Lisa Hagen
Lisa Hagen is a reporter at WABE.
In 2011, Lisa interned and produced videos for the English-language news site Al-Ahram, in Cairo, Egypt. She’s reported for DNAInfo.com and from Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Brooklyn for the NYTimes’ “The Local” blog. She’s also put in a couple years as a stringer for the New York Post before moving south.
Lisa studied creative writing at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, but ended up with a much more practical degree in “Militarism and Sexuality” from New York University’s Gallatin School. A master’s degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism seemed a next logical step.
She’s originally from Kahalu’u, Hawaii. Lisa does not know how to surf. She can, however, filet a salmon very quickly and is a lover of fly-fishing.
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The rhetoric of some gun rights groups rallying in Virginia on Monday borrows from a racist past some attendees may not be aware of. -
Researchers think millions of gun transactions take place without a background check every year. So what do we know about how common careful sellers are?
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A Republican senator from Georgia has introduced a bill to study what he calls "mass violence." It would give a $300 million infusion to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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“I remember how good it felt when I shot my first gun. I remember what all the people around me said. But nobody around me when they saw me shoot my first gun said anything about mental health.” - Author Kiese Laymon
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Lowering gun violence was one issue on which Democratic presidential candidates spoke with nearly one voice. But researchers question the effectiveness of some of the Democrats' proposals.
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Gun policy is back on the democratic debate stage in a way it hasn’t been in decades. But are the candidates’ proposals likely to save lives?
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Lots of research shows the presence of guns increases the risk of violence for women, but self-defense is still the main reason women own firearms.
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After decades of decline, the rate of Americans killing their intimate partners has seen “a sharp increase” in recent years. Data shows that uptick is exclusively due to gun-related murders.
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“Constitutional Carry” is a gun law that lets people to carry guns without permits. Laws like this have swept through more than a dozen gun-friendly states in the last decade. But in Georgia, the attempt to pass it is dividing even the most devout gun rights advocates.
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Hospital-based violence intervention programs have been around for almost 25 years. So why is the approach just catching on in certain parts of the country?
