Kelley Benham French (2013)
This episode is a rebroadcast of the interview Matt Tullis did with Kelley Benham French in February 2013. They talked about her three-part series \u201cNever Let Go,\u201d which focused on the birth of her and Tom French\u2019s daughter. Juniper was born at 23 weeks and 6 days, weighing just one pound-four ounces.\n\nThe series was a hit. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2013. And it was expanded into a book, which French wrote with Tom. That book is titled \u201cJuniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon.\u201d\n\nKelley Benham French is currently a professor of practice at the University of Indiana. She recently reported and co-wrote a piece for the USA Today titled \u201cThe Long Road Home.\u201d It was about a woman who believed she was a descendant of some of the first slaves in America, and who was trying to figure out who they were.