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Blair Hickman

As community editor, Blair Hickman led ProPublica's health care, financial and education communities.

Blair Hickman was ProPublica's community editor. Previously, she led online editorial and outreach strategy for Dowser Media. Prior to that, she was a multimedia assistant for the PBS series "Women, War & Peace" and a writer for Mediaite, focusing on news and emerging media. She's contributed content to a range of publications, including Jezebel, the New York Daily News and Patch. Hickman is a graduate of NYU's Journalism's Studio 20 and Brown University's Nonfiction Writing program.

Help Us Investigate Segregation at Secondary Schools

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Discussion: Why Medicare Wastes Billions on Name-Brand Drugs

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This One Doc Could Have Saved Medicare Millions in 2011

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How Medicare Could Save Millions

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Help Us Calculate the Cost of Unpaid Internships for Academic Credit

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Discussion: How Can the U.S. Better Regulate and Improve Elder Care?

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Sandberg’s Lean In Called For an Unpaid Intern – And That’s Apparently Legal

The nonprofit, which aims to empower women to achieve their goals, advertised online for an unpaid intern. And it was apparently legal for them to do so.

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Internships

Meet Our Kickstarter Intern!

You helped us raise over $22,000 to hire an intern to help us investigate the intern economy. Now, help us welcome Casey McDermott.

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Internships

How Unpaid Interns Aren’t Protected Against Sexual Harassment

It’s not just about a paycheck. Federal laws protecting workers against discrimination and sexual harassment often don’t apply to unpaid interns.

by Blair Hickman and Christie Thompson,

Internships

Nation Institute to Pay Interns Minimum Wage

Starting this fall, Nation Institute interns will now be paid minimum wage, instead of the current $150 a week stipend.

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