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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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News Media

Journalists perpetuate myth about suicide during winter holidays

Denise-Marie Ordway | December 14, 2018
Most news stories that discussed suicide and the holiday season last winter perpetuated the myth that suicides rise during the holidays, finds a University of Pennsylvania analysis.
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Elections

New insights on US voters who don’t have photo ID

Denise-Marie Ordway | August 16, 2018
A small fraction of people who voted in Texas and Michigan in 2016 lacked a photo ID, but those who did were disproportionately people of color, according to two new working papers.
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Public Health

Does Uber curb drunk driving crashes?

Denise-Marie Ordway | November 17, 2017
Ridesharing services such as Uber might help curb drunk driving crashes in some communities.

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