See background information at www.commonthreadpodcast.com/washington-dc. Katie Zezima, a Boston University alum, is a national correspondent for the Washington Post. In her career she has covered some of the most important stories in the country, including the Sandy Hook shooting, the abuses of Catholic Church in Boston, the capture of Whitey Bulger and more. She was on a fellowship at the University of Michigan looking into the opioid epidemic shortly before it garnered national media attention. In this episode we discuss her impressive career, the opioid epidemic, and the evolution of journalism in the 21st century.