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Republished from The Real News NetworkDecember 27, 2019. The Real News takes aim at the top 5 mainstream myths that bolster income inequality and tout the ultra-rich.
Taya Graham. Bio: Before joining TRNN as an investigative journalist, Taya worked in Baltimore's neighborhoods of color for years as an advocate and was awarded the Coalition of 100 Black Women's Torchbearer Award and YANA's (You Are Never Alone) "Love in Action" award. Her years of outreach to underserved communities have uniquely prepared her to connect with city residents. Now she cultivates relationships with Baltimore's citizens to cover the stories on the ground.
Stephen Janis. Bio: Stephen Janis is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work has been acclaimed both in print and on television. As the Senior Investigative Reporter for the now defunct Baltimore Examiner, he won two Maryland DC Delaware Press Association Awards for his work on the number of unsolved murders in Baltimore and the killings of prostitutes. His in-depth work on the city's zero-tolerance policing policies garnered an NAACP President's Award. As an Investigative Producer for WBFF/Fox 45, he has won three successive Capital Emmys: two for Best Investigative Series and one for Outstanding Historical/Cultural Piece.
He is the author of three books on the philosophy of policing: Why Do We Kill? The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore; You Can't Stop Murder: Truths About Policing in Baltimore and Beyond; and The Book of Cop: A Testament to Policing That Works. He has also written two novels, This Dream Called Death and Orange: The Diary of an Urban Surrealist. He teaches journalism at Towson University.
