In Real Life
This Scripps News documentary series takes you into the heart of what is shaping our world. Each week, join Scripps News journalists as they share immersive and powerful stories.
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Next Level
In this original series from Scripps News, we dive into the real-world influence of gaming from its impact on technology and entertainment to politics and culture at large.
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These open-source visual investigations use satellite imagery, social media, and online tools to shed light on international conflict — from tracking weapon supplies to debunking government claims.
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Ropes In Brown Hands
In one of America's few remaining Freedmen's towns, a cowboy carries on the tradition of one of the nation's oldest African-American rodeos. This Newsy original documentary shows a little-known slice of the modern American frontier.
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Shift: Stories Shaping the Future
Love in virtual reality. Killer robots. Climate migration. A new form of justice. These are stories shaping the future.
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Baby Brokers
In partnership with TIME, Scripps News pulls back the curtain on the private adoption industry, where big profits can open the door for exploitation.
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The Freedom Singer
In the early 1960s, The Freedom Singers traveled across the country to raise funds for the civil rights movement and spread a message of hope.
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The Last Responders
Three days inside a Detroit funeral home, where COVID-19 is pushing death care workers to their limit.
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Catfish Kingdom
This Newsy documentary charts the life, loss, and triumph of Ed Scott Jr., a Mississippi farmer who waged a decades-long fight against discrimination.
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Breaking Waves
Scripps News follows Carissa Moore, Lakey Peterson and Caroline Marks as they compete for Olympic berths. It touches on the fight for gender equality as well as the joys (and pressures) of being the best surfers in the world.
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Early Release
Amid the pandemic, thousands of non-violent offenders released early from their sentences are making the transition from prison to quarantine and into a radically changed outside world.
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In Dry Water
Adama and Adja have a problem. Their country is running out of fish. This Newsy documentary shows the human impact of the global overfishing crisis.
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The Incinerator: How A Major Polluter Gets Clean Energy Funding
Across the U.S., waste incinerators have health impacts for communities living nearby. In Baltimore, there's a heated debate over what to do about it.
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Blowout: Inside America's Energy Gamble
Take a deep dive into American energy's global impacts on profits, public health, and climate change from the oil fields of West Texas, to tanker traffic busting the Panama Canal, to an energy revolution in Asia.
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Ghost Forest
Scripps News follows scientists as they conduct new research on 'ghost forests' in the Arctic that have been transformed into marshland by rising sea levels.
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Maternity Deserts
A quiet crisis has left millions of American women without much-needed maternal health care, as shifting resources and populations have led to the closure of hospitals and maternity wards nationwide.
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Resilience: Puerto Rico in Recovery
This special report shows how everyday Puerto Ricans are adapting to life after Hurricane Maria, from rebuilding homes, to counting those lost, to regaining employment.
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Young Guns
In this special report, Scripps News digs into a new frontier for firearms and looks at how the YouTube generation will shape the debate over guns in America.
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Asylum: Beyond the Border Crisis
In this special report, Scripps News travels to El Salvador to examine the root causes of the U.S. border crisis and to show the impact of President Trump's new "zero-tolerance" immigration policies.
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Walkout: The School Funding Rebellion
Newsy follows the teachers as they get organized and demand raises from their state legislature. Newsy offers an in-depth, personal look at the latest strike at the heart of a nationwide movement for education funding.
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Revolt: Energy Revolution in the Heartland
This Newsy original series digs into the struggle for clean water in coal country, Evangelicals push for climate action, the economic boom in renewable energy, and much more.
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Roxana: Trauma in the System
This short documentary follows a young mother’s visit to the juvenile detention center where she was once incarcerated, returning this time as a trained therapist.
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An Early Grave: Crisis in Rural America
Newsy takes a deep dive into the mortality gap between Americans living in rural areas vs. cities. Rural men and women live 2-3 years less than their city-dwelling counterparts a gap that has continued to grow since the 1980s.
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Simple Steps to Sustainability
The environment plays a critical role in our everyday life, but are we doing enough to protect it? Experts from around the world share tips and tricks on how we can all live more sustainably.
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War 2.0: Blurring the Battlefield
This Scripps News special report looks at how cyber and information warfare are changing the face of global conflict and posing a threat to both U.S. infrastructure and democracy.
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20 Million Strong
This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), we honor every day people who use their identity to inspire others.
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