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Erica Hensley covers health in the Deep South, where she focuses on women’s health and regional disparities. She’s the recipient of Atlanta Press Club’s investigative reporting Award of Excellence for reporting on lead exposure, which spawned the state environmental agency to change how it regulates lead testing.

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White reporters: It's time to pop your parachute and share your byline

by Erica Hensley August 3, 2022December 5, 2023

Erica Hensley reflects on why more white journalists should also shift away from using people like farmer Teresa Springs solely as sources—and democratize the byline instead.

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Black elders saved this couple's Mississippi farm. Now they're harvesting ancestral techniques—and tomatoes

by Erica Hensley and Teresa Ervin-Springs August 3, 2022December 5, 2023
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Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021November 13, 2023

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