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Inside The Times' special publication about breast cancer
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Leslie Rucker of Marietta has body paint applied before a photo shoot Sept. 30, 2018, at Mirrored Images Boudoir in Gainesville. - photo by Shannon Casas
It’s October, and that means it’s time again for our “Pink is stronger than you think” breast cancer special section, a powerful, emotional collection of stories of women who are fighting the disease and reporting about how to catch it early.We talk about how the section came together — and how one piece of it almost didn’t. Listeners are also introduced to Megan Reed, who covers Gainesville and Hall County government for The Times.Is Ohio a terrible state? Is what you learn in journalism school useful in the real world?