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...
by Alison Bass | Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
On the recommendation of a friend, I started watching Inventing Anna, the limited series on Netflix about an emigre from Russia who inveigled her way into New York’s high society and was accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from...
