Jess Jiang
Jess Jiang is the producer for NPR's international podcast, Rough Translation. Previously, Jess was a producer for Planet Money. In 2014, she won an Emmy for the team's T-shirt project. She followed the start of the t-shirt's journey, from cotton farms in Mississippi to factories in Indonesia. But her biggest prize has been getting to drive a forklift, back hoe, and a 35-ton digger for a story. Jess got her start in public radio at Studio 360—though, if you search hard enough, you can uncover a podcast she made back in college.
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As 20 years of war draw to a close, a divide separates those who served and those who haven't. The "civ-mil divide" can leave veterans alienated and civilians unfamiliar with what it means to serve. -
A century ago, people relied on nature to make basic things: toothbrushes were made of silver, combs were made of ivory, and clothes were made of cotton. In a lot of ways, life as we know it today, is possible because of plastic. We can now afford phones, computers and medical devices in part because of one chemist's discovery a century ago. But his descendants have some regrets.
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Recycling old bottles into new bottles is surprisingly complex. We visited a recycling plant and a bottle factory to see the whole process.
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How to unload 50,000 pounds of potatoes in 20 minutes, and other secrets from the potato chip factory.
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See which jobs top the list — and which are less deadly than you might have thought.
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The story begins in the 1920s, when the U.S. government thought blimps might be the next big thing in warfare. -
Unemployment varies widely by age and education. Here's an interactive chart that lets you sort through the numbers.
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Here's a map showing the latest state-by-state unemployment numbers. The range is wide — from a high of 12 percent in Nevada to a low of 3 percent in North Dakota.
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The economy grew in 48 states last year. But for the most part, it didn't grow much. Here's a map.
