Jada Kirkland
Reporter/ETV Endowment InternJada Kirkland was an ETV Endowment 2023 Summer Intern working with South Carolina Public Radio May-August 2023. She is a rising senior broadcast journalism major in the University of South Carolina Honors College and a native of Sumter. In school, Jada has served as vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists and a mentor for first-year students. During her free time, Jada enjoys writing poetry and taking photos.
-
2021 data from the Kaiser Foundation shows about 3 out of every 25 suicides in South Carolina were of black people. A church workshop wants to change that. -
If you've stepped outside in the past week, you know it's hot. While summer means fun in the sun, hot days can become dangerous and sometimes deadly. -
Imagine you are 36-years-old and learn that your kidneys are failing. Then you discover your spouse is leaving you, taking with them $60,000 of your money, plus your dog dies. These circumstances were a painful reality for Columbia, SC native Don Gordon. His book "Snowball's Chance" details the complications he faced before and after getting a kidney transplant from his brother in 1983. -
If you own a phone, you have likely received a call labeled "potential scam." Well, you are not alone. Data from the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs cites 485 scam reports this year. In May alone, consumers in the state lost over $1.2 million to scams.Bailey Parker, the Communications Director at South Carolina's Department of Consumer Affairs, believes this number is likely higher."We know that there are probably thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people probably being affected by scams every single month here in South Carolina," she says. "It's just that people don't report because they're embarrassed, or they don't know to report." -
Mental health has become a much-discussed topic in recent years. Those experiencing a mental health crisis often need someone who understands and has been where they are. A grant to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health aims to do just that.
