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Heard on the Hill’s Working from Home Diaries

By Kathryn Lyons and Thomas McKinless
Posted April 9, 2020 at 10:40am

Video conference calls have become a new way of life for reporters working from home, and Heard on the Hill reporter Kathryn Lyons is doing her best not to let lawmakers see any of the many embarrassing photos hanging on her walls during Zoom interviews.

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