EHRP-Grist comic on Kentucky disaster relief distributed as educational tool
By Rachel Glickhouse In March, Grist published a comic with The Bitter Southerner and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) about Kentucky landslide victims and their struggles to receive disaster relief. Written by Austyn Gaffney and …
CJR Interviews EHRP’s Alissa Quart
News of stubborn inflation, increasing unemployment, and the housing crisis dominate headlines of late. Alissa Quart is trying to improve that reportage, in content and form. Quart is the executive director …
Editor & Publisher: EHRP Elevates Indie Journalists
Alex Miller is a Navy veteran who was homeless for three years. He was driven to tell his story after the Department of Veterans Affairs offered him a “Band-Aid” solution. Ray …
How EHRP Journalists Used Comics To Explain Landslide Insurance Troubles In Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky communities have learned firsthand about the intricacies of flood insurance and government relief after last year’s historic flooding. Some families are navigating an even trickier process trying to get …
Marketplace: The self-made myth and the “dystopian social safety net” it created
From Kylie Jenner to Elon Musk, public figures love to claim that they’re self-made. And while the image might seem like it’s only about public relations, America’s love for the self-made mythos goes back …
Democracy Now! Interviews EHRP’s Alissa Quart
On March 29, 2023, EHRP executive director Alissa Quart spoke with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, which examines myths about …
WAMC Interviews EHRP’s Alissa Quart
On March 28, 2023, EHRP executive director Alissa Quart discussed her new book “Bootstrapped” on WAMC's The Roundtable, an award-winning, nationally recognized talk program. Listen to the full interview on the …
MSNBC Interviews EHRP’s Alissa Quart
EHRP executive director Alissa Quart discusses themes from her new book 'Bootstrapped,' which looks at how the American notion of pulling oneself up by their bootstraps creates harm.
Nonprofit Quarterly Interviews EHRP’s Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart, director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP), recently authored a book called Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream. Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart …
Alissa Quart’s New Book “Bootstrapped” Reviewed in The Atlantic
The Horatio Alger Association is one of the institutions that Alissa Quart, a journalist and the executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, critiques in her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating …
Alissa Quart Nominated for Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism
Our executive director Alissa Quart has been nominated for the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism for two columns she wrote for EHRP and the Columbia Journalism Review: "Against ‘poor’ …
Alissa Quart Interviewed on American Enterprise Institute Podcast with Brent Orrell
On February 16, EHRP executive director Alissa Quart joined Hardly Working with Brent Orrell, an American Enterprise Institute podcast, to discuss the challenges facing the middle class, the future of automation …