Alecia Swasy - Profile and Journalist Details

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• The Labor of Bringing a Baby Into Appalachia

  By Alecia Swasy, Nona Willis Aronowitz Verified| Splinter Verified Brittany Walters, tethered by an IV tube and fetal heart monitor, fidgeted in her bed at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia. She was craving Chinese food as she waited nearly five hours for a Cesarean section. This was baby number six for the 28-year-old single, unemployed mother.A nurse came by to check her vitals. “Got a name picked out for this one, Brittany?” the nurse asked.“Brynleigh Sage Walters.

  By Alecia Swasy, Nona Willis Aronowitz Verified · Splinter

  Apr. 04, 2018

• I studied how journalists used Twitter for two years. Here’s what I learned

  By Alecia Swasy| Poynter Online Verified Twitter reflects the good, the bad and just plain ugly reality of social media these days. For academics, journalists and voters, there’s never been a more crucial time to talk about the impact these social media platforms have on factual journalism and being watchdogs of the powerful. It’s in vogue to attack the messenger for the message. We are called liars. We are called “nasty people.” We are told to shut up. So, what else is new? What administration has loved the press?

  By Alecia Swasy · Poynter Online

  Mar. 22, 2017

• The Labor of Bringing a Baby Into Appalachia

  By Alecia Swasy, Nona Willis Aronowitz Verified| Splinter Verified Brittany Walters, tethered by an IV tube and fetal heart monitor, fidgeted in her bed at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia. She was craving Chinese food as she waited nearly five hours for a Cesarean section. This was baby number six for the 28-year-old single, unemployed mother.A nurse came by to check her vitals. “Got a name picked out for this one, Brittany?” the nurse asked.“Brynleigh Sage Walters.

  By Alecia Swasy, Nona Willis Aronowitz Verified · Splinter

  Apr. 04, 2018

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