Jessica Yarmosky is a producer for The World. Her background is in teaching and education policy, but her stories run the gamut from questionable Olympic logos to the safety of public transit workers. Previously, she worked on NPR's Education Desk and at Morning Editionin Washington, DC. She is a graduate of the Transom Story Workshop and has a master's in education policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
US intelligence dysfunction ‘rooted in the chaos of the presidency,’ says author of book on 9/11
Since the tragic events of Sept.11, 2001, national security analysts say intelligence agencies have improved on information sharing, but that Trump administration policies have discouraged reliance on their reports.
‘There is a sense of being robbed’: Olympian Caster Semenya loses appeal on testosterone rule
Semenya won’t get to defend her title at next year’s Olympics unless she takes medication to lower her testosterone levels. But her lawyer says “there’s absolutely no way that she will take any medicine or hormonal interventions at all.”
How Taiwan is battling coronavirus with tech, crowdsourced data and trust
Taiwan has kept its COVID-19 numbers low compared to other countries: It has seen fewer than 500 cases and seven deaths. Much of that success has been attributed to Taiwan’s approach to technology, led by the government’s digital minister Audrey Tang.
