Alejandra Marquez Janse is a producer for NPR's evening news program All Things Considered. She was part of a team that traveled to Uvalde, Texas, months after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary to cover its impact on the community. She also helped script and produce NPR's first bilingual special coverage of the State of the Union – broadcast in Spanish and English.
The Conversation heard from the creators of HPR’s new podcast, "Feathers and Fire," Russell Subiono and Mehana Makaʻinaʻi. The podcast is tied to the Apple TV+ series "Chief of War" and explores history, storytelling, and the impact of the series in Hawaiʻi.
It’s been about six months since Gov. Josh Green put out an executive order to speed up the hiring of former federal workers hit by budget cuts for state jobs. The program received about 6,000 applications and hired about 140 people.