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Investigations and documentaries from American Public Media.
St Paul, MN
Joined April 2016
APM Reports is an independent nonprofit newsroom. Here's how you can find our work. Listen to our podcasts: https://t.co/sLdB1F5Wzz Get email notifications: https://t.co/2yb46F84vR Follow on Facebook: https://t.co/kbJwaK1poE Follow on Instagram: https://t.co/GnTt42yNhL
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We've got something new on the Sold a Story feed today. It's an episode from our colleagues at @Brains_On, a science podcast for kids from APM. It's about why learning how to read can be so hard. https://t.co/Gj4RNJu1Gk
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Today in the Sold a Story feed, @ehanford joins the hosts of @brains_on to talk about how people learn to read. Grab the kids in your life and listen to this special episode made for kids and curious adults.
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More on What the Words Say: A false assumption about what it takes to be a skilled reader has created deep inequalities among U.S. children, putting many on a difficult path in life.
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A false assumption about what it takes to be a skilled reader has created deep inequalities among U.S. children, putting many on a difficult path in life.
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This week in the Sold a Story feed, we rereleased our 2020 documentary What the Words Say. Find all the ways to subscribe and listen at https://t.co/DL49XD23xM.
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More on At a Loss for Words: For decades, schools have taught using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.
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For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't...
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Today on the Sold a Story feed: It's the rerelease of @ehanford's 2019 documentary At a Loss for Words. Subscribe at https://t.co/DL49XD1vIe:
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There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based...
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To analyze whether former county commissioner Vaughn Hartung was being tracked, @jenpenned compared geolocation data from the GPS tracking device with Hartung’s work calendar and building access log.
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My latest investigation w @jenpenned @tabitha_mueller at the @TheNVIndy and @KUNRPublicRadio focuses on how private detectives have taken opposition research to new levels in Northern Nevada with the use of electronic trackers and gumshoe surveillance.
Two private investigators accused of tracking local politicians in Nevada have refused to publicly name their clients, but records show one is connected to major far-right donor Robert Beadles. Our collaboration with @KUNRPublicRadio and @TheNVIndy:
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🕵️🔎Private detectives have taken opposition research to new levels in Northern Nevada with the use of electronic trackers and surveillance Latest story from @tabitha_mueller, Bert Johnson, @tomscheck and me on the gumshoe beat
Two private investigators accused of tracking local politicians in Nevada have refused to publicly name their clients, but records show one is connected to major far-right donor Robert Beadles. Our collaboration with @KUNRPublicRadio and @TheNVIndy:
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Two private investigators accused of tracking local politicians in Nevada have refused to publicly name their clients, but records show one is connected to major far-right donor Robert Beadles. Our collaboration with @KUNRPublicRadio and @TheNVIndy:
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Surveillance of politicians in the Reno area was more extensive than previously known, and one private investigator had ties to prominent local Republicans.
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We’re putting our previous audio documentaries about reading on the Sold a Story feed. First up, Hard to Read. It’s about why kids with dyslexia have a hard time getting the help they need in school. It’s where Sold a Story started, six years ago.
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Podcast Episode · Sold a Story · S1 Bonus · 54m
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More on Hard to Read: We looked at why kids with dyslexia have a hard time getting the help they need in school. It was originally published in September 2017.
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There are proven ways to help people with dyslexia learn to read, and a federal law that's supposed to ensure schools provide kids with help. But across the country, public schools are denying...
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Yesterday we rereleased @ehanford's documentary Hard to Read on the Sold a Story feed. Followers probably noticed. We're going to do that the next few weeks with our previous docs on reading. Then we'll be back April 20 with a new episode of Sold a Story.
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There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based...
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Currently hiring for three positions at APM Reports: ▪ Senior Editor (Investigative Reporting Projects) ▪ Senior Editor (Audio) ▪ Summer Intern We're based in St. Paul, Minnesota, but we'll consider remote candidates for these positions. https://t.co/XM4nTuvUcH
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We don't currently have any openings, but but we're always looking ahead to future hires.
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🧵We adapted Sold a Story for @reveal. It's been airing on public radio stations this weekend. You can hear it on the Reveal podcast too. https://t.co/XlBKPjTezA 1/5
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Many schools teach reading using an approach that can actually make it harder for kids to learn. They're taught strategies like “look at the picture” and “think of a word that makes sense.” This...
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Two-thirds of American kids can't read proficiently! Eighth graders actually read worse than in 1998. So maybe there's a problem with how we teach reading? We've learned from neuroscience and experiments about how to fix this, and we don't. So kids lose:
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Experts warn that most American children learn with ineffective reading curriculums.
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There’s a theory about how kids learn to read that’s been proven wrong by cognitive scientists. New on Reveal, we explore how teaching materials based on this flawed theory made it into classrooms all over the country.
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Many schools teach reading using an approach that can actually make it harder for kids to learn. They're taught strategies like “look at the picture” and “think of a word that makes sense.” This...
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Excited to partner with @reveal on an adaptation of Sold a Story, coming to radio stations and Reveal podcast listeners on Feb 11. @prx @apmreports
https://t.co/raRmMJRxCO
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We engage and empower the public through investigative journalism and groundbreaking storytelling that sparks action, improves lives and protects our democracy.
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We're hiring an investigative reporting intern for this summer. It's a paid 40hr/week job that can be remote. Apply here: https://t.co/QTaFe4XqHc
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