Stories by Kit R. Roane

Kit R. Roane is a producer at Retro Report. He has worked as a journalist and documentary photographer for more than 20 years, covering local, national and foreign assignments for a variety of publications, including The New York Times and U.S. News & World Report. Follow Kit R. Roane on Twitter @kitroane

Conservation

This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought

Amid a warming world, these conservationists have brought back a very old and very low-tech drought-busting practice, and they are getting results.

April 20, 2023 — Kit R. Roane and Retro Report

Public Health

Vaping Industry Echoes Big Tobacco’s Misleading Call for Science

To understand the battle over e-cigarettes, one must look to history—and big tobacco

November 17, 2020 — Kit R. Roane, Jeffery DelViscio, Kelso Harper and Retro Report

Public Health

Why History Urges Caution on Coronavirus Immunity Testing

Snorting powdered smallpox scabs and jumping into the beds of those freshly dead from yellow fever. Humanity has gone to extreme lengths in search of immunity before.

May 19, 2020 — Kit R. Roane

Public Health

Why History Urges Caution on Coronavirus Immunity Testing

Being immune was once a status symbol—and another way to segregate and divide humanity

May 14, 2020 — Kit R. Roane, Jeffery DelViscio and Retro Report

Public Health

Are Smokers or Vapers More at Risk for COVID-19? Here’s What We know

Investigating the potential danger to those who use tobacco products or e-cigarettes calls for a look at the lungs

April 8, 2020 — Jeffery DelViscio, Kit R. Roane and Retro Report