This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Tamika Johnson nodded her head up and down in acknowledgment as her husband, Larry, questioned whether the ambulance she saw on her cellphone could be carrying their teenage son. The couple was rushing […]
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Fairriona is the public health reporter at The Trace. Previously, she created a newsletter focused on health disparities and environmental injustice titled Tropes & Stereotypes. Fairriona has covered a range of topics including public safety, climate change, and food insecurity as an undergraduate and graduate student. She attended North Carolina A&T State University where she studied mass media production. Fairriona received a graduate degree from the Missouri School of Journalism, specializing in science writing.

