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Community Voices: Sara Cordell

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sara Cordell

Published December 14, 2017 at 3:06 PM CST

I find NPR's in depth news coverage compelling, not the least because it involves face to face interviews with people affected by traumatic events such as Hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Rico, Syria's refugee crisis, and the Las Vegas shootings.