
Kaisha Young
Investigative Reporting for Video Fellow at Scripps News
Producer at PBS NewsHour
Producer @NewsHour | @ClemsonUniv alum | ✉️ [email protected]
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pbs.org | Kaisha Young
May 25, 2025 6:59 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Five years ago today, George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. Video of the event sent shockwaves around the world and triggered an American reckoning with racial justice and police use of force. For our ongoing series “Race Matters,” John Yang speaks with Selwyn Jones, Floyd’s uncle and co-founder of Justice 929, about his family’s continued fight for civil rights and police reform.
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pbs.org | Kaisha Young
May 11, 2025 5:35 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Cheetahs, the fastest mammals on Earth, are now in a race against extinction. It’s estimated that fewer than 7,000 exist in the wild. John Yang speaks with Laurie Marker, a woman who has already helped dramatically reduce one threat to cheetahs and is tackling new ones that have emerged, for our Weekend Spotlight.
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pbs.org | Kaisha Young
Apr 20, 2025 5:35 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in March, Gaza has received no deliveries of food, water, fuel or medical supplies as Israel has blocked all humanitarian aid, leaving Gazans in dire straits. John Yang speaks with Gavin Kelleher of the Norwegian Refugee Council about conditions on the ground there.
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pbs.org | Kaisha Young
Apr 19, 2025 5:35 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Oklahoma City held a solemn ceremony Saturday morning, honoring the 168 people who died 30 years ago today when an anti-government extremist set off a powerful bomb outside the federal building there. A single photograph captured the horror of that day: a firefighter cradling the lifeless body of a small child. That firefighter, Chris Fields, joins John Yang to reflect on his experience.
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pbs.org | Kaisha Young
Apr 13, 2025 5:30 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio This week marks 113 years since the sinking of the Titanic. Now, there’s a new tool to explore it: a full-scale digital twin of the wreckage created with cutting edge 3D scanning technology. That’s the subject of a new National Geographic documentary, “Titanic: The Digital Resurrection.” John Yang speaks with Titanic analyst Parks Stephenson for more.
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RT @NatPress: If you're a journalist of color who is ready to join a career-defining program, apply to be part of the #NPFWidening Class of…

I’m so grateful for this amazing opportunity!

The National Press Foundation is excited to welcome 20 journalists to its 2024 Widening the Pipeline Fellowship, designed to support journalists of color staying in – and leading – the newsrooms of tomorrow. Congratulations! https://t.co/Ad8UI1ignB

Today marks one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which restricted access to an abortion across the U.S. In my latest @NewsHour, @AliRogin and I look back at the past 12 months and what’s ahead as states continue to debate abortion rights.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade a year ago today, erasing the constitutional right to seek an abortion. As the 2024 election looms, abortion is shaping up to be a key issue. https://t.co/TfEozlIeOQ