on being in the room

Malinda Baum

Published on: 19/07/2026

my father, bob johnson, passed july 12th at 87. what it means to be a filmmaker and a grieving daughter in the same room — and why family stories can't wait.

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two months in

Malinda Baum

Published on: 18/07/2026

21 interviews. 12 states. One law with a September deadline. Here's where Brotherhood, Rewritten stands — and what it took to get here.

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the science they didn't want to find

Malinda Baum

Published on: 17/04/2026

Female firefighters face documented cancer risks from occupational exposure — yet Texas law excludes breast and reproductive cancers from coverage. The science explains why.

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the map of neglect

Malinda Baum

Published on: 01/04/2026

Female firefighters run into the same fires. But when cancer comes, the law looks the other way. The Map of Neglect examines the state-by-state coverage gaps leaving women behind.

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