Holly K. Hacker, data editor, previously was an investigative reporter at The Dallas Morning News, writing stories and analyzing data about health care, housing, education, politics, and business. She also spent many years covering education there, as well as for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Ventura County Star in California. Holly received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri.
The helicopter evacuation of 70 people from a Tennessee hospital during Hurricane Helene is considered a success story. The building was destroyed by floodwaters, but no one died. In hindsight, why was it built next to a river?
