Pranav Baskar

NPR Goats and Soda

• Why The Pandemic Could Change The Way We Record Deaths (Cited in Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health Newsletter) 

• Locusts Are A Plague Of Biblical Scope In 2020. Why? And ... What Are They Exactly? (Selected as of NPR’s “Top Global Stories” in 2020) 

• Pandemic Perspective: What The 20 Poorest And Richest Countries Spend On Health Care

• What Does It Mean If I Can Blow Out A Candle While Wearing A Mask? (Cited in New York Magazine) 

• Artists Paint A Portrait Of A Pandemic

• Are Playgrounds Too Risky? Do I Need A Mask For Outdoor Exercise?

• I've Been Vaccinated. Do I Need To Worry About Variants?

• What's Up With Side Effects? Should You Still Double Mask?

• What Does It Mean If My Ears Ring Or Toes Hurt After A Vaccine?

• What's The Best Way To Care For A Loved One With COVID-19?

• Is There A Polite Way To Remind Someone To Follow Pandemic Rules?

• Is It Safe To Get On The Bus (Or Subway)?

• Who Do People Trust For Coronavirus Info? In Zambia, It's Nuns On The Radio

• Open Windows In Winter, Holding Your Breath, Sprayed Masks?

• Why Am I Suddenly Hearing So Much About KF94 Masks?

• What Should I Do With My Vaccine Card? Is Choir Practice OK Now?

• What's Up With Bubble Dining? Should You Hand Out Halloween Candy?

• A Flying Photographer Looks Down On Earth In Awe And Sorrow

NPR’s Invisibilia:

• An Unlikely Superpower

• Trust Fall

• The Reluctant Immoralist

• The Last Sound

The Daily Northwestern

• (Reporter archive)

• Doing double: Ethnic studies programs — suffering funding and faculty dearth, high turnover rates, intense working conditions — demand structure reform

• The battle for fossil fuel divestment: How students are rebuilding a movement in the face of defeat and bureaucracy

• LGBTQ students face unique impediments when studying abroad. How does Northwestern support them?

• First proposal submitted to ACIR demands University divestment from fossil fuel companies

• Fourth “Its okay to be white” sticker found; no University policy promises made

• Work-study doesn’t work for everyone: students share challenges, obstacles to robust employment on campus

Freelance and self-published work

• The Invisible Faces of Chicago’s Eviction Crisis

• Evanston’s Affordable Housing