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Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin

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The Celebrity Journalists Even a Populist Could Love

by Eric Cortellessa January 30, 2019February 4, 2022

A new documentary about Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill has insights for today’s press corps.

When Journalists Make The Story About Themselves

by Alexander Russo June 15, 2016January 9, 2022

.@nytimes reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones on choosing a school for her daughter in a segregated city:https://t.co/TzfIU9qSbL — WNYC ? (@WNYC) June 9, 2016 This WNYC video shows Nikole Hannah-Jones and her daughter going to school. There’s a tremendous power that can come when a reporter puts her or himself into a news story, combining reported facts with personal […]

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A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.

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Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

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High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.

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Higher Ed’s Affordability Problem Isn’t Just the Price

New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.

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