19thnews' Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowships for recent HBCU grads and alums are open!

Fellows get:

✨Full-time salary and benefits
✨Mentorship and professional development
✨Job preparation support

Apply by May 31: 19thnews.org/fellowship2024

This is the week to apply for the 2024 Data Institute! Could two weeks of free data training transform your work as a journalist? Tell us by Thursday: cjddatainstitute.org

Thanks to Emily Richmond for inviting me to discuss the FAFSA crisis on #EWARadio ! She’s a great host. 🙏 tinyurl.com/266e75cr

Feeling unsure about whether to cover a research study? Our 'Know Your Research' section has tip sheets to help you understand academic research methods, find and recognize high-quality research, and investigate scientific misconduct and research errors.journalistsresource.org/type/know-your…

Enduring power of student journalism, 37 years later.

You can now listen to Sold a Story Episode 10.

'There’s a thoughtfulness about reading in the country today.' - Reid Lyon
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How they did it: The New York Times journalist Hannah Dreier discusses her investigative series, the database of unaccompanied migrant children she created and how other journalists can use it in their own reporting🔗⬇️

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NEW: The Heritage Foundation is urging states to make undocumented children pay to attend public school. The conservative think tank w/ close ties to Trump is looking to challenge the landmark Supreme Court decision, Plyler v. Doe chalkbeat.org/2024/04/09/ply…

Many journalists work hard to include people from different backgrounds in stories about local issues and events -- but might not realize source diversity is also important in stories about science and research.

Here are five reasons why:

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Thank you Emily Richmond and Education Writers Association for having me on EWA Radio to talk about my story on Black teachers in Maryland! Give it a listen:
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A preview from Linda Jacobson of tomorrow's Oklahoma Supreme Court case, with huge ramifications for church-state separation and the future of charter schools. The 74 the74million.org/article/church…

My story: How #FAFSA delays, errors, and just-discovered data discrepancies are making it hard for financial-aid officers to do their jobs. tinyurl.com/4t3sw3u5

The eclipse is a huge learning opportunity, but it requires some safety precautions. What should schools do if it hits right at dismissal time? edweek.org/leadership/the…

What happens when the college essay becomes the only place where race can be considered in admissions? For students of color, it’s become a difficult set of trade offs in how to be true to themselves

from me, Collin Binkley and Noreen Nasir

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I, too, am opposed to same-sized bags with fewer chips in them. #SOTU

Hi. I just want to talk a bit about Education Week 's new State of Teaching project, a big investment in deepening how we cover an essential profession. There's stuff here for teachers, of course, but also school leaders, media, and policy types 1/n edweek.org/the-state-of-t…

To any young reporters out there, don’t let anyone tell you that “being there” doesn’t matter.
#Eagles

Growing trend for #HBCUs : More applicants are making them their top choice, says Spelman College President Helene Gayle. Students are saying “I have choices but I absolutely want to go to this school. I will be valued.” #sxswedu

In memory of Fazil Khan, the The Hechinger Report created an internship for a data journalist to pursue the kind of work at which he excelled. hechingerreport.org/fazil-khan-int…

“Civics education can’t just be in social studies classrooms. Schools need to be civic spaces.” - Verneé Green, Mikva Challenge #SXSWEDU