I’m incredibly grateful to be nominated for a NABJ Salute to Excellence award for my story about a group of D.C. area mothers who honored their sons — each killed by gunfire — through a stage play.

These mothers’ strength made this story possible. 🙏🏽
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For The Washington Post, #Maynard200 alum Amber Ferguson (@Ms_AmberDawn) covered the ripple effects created in the lives of two families by Texas's abortion ban. Unable to receive a timely abortion, a young woman opted for adoption. Read more: ow.ly/M4w350RnyXm

Check out this beautiful and important story from my pal Amber Ferguson that dives into post-Roe world, and how adoption creates a rocky emotional terrain for all involved. Well worth you time to read! washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

'So, to the journalist who brought Evelyn’s story to light, I see you. Your journalism contributed to a conversation we need to have, with all its uncomfortable, raw edges.'

Thank you Richelle Carey!!

When her abortion plan failed, another woman’s prayers were answered washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

As a reporter, I'm always curious about who is behind big events. Millions roll into DC for cherry blossom festival--so whose job is it to maintain those trees? In my latest The Washington Post story, meet the Mall's tree guy. In your paper today

Thank you so much Richelle Carey and for sharing your own story about open adoption.

“You’re six weeks and four days pregnant,” she recalls the doctors saying.

“So it’s too late?” she asked.

Yes, she was told.

MUST READ. Beautiful & compassionate storytelling by ⁦Amber Ferguson⁩. 🙏🏾 washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

So proud of Amber Ferguson, who spent nearly a year reporting this powerful story about what happens when a woman can neither have an abortion nor parent her child. Stories like this one are *so* needed during a time when so many women’s reproductive rights are at risk.

From me and Amber Ferguson: a DC college student raised $400k online for a homeless man. Then backlash erupted. But this goes deeper: What does charity look like today? How do we decided to 'deserves' help? Should that even matter? Now in The Washington Post
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Take a look, #Maynard200 alum Amber Ferguson (Amber Ferguson) joined CBS Mornings Anne-Marie Green (@AMGreenCBS) to talk about Beyoncé's new hair care line. youtu.be/Z1-HtjNeMVw?si…

Twice a week when Rosalynn Carter was first lady, she would take Spanish classes before her daughter Amy got home from school. “It’s kind of an escape for me… from the pressures…the things you have to do,' she told The Washington Post in 1978.

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I’m glad this Diddy/Cassie news was broken through the New York Times and not the blogs. The NYT adds a level of credibility where the accusations can’t be immediately dismissed or laughed off.

Proud of this story from Maham Javaid and myself on Israeli and Palestinian restaurant owners and chefs in the U.S. becoming targets of hate and support. Give it a read this Friday!

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