Job polarization and workers’ response to the decline in middle-skill jobs
2013 study from the Federal Reserve Bank on how job polarization is both the result of a decline in U.S. manufacturing and a structural issue across sectors.
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Understanding data journalism: Overview of resources, tools and topics
2012 article surveying the sites, tools and concepts that are part of the evolving field of data journalism. Topics covered include open datasets as well as data cleanup and visualization.
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Reading list on income inequality: A Storify presentation of data and findings
Updated April 2013: A review of relevant studies and papers on U.S. income inequality, as presented through the Storify publishing platform.
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Suicide among adults aged 35-64 years: United States, 1999-2010
2013 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting that the suicide rate for middle-aged Americans has been increasing.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: April 2013
April 2013 review of recent studies and reports that relate to news, social and civic media, including Internet surveillance and the mobile “revolution” in the developing world.
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Investing in children: Changes in parental spending on children
2012 study in the journal Demography showing how American parents are spending increasing amounts of resources on their children.
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Coal country and the research battle: Interview with Ken Ward Jr. of the Charleston Gazette
2013 interview with Ken Ward Jr., of The Charleston Gazette (W.Va.), one of the country’s leading voices on energy and environment issues.
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Hispanics in the United States: Not only Mexicans
2013 report from Brown University providing detailed analysis of subgroups with the U.S. Latino population, including differences in rates of population growth, levels of segregation and education levels.
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Deen Freelon of American University: Research chat on digital scholarship
2013 chat with digital media and politics scholar Deen Freelon, of American University. Topics include the Arab Spring, Big Data, journalism.
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Online information, credibility and the “Google generation”: Research, tips, resources
2013 research review of academic literature as well as practical tips for instilling good online information-seeking habits in “digital natives.”
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