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Kelley Benham French

@KelleyBFrench

Kelley Benham French teaches journalism at The Media School at Indiana University. She previously worked as a reporter and editor at the Tampa Bay Times. She was a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her series "Never Let Go," about the birth of her extremely premature daughter. The series went on to become a book, "Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon," co-authored with her husband, journalist Tom French.

A young journalist is inspired by fickle spring weather (and an old newspaper story)

A young journalist is inspired by fickle spring weather (and an old newspaper story)

Walking onto campus one morning in early April, coffee in hand, I approached Indiana University’s iconic Sample Gates. It’s always a spirit-lifting sight, especially with the statue of Ernie Pyle on…