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  • Report for America Supports Journalism Where Cutbacks Hit Hard

    April 15, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    In order to address shrinking newsrooms across the country as well as diminishing opportunities for journalists to learn the tools of reporting, the Report For America program was created. Modeled on AmeriCorps, the program places journalists in newsrooms that apply by describing a crucial beat that is currently unfilled.

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  • Researchers Produce High-tech Clear Banana Juice Commercialization

    April 14, 2018 |

    IPP Media |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Turning bananas into juice isn't a new practice, but it is a less than efficient process for those that do it, and it also tends to lack hygienic care. New technology, however, alleviates this issue while also making it possible to store the juice for longer periods of time.

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  • The Mumbai creche that means toddlers aren't left home alone

    April 13, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    For the millions of migrant workers employed in the construction industry in India, there is hope for their children. Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC) is a childcare provider that cares for children while parents work all day. This is part of a law that says any construction site with over 50 women needs daycare, but MMC is one of the few large providers. The benefits extend to everyone involved: the mothers are less anxious and more productive, and kids learn and eat healthy food in a safe environment.

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  • Space Problems, Sh*t Problems, Minnesota Problems

    April 13, 2018 |

    HBO |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Anthony, Minnesota

    In the premiere episode of Wyatt Cenac's “Problem Areas” he focuses on fixes for manure polluting waterways, but mostly on policing in America, with an in-depth review of what happened with the death of Philando Castile by a police officer in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn. The show looks at the lack of standards or regulation in how police are trained, and explores how another police force in Ramsey County addresses the issue in the hiring process by focusing on character. But the show also makes it clear there is no one solution to fixing policing in this country.

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  • World's first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in Sweden

    April 12, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Stockholm, Sweden has opened the world's first stretch of road that will recharge car's batteries as people drive. Similar to a tram system, but half the cost, motorists install a moveable arm to the undercarriage of their vehicles which connects to the electrified strip running down the road. Talks have already begun about expanding the pilot in order to move towards achieving independence from fossil fuels by 2030.

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  • Competition fosters computer skills in New Mexico schools

    April 12, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Melrose, New Mexico

    For over sixteen years Melrose Municipal Schools, a small rural school district which oversees the students of Melrose, New Mexico, sets aside funds for the Supercomputing Challenge, an annual science and engineering competition. Students from sixth to twelfth grade meet after school to learn about computer science. “Over 11,000 students have participated.” It has also led former students to find careers in computer science. An analysis “found that 100 employees out of around 10,000 were challenge alumni.”

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  • How One Small School District Embraces A Challenge For Computer Science Education

    April 12, 2018 |

    KRWG-PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Melrose, New Mexico

    In many states, schools are now required to offer computer science curriculum. But in New Mexico, particularly in rural towns, there are few resources in place to expose students to the growing field. In Melrose, a town of 700, the state's Supercomputing Challenge is an attempt to fill this gap. By participating in after school sessions and submitting their final work to the competition, teens who wouldn't otherwise learn these highly marketable skills may even receive related college scholarships.

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  • Here's how The New York Times is trying to preserve millions of old pages the way they were originally published

    April 12, 2018 |

    Nieman Lab |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Project Kondo has identified and archived over 7 million New York Times web pages that contain news content in outdated and unsupported formats. Readers can report broken links, but the number of sites to review is too big to do by hand, so the team created an automated tool called ‘munger’ to identify JavaScript with unsupported code and clean it up into HTML that can be shared widely. In order to preserve the content exactly how it was originally published, the websites are moved to a different domain, archive.nytimes.com, where readers are notified that they are reading an archived article.

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  • The Posse Foundation

    April 12, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    Jill Harkins writes, "As the research shows, it’s not enough to get students into college. We need to also get them through college, and into jobs." The Posse Foundation recruits driven and accomplished low-income students to attend partner colleges in 10-person cohorts, a model that the Foundation believes offers a built-in support system that may prevent students from dropping out when facing the stressors of a new and challenging environment. And that is just the beginning - the Foundation continues to provide students with support and career advice through and after graduation.

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  • Reach Up: how a Jamaican early childhood intervention swept the world

    April 12, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Jamaica, Kingston

    Play encourages early childhood development. Reach Up sends doctors and nurses to show mothers in poverty, who are often overburdened in trying to lessen other disadvantages for their children, how to play with their children. The success of this Reach Up has led many countries to scale the program, bringing its own unique challenges.

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