Dr. Beverly Deepe Keever is a Professor Emerita of Journalism at the University of Hawaiʻi. She spent seven years in the jungles, fields and rice paddies of Vietnam filing in-depth stories for the Associated Press and for national and international newspapers and news magazines. Her direct and clear-eyed reporting earned her a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and many awards for excellence in journalism. Here she is with friend and colleague Ann Auman, also a professor of journalism at the University of Hawaiʻi. Keever shares stories from her early life and experiences in Vietnam.
The full interview will be preserved in the Library of Congress. Access the full interview between Beverly and Ann at the StoryCorps archive.
See more local stories from the Military Voices Initiative at hawaiipublicradio.org/storycorps
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
In June 2022, HPR teamed up with StoryCorps to gather audio conversations from Hawai‘i residents about their military experiences. The Military Voices Initiative provides a platform for veterans, service members, and military families to share their stories. In doing so, we honor their voices, amplify their experiences, and let them know that we — as a nation — are listening. These interviews were facilitated by Hazel Diaz, Isabella Gonzalez, Cole Johnston and Franchesca Peña.
The audio segments were produced for Morning Edition and All Things Considered by John Kalani Zak. He shares his perspective on working with the Military Voices Initiative segments in his producer's notes. HPR and StoryCorps encourage our community to tell their own stories using the StoryCorps app. Learn more at StoryCorps.org.
Local support for this series comes from Hawai‘i Pacific University.
