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Getting fired from a marketing job became the catalyst for Alec Fischer to create his own media company in Minneapolis. Now he’s the awards-winning filmmaker of “Covid Confessions,” which includes a segment on teachers. Fischer shares his independent filmmaking journey with EWA’s Asia Allen.
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EWA is offering a new caucus for journalists interested in better reporting on student data privacy. The deadline to apply is Feb. 7.
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Meet monthly with fellow reporters to build your school finance knowledge. The deadline to apply is Feb. 7.
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Charlotte West writes about incarcerated students and college-in-prison programs for Open Campus. After growing her beat over the last year, Charlotte shares what she learned, explains Pell Grant expansion for prisoners, and offers story ideas and resources.
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Arts education contributes to overall student achievement and well-being. But not every student has access, including those who are Black, Latino and low-income. Dig deeper into these inequities. Learn who’s increasing access and funding the arts locally and nationally, and read the fine print.
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Cassandra Mensah of National Women’s Law Center discusses how schools can support pregnant and parenting teens in this post Roe v. Wade world.
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Learn how to stay on top of curriculum and content changes amid critical race theory debates and partisan politics. Additionally, get tips from a South Dakota reporter who shares how she covered the story.
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Thanks to the journalists who helped us write the most popular EWA blogs this year.
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Public Editor Kavitha Cardoza shares this year’s most popular EWA Radio episodes. Re-listen to your favorite podcast episodes, or catch up on what you missed!
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Some U.S. schools plan to use federal pandemic relief funds to improve indoor air quality. Journalists covering the issue need to know what the research says about classroom air quality and how pollutants can affect student health and achievement.
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Learn how to stay on top of curriculum and content changes amid critical race theory debates and partisan politics. Additionally, get tips from a South Dakota reporter who shares how she covered the story.
Educated Reporter
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Native reporters and educators provide tips for covering Indigenous students amid critical race theory claims, renewed efforts to teach Native history, and some state rollouts of reduced or free college tuition.
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Submit entries into the 2022 EWA Awards from now until Jan. 9, 2023 at 6 p.m. Eastern.
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Reporter Maritza Félix explains how she grew a Spanish-language community journalism project and removed information barriers for Latinx people in Arizona.
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18 organizations will provide financial and editorial support to education journalists.
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Get tips from reporters for applying to the annual journalism awards from the Education Writers Association.
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There’s a question I’m asked all too often, and one I wish I never, ever had another reason to answer: How should reporters approach covering school shootings?
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After a bruising election cycle, schools are helping students make sense of the political upheaval.
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How an EWA Reporting Fellowship helped me (Alia Wong) better understand whether and how COVID’s unpredictability, stress and isolation undermined kids’ development
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Featuring recent interviews with education journalists and experts who discussed the nation’s student mental health crisis at EWA’s 2022 National Seminar, this report helps reporters better cover mental health, suicide and related issues.
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The Education Writers Association is pleased to welcome its 15th class of EWA Reporting Fellows.
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Organization twice on the brink triples budget in last decade, survives pandemic, helps members navigate shrinking newsrooms
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From journalists to policymakers, read 12 diverse perspectives on the 75-year-old education nonprofit. They identified five areas where EWA plays a key role, and shared their thoughts on each one.
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EWA offers tips for navigating our newly redesigned resource for education reporters and education communicators.
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