While Austin is booming, its 153-year-old daily newspaper is dying. Gannett, a ruthless hedge fund posing as a newspaper chain, has slashed the once-great Austin Statesman to the bone in a race to the bottom. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Latino and white students enroll in higher education at roughly the same rates. But the gaps become evident when looking at who graduates. Nadia aka relatable data journalist 📊 EdSurge

How Can Colleges Close the Latino Graduation Gap?
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📚 Libro online gratuito: #RStats Graphics Cookbook, 2nd edition
💪 Soluciones a tareas y problemas comunes en el análisis de datos mediante gráficos
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by Winston Chang
#data viz #stats #data visualization #code #analytics #programming #analytics #data

This was a fun topic to nerd out on! edsurge.com/news/2023-09-1…

What Will Academic Recovery Post-ESSER Look Like? ewa.org/educated-repor…

'FOIA Exempt' 🤣 Watch this pop up in Texas elected officials' email signatures next.

Before tomorrow's Drag Race México finale check out my delosangelestimes debut where I talked to the gorgeous Lushious Massacr who has been behind Valentina's iconic mug all season and why she can't leave the #RGV .
#puropinche956 #DragRace Mexico #DragRace
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Fascinating piece from Gaige Davila — the number of people who simply did not respond to requests for comment is 📈, which says something about their stewardship of public funds

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jfc this looks like something out of the Saw franchise

📲Text exchanges between Texas A&M Board of Regents Jay Graham and David Baggett.

➡️Graham wants the new Journalism Program at A&M to turn out 'high-quality conservatives'... 'to help direct our message'

Receipts below ⤵️

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Many of us will remember a time when we complained to a parent or elder about our job — too little pay for too many hours, a terrible co-worker, feeling something was unfair — and were met with some version of, “Thank God there’s work for you.”

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Latest from me: 'I really do believe it's in our DNA as Latinos to be perseverant, to keep pushing, and to not give up, especially in these areas of math and computer science.'

#LatinosInSTEM #K12education
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Very timely and important topic: 'A Student and a Teacher Try to Untangle Why Group Work Is, Well, Terrible'

This Q&A isn't just woe. It includes a pretty brilliant solution! edsurge.com/news/2023-07-1…

🎉 My first big blog post after my parental leave is out! And yes, it's about color; and how smart data vis designers use it to create smart design hierarchies. Plus, I'll show you one of my fav charts (again): blog.datawrapper.de/emphasize-with…

Speaking of “Small Town!” Don't forget Ahmaud Arbery—he was chased and then gunned down while jogging in a “small town” in southeast Georgia by white men who believed they were; “taking care of their own” by stopping a burglar—RIP🖤🙏🏾✊🏾

Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande and not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a DPS trooper. trib.al/DU36yCR

Attn communications officers: When a member of the public has a question about your governmental org/department, you can't just gatekeeper by making everything a public information request 🙄

'It’s time for journalists to recognize that Spanish-speaking readers want community-focused stories with more context and evidence that show where solutions are working and why or why not.' Beatriz Limón AZLuminaria
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