Leigh Paterson
Email: lpaterson@insideenergy.org; leighpaterson@rmpbs.org
Leigh Paterson was raised in New Jersey, graduated from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and then taught English at a culinary high school in France. Leigh then got her Master's in Broadcast Journalism from the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and then moved to Washington D.C. in 2009. After spending two years as a producer at CanadianTV's Washington bureau, Leigh left to freelance. Since then, as a one woman show, she has reported for TV and radio from across the country for BBC News, BBC World Service, PRI's the World, ABC-Univision, Agence France Presse, and CBC News.
-
While the circumstances of every mass shooting are unique, the perpetrators of the recent shootings in Ohio an Texas fit a consistent story: white men with access to guns committing violence in the name of real or perceived grievances.
-
After a Florida high school student bought a gun in Colorado last week, law enforcement launched a massive manhunt for her. Now, questions persist about whether or not that gun purchase was legal.
-
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. What's changed and what's stayed the same with regards to school safety and mental health since then?
-
2:30 p.m. update: Gun store owner releases statement The Littleton gun store that sold Pais a shotgun says they did so legally. The owner of Colorado...
-
In 1999, the nation was shocked by a school shooting at Columbine High School. Columbine Then & Now explores what's changed and what has stayed the same over the past two decades.
-
At least 13 states and the District of Columbia have some version of a law that prevents people in crisis from accessing guns. While this kind of legislation usually follows a high profile shooting, experts say extreme risk laws are most often used for suicide prevention.
-
Gun issues haven't always been important to Dr. Erik Wallace. But his relationship with guns completely changed seven years ago when one of his patients threatened to kill him.
-
When you look at a gun, what do you see? To better understand why the topic of guns is so polarizing, we spent time with a Colorado rancher and his family.
-
New data show that overall life expectancy for Americans has declined, in part, due to the ongoing increase in suicide deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
-
The creators of Man Therapy believe the program meets men where they are with digest slogans like, “You can’t fix your mental health with duct tape."