Posts by Laura Paskus

Last night, I stayed up far too late, refreshing election results and The New York Times homepage. Like many people, I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. I read texts from beloved friends, my worried college-aged daughter, and journalism colleagues.  I still didn’t want to get out of bed.  Then, I…

More than seven years ago, I worked on my first episode of Our Land. I’d never reported for television and was used to showing up with a pen and notebook and chatting with sources for hours at a time.  For the NMPBS crew, that first day working with me was probably a nightmare. I’d lined…