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Hands-on learning
Watching my 3-year-old son, I’m often reminded that we learn by doing. We practice tracing letters, putting together a puzzle, or hitting a baseball. Learning journalism is the same way. Whether it’s...
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The “best assignment ever”: Live Twitter coverage
Can class assignments be both educational and entertaining? I think so. Last semester’s Live Twitter Coverage assignment seemed to hit that sweet spot for students, who said it was “exhilarating,”...
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Save The Times-Picayune!
I just signed a petition to save The Times-Picayune, New Orleans’ prize-winning newspaper, which recently announced plans to cut print publication back to three days a week. It was where I cut my teeth...
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Dead zone pollutant grows despite decades of work. But who’s the culprit?
For two centuries, the town of Hermann has been known for the Missouri River. But now the river is making Hermann known for an unexpected reason: It is a hot spot for nitrate. Despite three decades of...
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2013 resolution: Face up to climate cliff
Note: This was originally written as a guest post for Riparian Rap, a blog about river science and related topics. See the original post here. While we’re all making New Year’s resolutions about eating...
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The world is flatter
BANGALORE – We arrived in India at 4 this morning, and presently drivers whisked us to the campus of Infosys, the IT giant made famous in Thomas L. Friedman’s bestselling 2005 book, “The World is...
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Things remembered and things learned
A boy bathes in the Kaveri River. Photo by Sara Shipley Hiles. When we stumbled out of the Bangalore airport Sunday morning, bleary-eyed and eager to start our adventure, the stench of sewage swept...
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India’s environmental consciousness
India is a complex place. With more than 1.2 billion people here, it’s impossible to say that Indians have a single way of doing anything. The same applies to environmental issues. We’ve witnessed many...
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Doing a lot with a little
India’s unofficial motto could be “Doing a lot with a little.” A coconut isn’t harvested just for its sweet flesh. The fibrous husk is woven into rope. The shells are made into cups. Even cow dung...
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Earlier during our tour of India, we visited the massive campus and training center of Infosys, the IT giant. Yesterday, we met the man behind the company. Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys and...
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