Sep 24, 2024

Laura Meckler, the award-winning national education reporter for The Washington Post, shares the top stories in her notebook for the coming academic year. 

Hear why she’s tracking cellphone bans, her advice for covering contentious school board elections, and how to put the so-called “culture wars” into context...

Sep 10, 2024

College presidents, campus protests and student debt: Oh my! 

It’s going to be a hectic academic year for many postsecondary institutions, as investigative reporter Michael Vasquez of The Chronicle of Higher Education explains. 

He and EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond brainstorm on what they’d like to see reporters...

Aug 13, 2024

For Talia Richman of The Dallas Morning News, there’s no such thing as a slow news day. 

Richman, recently named the nation’s top education beat reporter at the EWA Awards, shares how she balances the daily grind of school board meetings with enterprise pieces and investigations.

Plus, hear the backstory on how...

Jun 18, 2024

In Newport News, Virginia, the Black-owned neighborhood of Johnson Terrace was a thriving community until government officials used eminent domain to seize the land and expand a university. 

Brandi Kellam of the Virginia Center for Investigative Reporting at WHRO spent two years digging into archives and building trust...

May 21, 2024

Kyra Miles of Minnesota Public Radio is one of a handful of reporters nationally on the early learning beat, which often gets short shrift when it comes to news coverage. 

That’s changed since the pandemic, amid greater awareness of how starkly the nation’s child care needs are outstripping available –and...