Sonner Kehrt, Investigative Reporter: The War Horse The Journalism Salute

Sonner Kehrt is an investigative reporter for The War Horse, a non-profit newsroom covering the military and veterans. She’s based in California and has been a journalist since 2015 and a lecturer at Berkeley since 2018

Prior to that she served in the United States Coast Guard for 5 years. So she has a military experience perspective in the work she does.

Sonner talked about her path to journalism, the challenges and benefits of going to the Coast Guard Academy and how her military time prepared her for journalism.

She walked us through the different stories she’s done, including ones on being an LGBTQ military member (or parent of an LGBTQ child) in a state where anti-LGBTQ legislation has passed, on the damage done by military burn pits post 2001, some first-person experience stories about her time at the Academy, and a lighter pre-War Horse piece on watching Isle of Dogs with dogs.

Sonner’s advice: Turn every page when reviewing documents

Sonner’s salute: Berkeleyside

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