Tanya Ballard Brown
Tanya Ballard Brown is an editor for NPR. She joined the organization in 2008.
Projects Tanya has worked on include The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later; How Your State Wins Or Loses Power Through The Census (video); 19th Amendment: 'A Start, Not A Finish' For Suffrage (video); Being Black in America; 'They Still Take Pictures With Them As If The Person's Never Passed'; Abused and Betrayed: People With Intellectual Disabilities And An Epidemic of Sexual Assault; Months After Pulse Shooting: 'There Is A Wound On The Entire Community'; Staving Off Eviction; Stuck in the Middle: Work, Health and Happiness at Midlife; Teenage Diaries Revisited; School's Out: The Cost of Dropping Out (video); Americandy: Sweet Land Of Liberty; Living Large: Obesity In America; the Cities Project; Farm Fresh Foods; Dirty Money; Friday Night Lives, and WASP: Women With Wings In WWII.
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President Trump's scuttling of a meeting with North Korea's leader caused South Korean President Moon Jae-in to call an emergency meeting of his advisers. North Korean officials still want to meet. -
Bill Cosby heads to trial again on sexual assault charges arising from a 2004 encounter in his home. Last year, a jury couldn't decide on a verdict, so the judge declared a mistrial. -
March was the 13th month Chicago saw a decline in gun violence. The city has had a 15 percent drop in crime overall so far this year. -
Among other things, the legislation raises the legal age for gun purchases to 21, institutes a waiting period of three days and allows for the arming of some school personnel -
As the year draws to a close and the news cycle continues to reset every day, let's pause and revisit some of the most important news events from 2017. -
In his new book, Afshin Shahidi, the artist's personal photographer, shares 250 images covering nearly 10 years of Prince's storied purple reign. -
Police say suspected gunman Stephen Paddock had "in excess of 10 rifles" in his room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. How did he get so many guns to his room without raising suspicion? -
William Weaver was one of 14 students who integrated West High School in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1964. He struggled at first, but with help regained his footing and earned a scholarship to college. -
Americans' relationship with guns is complicated and often contentious. But they do agree on restricting sales to people with mental illness or on watch lists.
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Manuel Cuevas of Manuel Couture crafted iconic outfits for Hank Williams and Gram Parsons, and turned Johnny Cash into "the Man in Black."
