Carson Frame
Carson graduated from the University of South Florida in 2011 with B.A. degrees in English and international studies, and earned a master's degree in journalism from New York University in 2017. Prior to coming to San Antonio, she worked as a news intern for WUSF Public Media. She's also contributed print stories to Ms. Magazine, Chronogram, Souciant, and Bedford+Bowery, among others.
Carson's audio work has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, and WNYC’s The Takeaway. She has received awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, Military Reporters & Editors Association, the Texas Veterans Commission, the Alliance for Women in Media, Society of Professional Journalists, the Houston Press Club, and Public Radio News Directors Inc.
Carson's reporting on military issues is part of The American Homefront Project, a public media collaboration that reports on American military life and veterans. Funding comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Veterans like Steven Price were left out of a law that made it easier to get care and benefits from the VA. He says his leukemia diagnosis can be traced toxin exposure while deployed in Panama. -
The new basic training curriculum aims to better prepare recruits for the uncertainties of war. -
One of the nation's largest military bases has dropped the name of a Confederate general and is now known as Fort Cavazos, in honor of the Army's first Latino four-star general.
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The Pentagon policy reimburses service members for travel expenses and offers up to 21 days of leave for abortions and fertility treatment. -
As states across the country restrict abortion, President Joe Biden and some other Democrats want to ease federal restrictions on the procedure. -
Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, some American veterans have been scrambling to help their Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though some have succeeded, most have not. -
When National Guard members and reservists deploy, a federal law is supposed to preserve their civilian jobs and benefits. But in some states, government employees can't access those protections. -
More than four years after a former airman killed 26 people at a rural Texas church, advocates say the military still needs to do more to prevent violent service members and veterans from owning guns. -
More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill military parent. Many help with their care and face challenges like stress, anxiety and social isolation. -
More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill veteran. Many help with the veteran's care and face challenges like stress, anxiety, and social isolation.
