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Economics

Covering Black Friday and winter holiday shopping: A research roundup

Denise-Marie Ordway | November 20, 2019
This collection of research, compiled to help journalists write about Black Friday and winter holiday shopping, examines shopper experiences, holiday pricing, shopping psychology and Black Friday aggression.
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Reporting

Covering college student homelessness and food insecurity: 7 tips from Sara Goldrick-Rab

Denise-Marie Ordway | November 18, 2019
A leading scholar on college student homelessness and food insecurity, Sara Goldrick-Rab of Temple University, offers journalists seven tips for improving their coverage.
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Housing

Research: Siblings, other relatives contribute more to household instability than parents do

Denise-Marie Ordway | October 29, 2019
A new paper quantifies the amount of household instability U.S. children experience over the course of their childhoods. A key source of instability: siblings, stepsiblings and other relatives.
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Education

The pros and cons of ‘free college’ and ‘college promise’ programs: What the research says

Denise-Marie Ordway | October 8, 2019
We've gathered and summarized a sampling of research to help journalists understand the implications and impacts of “free college,” “tuition-free” and “college promise” programs.
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Reporting

5 tips for reporting on ‘free college’ and ‘college promise’ programs

Denise-Marie Ordway | October 7, 2019
University of Pennsylvania education professor Laura W. Perna offers journalists seven tips for covering "free college" and college promise programs.
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Housing

Drop in voter turnout among Hispanic Democrats linked to home foreclosures

Denise-Marie Ordway | August 23, 2019
Lagging home values and high foreclosure rates among Hispanic Democrats helped shift Florida from a blue state in 2012 to a red one in 2016, study finds.
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Education

3 great back-to-school story ideas (with research to get you started!)

Denise-Marie Ordway | August 13, 2019
Scrambling to find fresh angles for back-to-school stories? Here are three great story ideas with matching research to get you started.
Government

7 tips for covering the 2020 US census

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 9, 2019
Two experts — a university researcher and a former Census Bureau director — point out weaknesses in news coverage of the U.S. census and how journalists can do a better job covering the once-every-10-years population count.
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Government

2020 census: How undercounts and overcounts can hurt US communities

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 2, 2019
As the U.S. prepares for its 2020 census, we summarize research that looks at who’s most likely to be missed by the decennial population count and how an incorrect tally can hurt communities.
Politics

Do politicians put their money where their mouths are? Actually, yes

Clark Merrefield | June 12, 2019
When it comes to where America’s legislators invest their personal money, turns out they stick pretty firmly to their ideological ground.

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