Jennifer Brookland
American Homefront Project Veterans Reporting FellowJennifer Brookland is the American Homefront Project Veterans Reporting Fellow. She covers stories about the military and veterans as well as issues affecting the people and places of North Carolina.
Jennifer grew up in Baltimore, MD and studied International Politics and African Studies at Georgetown University. She spent four years as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations in North Carolina and Maryland, and deployed to Djibouti and the Comoros Islands.
After earning her master鈥檚 degree in journalism from Columbia University she contributed to 瓜神app21, a national reporting project on transportation safety in America. She also interned at PRI鈥檚 鈥淭he World鈥� and in Nairobi with IRIN, the United Nations鈥� humanitarian news and analysis service. She received a master鈥檚 degree in human security and NGO management from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Jennifer spent three years producing content for international development organizations in D.C, highlighting aid work in countries including Tajikistan, Haiti, Honduras, India and Tanzania. She moved to Durham in 2015 and began freelance writing, editing and producing, including a yearlong stint as producer for "The State of Things."
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As of April 7, a surge of COVID-19 cases at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner sent the total number of infections to 62 鈥� the highest among the鈥� -
Grocery clerks and delivery drivers are on the frontlines alongside healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus. But, unlike nurses, coming in contact鈥� -
Grocery clerks and delivery drivers are on the frontlines alongside healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus. But, unlike nurses, coming in contact鈥�
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced most of us into social isolation. But for veterans with mental health issues, staying at home runs counter to advice鈥� -
The VA informed student veterans they may become ineligible for GI Bill education and housing funds if their college transitions from in-person to... -
Kathryn Kuziel sees light at the end of the tunnel. With her husband Alex Kuziel getting out of the 82nd Airborne soon, she鈥檚 finally be able to look for鈥� -
Chuck Liddy stumbled into a career as a photojournalist after he found out he could walk into high school football games for free if he had a camera鈥� -
Chuck Liddy stumbled into a career as a photojournalist after he found out he could walk into high school football games for free if he had a camera鈥�
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It can be as difficult to explain why an artist is driven to paint or sculpt as it is to define what makes great art. But for some of the鈥� -
It can be as difficult to explain why an artist is driven to paint or sculpt as it is to define what makes great art. But for some of the鈥�
