The Center for Public Integrity’s third season of The Heist podcast, about the government’s long history undermining Black farmers, has powerful illustrations for each episode. Artist Amanda Howell Whitehurst created them. A painter and illustrator whose work often explores the “beauty, confidence, and strength” of Black women, she sat down with Public Integrity to provide […]
Author Archives: Katherine Hapgood
Katherine Hapgood is the 2023-24 Charles Lewis American University Fellow. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in journalism and public affairs with a concentration in investigative journalism. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Katherine is a recent Boston University journalism and chemistry graduate, where she wrote for the Boston Globe, MetroWest Daily News and Civil Service World (UK), among others. Katherine is primarily interested in government, political and investigative journalism targeted at holding systems, corporations and people in power accountable, and writing stories to empower the public.
