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How to Cover the Story

Teachers’ unions can be powerful forces – in addition to contract negotiations, the unions can have an impact on school board decisions on everything from z...
This guide lays out the basic standards education journalists should strive to follow regardless of their particular specialties or areas of expertise. ...
Freelance journalist Peg Tyre talks about how she reported her award-winning story “The Writing Revolution,” published in October 2012 by The Atlantic...
David Jackson and Gary Marx of the Chicago Tribune talk about the 10-year reporting project that became EWA’s Grand Prize-winning project, “An Empty-Desk Ep...
Interviewing children is a critical element of the education reporter’s daily work....
For her story Everything You’ve Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong, Mother Jones contributing writer Kristina Rizga went deep inside San Francisco’s Missi...
EWA invited two veteran journalists to share their thoughts on whether reporters should offer to share drafts of stories with their sources before publication....
Brad Wolverton spoke with EWA about overcoming roadblocks to access, maintaining objectivity, and staying out of the way of the narrative....
Schools that offer dual-language programs rather than traditional transitional bilingual programs are increasing rapidly in Texas....
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