Former NYT Journalist Writes Book on Homeless Teens
An interview with Maplewood reporter Tina Kelley, author of "Almost Home."
Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope, written by former journalist Tina Kelley and Kevin Ryan, president of Covenant House, tells the stories of six homeless teenagers as they cope with living alone on the streets. Patch interviewed Kelley, a former New York Times reporter who was editor of The Local. She will be reading from the book at Words Bookstore on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m., and at Maplewood Memorial Library on Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m. All author proceeds from the book go to support kids who benefit from Covenant House shelters and outreach programs. How did you go from being a reporter to a blogger to the non-profit world? At the end of 2009 I talked to Kevin Ryan, whom I'd written about for the Times when he was …
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