Austin Horn
Austin Horn is a 2019-2020 Kroc Fellow. He joined NPR after internships at the San Antonio Express-News and Frankfort State-Journal, as well as a couple stints in the service industry. He aims to keep his reporting grounded in the experience of real individuals of all stripes.
He graduated from Columbia University in 2019 with a degree in American Studies. You can find him tweeting about basketball, music or his home state of Kentucky at @_AustinHorn.
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Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. Now, New York City will officially observe Juneteenth as an official city and school holiday starting next year. -
Storm surge warnings have been issued for the southeast Louisiana coast as well as the Mississippi coast for Sunday, with Mississippi being the hardest hit so far. -
Jeffery Gerritt's series, called "Death Without Conviction," started with a look into a local woman's death. It ended up shedding light on Texas' system of review for deaths in county jails. -
Images of a young man reciting poetry at a protest in Sudan and an immersive 360 project from Hong Kong were among the winners of World Press Photo awards. -
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The country star thought it "would be a fun way to bring my old Christmas album back in the form of those old Christmas specials that we love."
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