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  • The Next Pandemic Is Out There. Is the Private Sector Ready?

    November 08, 2019 |

    Freethink |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    In 2019, a Pandemic Response Board made up of international leaders was created to determine a course of action should a contagious outbreak such as SARS occur. Although the director general of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control was not able to join, the region's response to Lassa virus offered lessons to the team, such as the benefits of private-public partnerships and eliminating the spread of misinformation by joining forces with social media outlets.

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  • How the Texas Tribune, one of local journalism's greatest success stories, really got started

    November 08, 2019 |

    Poynter |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Non-partisan, watchdog journalism has formed a financially healthy platform for Texas Tribune in its first decade, filling a public-interest gap left by shrinkage in the number of statehouse reporters from 95 in 1989 to about 30 in 2008. By hiring an aggressive team of journalists and diversifying its revenue streams, the Tribune turned seed-money grants into a self-sustaining online publishing business whose serious coverage of neglected policy stories inspired Texas lawmakers to coin the term "the Trib effect" for the changes in capitol behavior when it's clear "someone is always watching."

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  • The Three Keys to a Thriving Rural Economy

    November 08, 2019 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Salida, Colorado

    As the Mountain West transitions away from mining and other industrial economic drivers, rural cities find their way into successful economies by relying on local entrepreneurial spirit and the surrounding landscape. Businesses like SmartLam in rural Montana rely on local resources - in SmartLam's case, timber - and sustainable, future-oriented strategy to make a ripple in the economy of the rural West.

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  • This Wyoming Greenhouse is a Place for Employees with Disabilities to Grow

    November 08, 2019 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

    A company called Vertical Harvest in Jackson, Wyoming employs people with developmental and physical disabilities to work in their 3-story greenhouse to address the exclusion of people with disabilities in the labor pool. Vertical Harvest, which offers positions growing and handling local produce, acts as both a safe space and source of income for employees, following a trend to open employment opportunities to often overlooked populations.

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  • Changing Lives by Building Credit History — One Microloan at a Time Audio icon

    November 08, 2019 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A program through the Mission Asset Fund, based in San Francisco, helps low-income communities get loans and good credit from an unlikely source: each other. The initiative pools together funds from family members and neighbors and distributes the loan to one of the contributors each month; the loans are interest free and allow community members to build credit without the difficulties of breaking into the typical microfinance realm.

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  • Philly Sets New Gold Standard for Domestic Worker Protections

    November 07, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Giving domestic workers a seat at the table elevates their voices and provides them with access to protections enshrined in labor laws. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the passage of the Philadelphia Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights extends worker protections to those previously left out of traditional labor laws. The new law, passed with the combined effort of the Pennsylvania Domestic Worker Alliance (PDWA), Philadelphia’s City Council, and the support of Philadelphia AFL-CIO, grants domestic workers access to employer-funded benefits and paid time off.

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  • Colorado's newest farmers are YouTube-taught, social justice-minded and preaching the gospel of microgreens

    November 07, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Bennett, Colorado

    Emerald Garden farm in Colorado is a microgreens hydroponic farming operation that is using a comprehensive approach toward conducting business. From experimenting with new practices to reduce food waste to diversifying partnerships to enhance crop development, the owners have successfully scaled the initial operation and are providing food for fine restaurants as well as grocery stores a local school district and potentially hospitals.

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  • Rock-a-Bye Mama

    November 07, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Past and present traumas can make it difficult for new mothers to bond with their babies. A program at Carnegie Hall uses songwriting and music to support mothers in this process in prisons, intensive care units, high schools, and other places.

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  • The Real Cost of Diversifying College Rosters

    November 07, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The rosters of sports teams at small liberal arts schools are often predominantly white and wealthy. Amherst College in Massachusetts has made a concerted effort to stop recruiting from the same "pay to play" pool and reach more student-athletes of color and student-athletes from different socio-economic backgrounds.

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  • San Diego Students Going To Mexico For College

    November 07, 2019 |

    KPBS Public Media |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California Sur

    The cost of higher education in California has continued to rise, and some students close to the Southern border have found a lower-cost and academically competitive alternative at CETYS, a private Mexican university. From 2010 to 2019, the Mexican school saw American student enrollment increase from 50 to 337, most from Southern California. In order to accommodate that growth and compete educationally, the university sought and received American accreditation in 2012, and recently developed an all-English business degree program.

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