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Kate Siegfried

Kate Siegfried is a summer intern at Free Press. She's studying for her M.A. in communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University.

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Why I Fight: To Push the Media to Cover War in All Its Complexity
When I was 10 years old, I saw my dad on TV. On the nightly news, to be exact. I was sitting in the living room of my great-aunt’s house in Southern Indiana reading a book when I heard an unmistakable voice shouting over a crowd. I looked up and saw Dad, fully clad in Army gear, standing on the...
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