Brittany is a reporter at Richland Source, a local digital news outlet in Ohio. For a January 2018 essay, she reflected on her work organizing a "Community Baby Shower." The event followed reporting on infant mortality, connecting mothers to local services and allowing the news organization to listen in the process. Follow her on Twitter @BrittanySchock.
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