own life at age 29. Her family c...

The Deadly Cost of Caring: After its founder’s shocking su***de, a Minnesota fox rescue is carrying on its mission—despi...
05/26/2026

The Deadly Cost of Caring: After its founder’s shocking su***de, a Minnesota fox rescue is carrying on its mission—despite criticism. Mikayla Raines was always saving orphaned or injured animals, and eventually she started her own rescue, SaveAFox. But in June 2025, Mikayla tragically took her own life at age 30. As reporter Olivia Hines explains, Mikayla’s family claims cyberbullying about how she ran the rescue, coupled with her mental health struggles, led to her su***de. Her husband says, “She put the animals' well-being over her own, time and time again." It’s a Reporters Inc. Original.

After its founder’s shocking su***de, a Minnesota fox rescue carries on its mission—despite criticism. Mikayla Raines was always saving orphaned or injured animals, and eventually she started her own rescue, SaveAFox. But in June 2025, Mikayla tragically took her own life at age 29. Her family c...

The growing evidence about the benefits of psychedelics on mental health. Writer Kim Whiting details new discoveries in ...
05/25/2026

The growing evidence about the benefits of psychedelics on mental health. Writer Kim Whiting details new discoveries in the study of psychedelic drugs for mental health treatment. She says an increasing amount of studies show that small doses of psilocybin, or "magic mushrooms," can help people struggling with drug-resistant depression, anxiety and PTSD. They could also help treat addiction and eating disorders. "If only they were legal," Whiting says.

The growing evidence about the benefits of psychedelics on mental health. Writer Kim Whiting details new discoveries in the study of psychedelic drugs for mental health treatment. She says an increasing amount of studies show that small doses of psilocybin, or "magic mushrooms," can help people stru...

Donald Trump’s desire to take over the U.S.’ northern neighbor conjures up important annexation lessons from history. Th...
05/14/2026

Donald Trump’s desire to take over the U.S.’ northern neighbor conjures up important annexation lessons from history. The U.S. has wanted Canada to secede to them long before it became another talking point for the new administration. Writer Brian Gabrial gives a crash course on Canada-U.S. relations dating back to the Revolutionary War, illustrating that history has a way of repeating itself--but perhaps not the way Trump intends. It's a Reporters Inc. Original.

Donald Trump’s desire to take over the U.S.’ northern neighbor conjures up important annexation lessons from history. The U.S. has wanted Canada to secede to them long before it became another talking point for the new administration. Writer Brian Gabrial gives a crash course on Canada-U.S. rela...

From The Reporters Inc's archives: Sworn to serve and protect, police officers are taught that any weakness could put ...
05/06/2026

From The Reporters Inc's archives: Sworn to serve and protect, police officers are taught that any weakness could put their lives, and the lives of others, at risk on the job. So, they stay silent out of fear. Yet every year in the U.S., more police officers die by su***de than in the line of duty. In 2025, at least 59 law enforcement officers in the U.S. committed su***de, according to organizations that track this kind of data. In her 2015 book “Public Safety Su***de: The Human Dimension,” Mary Van Haute details Bolingbrook, Illinois police officer Chris Prochut's struggle with mental health nearly cost him his life.

When police stay silent about stress, the results can be deadly Sworn to serve and protect, police officers are taught that weakness, any weakness, could put their lives, and the lives of others, at risk on the job. And so they stay silent out of fear. Yet every year in the U.S., more police officer...

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