Independence Day celebrations bring Memphis community together
Christina participates in High Point Terrace’s 75th annual parade. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“Fire trucks and Popsicles — what more do you need on the Fourth of July?”
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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