6 tips for reporting on how COVID-19 school closures affect student learning
Education researcher F. Chris Curran offers six tips to help journalists report on how COVID-19 school closures affect student learning.
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Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Alternative financial services in the time of coronavirus: What you need to know
As the coronavirus downturn stretches into mid-2020 with historic unemployment rates, low- and middle-income Americans may increasingly turn to alternative financial services for cash to buy food and other essentials.
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Americans view the coronavirus pandemic through a lens of media trust and politics
Whether Americans support lockdown measures meant to control the spread of the new coronavirus has to do with their personal political beliefs and trust in media, according to new survey results.
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Digital contact tracing and the coronavirus pandemic: 5 studies to know
Until there’s a vaccine for the new coronavirus, infectious disease professionals worldwide are turning to digital contact tracing tools to help stem the spread of COVID-19.
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Reporting on colleges’ finances amid COVID-19: 6 tips from Moody’s Investors Service
Journalists get tips on covering college finances amid the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. economic downturn from experts at credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service.
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COVID-19 50-state survey: Majority of US residents oppose rapid reopening of economy
Across the political divide, most U.S. residents don’t think their states should reopen their economies yet, finds a new survey on a range of topics related to COVID-19.
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How we can improve public health messaging about COVID-19
We examine research on public health messaging to understand why the coronavirus appears to have a disparate impact on U.S. minorities.
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Economic earthquake: Consumer spending in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
New research is giving shape to the rapid decline in consumer spending due to the new coronavirus, showing why GDP forecasts are dire.
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Covering minority communities: Lessons I learned from my HBCU investigation
Journalist’s Resource’s managing editor, Denise-Marie Ordway, looks back at how she could have improved her coverage of college hazing and other problems at a Florida HBCU.
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Social distancing time frames: How our expectations affect compliance
In a new NBER working paper, economists surveyed Italian residents to explore what happens when expectations are shattered about how long social distancing measures, like self-isolation, would last.
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