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WASHINGTON — Kamala Devi Harris strutted between the metal barricades and the sparse crowd along Pennsylvania Avenue, clutching her grandniece’s hand and waving at cheering supporters. As she approached the
Bulletproof vests and gas masks: Journalists prep for Inauguration Day At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff. A couple weeks later, she was procuring goods of a decidedly different kind: gas masks, helmets and body armor for LA Times staff members who will be attending Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Newsrooms like the LA Times have distributed protective equipment and held safety trainings to prepare reporters for Inauguration Day. Protests and demonstrations...
This column is prompted by the pictures of the Capitol assault that triggered fond memories of where I had been an NPR reporter for about six months before I was recruited to start MU's State Government Reporting in Missouri's Capitol.While the invasion of our U.S. Capitol raises several major issues for our country, this column addresses just one -- the impact on reporters who have spent their careers in these centers of American democracy.Capitol reporters spend such extended hours in these
The week after the Capitol riot has brought a new impeachment effort and questions about social media and security. Here's what we know.