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Karishma B. Desai is a broadcast and digital reporter, as well as a graduate from Boston University's MS in Journalism program. She has worked at PBS39, WNDU (NBC of South Bend), and WNIT (PBS of South Bend. She has also freelanced and interned at notable companies including PBS affiliates (UNC-TV, WGBH), IndyWeek, SCATV, The Hindu, New England Cable News, etc.
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Arts & Culture
Bloomberg/Getty Images On April 27, congressional members introduced the federal, bipartisan Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act to regulate treatment centers for children. Paris Hilton, along with other survivors who faced abuse in youth treatment centers, spoke in favor of the bill in front of Capitol Hill.
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While most young adults may have taken to a dance floor to celebrate the New Year, Sridaya Srivatsan was portraying the Bhakti-rasa while dancing on a Bangalore stage. Gifted with an infectious smile and gracious stage presence, the Indo-Canadian Bharatanatyam dancer's dedication to the art form is refreshing.
click to enlarge photo by Richard Finkelstein Namely, Muscles The Ark at Duke University Saturday, Oct. 4 "Muscles are not much different than poems. They both move you," recited Dr. Kate Trammell, a dance professor at James Madison University and an anatomy faculty member at Cedar Stone School of Massage, as she performed Claire Porter's Namely, Muscles at Duke.
Broadcast/Digital Journalism
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Political Journalism
Gloucester, Massachusetts, Police Chief Leonard Campanello will be honored by President Barack Obama next week in the White House, for launching the ANGEL Initiative, a program designed to fight drug addiction. Campanello is one of 10 "Champions of Change", an honor that 920 people were nominated for.
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