Sebastián Martínez Valdivia
Health ReporterSebastián Martínez Valdivia is a health reporter and documentary filmmaker who focuses on access to care in rural and immigrant communities. A native Spanish speaker and lifelong Missouri resident, Sebastián is interested in the often overlooked and under-covered world of immigrant life in the rural midwest. He has a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri and a master's degree in documentary journalism at the same institution. Aside from public health, his other interests include conservation, climate change and ecology.
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The Cole County circuit judge chose the date of June 18 for the first hearing in a lawsuit that aims to force Missouri to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion.
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Lowell Pearson has made much of his career in law working in Republican politics, including serving as solicitor general for former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt. Now he's joining the effort to force the state to carry out Medicaid expansion, which voters approved last August.
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In this episode of the True/False Podcast: a conversation from last year's festival between filmmakers Ursula Liang and Khalik Allah. Both were at…
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This week, we’re continuing our dispatches from True/False 2020 with a conversation between artist and filmmaker Rikkí Wright and programmer Jeanelle…
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Many things about this year's True/False Film Festival have changed, but one that hasn't is our annual programmer preview. This year, programmers Angela…
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Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, has resigned, Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday. Williams, who has led the department since 2017, submitted his letter of resignation in the morning. The governor gave no reason for the departure of Williams, whose tenure has been marked by controversy.
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We continue our dispatches from last year's festival with the final True/False Podcast episode recorded in-studio during 2020. The guests were filmmaker…
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Columbia/Boone County health officials announced Thursday that a Boone County resident tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus. The…
