by Alison Bass | May 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I was 20 years old, I was raped in London at the beginning of my junior year abroad. Lucky for me, the kind custodian of the YWCA where I was staying for a few nights, suggested that I go to a nearby hospital the next morning and ask for a morning-after pill....
by Alison Bass | May 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Okay, so J.D. Vance won the Republican nomination for a Senate seat in Ohio (in a crowded five-candidate field by seven points). Some political pundits are crowing that this is a sign of Donald Trump’s continuing hold over the Republican party. Maybe, or maybe...
by Alison Bass | Apr 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the New York Times today, a former top FDA official shines the spotlight on a stunning revelation: that the mega consulting firm McKinsey was working with Purdue Pharma at the very same time it was getting paid by the Food and Drug Administration to help organize...
by Alison Bass | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Throughout my career, I’ve been drawn to writing about marginalized populations, including people with mental illness, sexual abuse survivors and sex workers. But one marginalized group I have never written about are native Americans. So you can imagine my...
by Alison Bass | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
I will be participating in a live Zoom conversation April 10 with another veteran journalist on the challenges we faced as women in an industry dominated by men and the qualities we needed to survive an uneven playing field. Please join Catherine Underhill...
by Alison Bass | Mar 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
I just finished watching the riveting series, Dopesick, on Hulu, and it brought me back in time, to when I was researching my own book about a drug company that lied to the American public and caused many deaths and untold anguish, much like Purdue Pharma did when it...
by Alison Bass | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
A quick reminder: I will be giving a talk about my journalism career to the West Virginia University student chapter of Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) this Thursday, March 24 at 6 pm. The event is open to WVU students and faculty and will...
by Alison Bass | Mar 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have been invited to give a talk about my journalism career to the West Virginia University student chapter of Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) on Thursday, March 24. The event is open to WVU students and will be held in Room 201 of the Reed College...
by Alison Bass | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the car this morning, I was listening to 1A, a national show that airs on WESA FM, Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate, and the topic of conversation was the increase in pregnancy-related deaths since the pandemic began. In particular, IA Host Jenn White was zeroing...
by Alison Bass | Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
As mentioned in a previous blog, I was interviewed by a producer for Last week Tonight with John Oliver for a possible segment on sex work. Well, last night, John Oliver aired that segment about why sex work should be decriminalized, and as one advocate commented on...
