Feature writing: Crafting research-based stories with characters, development and a structural arc
Semester-long syllabus that teaches students how to write stories with characters, show development and follow a structural arc.
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Basic newswriting: Learn how to originate, research and write breaking-news stories
Syllabus for semester-long course on the fundamentals of covering and writing the news, including how identify a story, gather information efficiently and place it in a meaningful context.
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Age Discrimination in Employment Act and population aging challenges
A 2008 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research paper looking at age discrimination in the U.S. and the ADEA’s historical effects
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Did U.S. highways cause suburbanization?
2008 Brown University paper examining the extent to which highways could explain rates of suburbanization within the U.S.
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Geographic and ethnic patterns of metropolitan planning boards
2006 paper by the Brookings Institution exploring the potential for bias in the structure of metropolitan planning organizations.
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Potential of water power in the fight against global warming
2008 University of Missouri study exploring the potential for hydropower in reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environmental consequences of mountaintop coal mining
2010 study by the University of Maryland and other institutions on the long-term environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining.
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Perceptions of minority residents on coalition building in South Los Angeles
2007 Tomas Rivera Policy Institute paper examining the sources of tension between African-Americans, Latinos and others in South L.A. June, 2007
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What really determines whether a manufacturing firm locates and remains in California
2008 paper by California State University examines the state’s manufacturing job loss and explores possible solutions.
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Roller coaster of California state budgeting after Proposition 13
2006 study by California State University, Sacramento, on how state budgeting changed after the enactment of Proposition 13.
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