Emily Orr

Emily Orr is an Associate Producer at Retro Report. She is involved with production and development of long-form films and series. Emily reported and researched for Retro Report’s five-part series “Hitting Home,” about housing and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. She graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. In college, she directed a short doc on the mental health services at Cook County Jail, which premiered at AmDocs Film Festival in 2020.

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Facing Eviction: Teresa (Excerpt)

Facing Eviction provides a rare and intimate look at U.S. housing policy during the Covid-19 pandemic in a way that hasn’t been seen before.

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