Some essay topics include the empirical measurement of poverty, the impact of colonialism on enduring contemporary poverty, the future of micro-credit, child labor and gaps for future research. The 2016 narrative novel is a product of years of ethnographic research learning how these families reached an extreme level of poverty and the survival strategies they have adapted, including a discussion of policies that impact their specific situations.Ĭomposed of essays compiled by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Roland Benabou and Dilip Mookherjee from 34 leading economists focused on the most valuable key points from their research on poverty, this 2016 collection covers a large range of relevant topics. families who live in extreme poverty and investigates how they survive on less than $2 per day, and readers are transported into the everyday lives of each family. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin follows several U.S. “$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America” Each story dives into a particular newsworthy policy or aspect that relates to poverty and covers that in detail.
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NBC News’ Peabody award winning series investigates a diverse range of content related to trends and impacts of poverty across the U.S. On Latino USA’s podcast, Daisy Rosario speaks with doctors and researchers about how excess levels of stress, often due to experiences related to poverty, can change brain psychology and affect life course trajectory.
The story focuses on 30 fourth graders and their intimate experience with the intersection of poverty and education on Chicago’s West Side. The piece as a whole investigates whether public schools can make the American Dream a reality for children who live in poverty. This 2017 radio series from WBEZ in Chicago includes illustrations, photographs and long-form written stories, organized into chapters. In the political battleground state of Ohio during a pivotal presidential election year, hopes and fears for the future are shared from a child’s perspective. PBS Frontline’s 2020 documentary follows three children and their families to share their experiences fighting to stay afloat as the COVID-19 pandemic amplifies existing challenges. Common misconceptions are brought to light and presenters introduce reasons for why conversations around poverty should not shy away from race. In a video presentation by Alan Jenkins and written discussion by Katie Le Dain, The Aspen Institute provides context to the links between race and poverty in the U.S. “Four Reasons To Include Race in America’s Poverty Discussion” Eight full-length documentaries and several shorter episodes look for answers to questions like “can a good education provide an escape from poverty?” and “how have attitudes to poverty changed over the ages?” This PBS Peabody Award-winning documentary series explores global, international poverty. Authors and other experts are interviewed to provide alternatives to avoid these insensitive or incorrect mistakes. In this podcast, journalists Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone talk about how they covered poverty in the preceding episodes of the series and walk through various pitfalls to avoid. “Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook: Poverty in America Edition”
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The guide is broken down into categories with tips on how to cover homelessness in the correct and ethical manner. This guide, created by Street Sense Media in collaboration with the Poynter Institute, gives journalists the tools and techniques they need to cover homelessness.
“A journalist’s guide to reporting on homelessness” This book provides straightforward, practical strategies for reporters to use in the field to investigate the root causes of inequality and report more comprehensively. Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner’s guide aims to equip journalists to cover the complex issues surrounding racial and social inequalities.
“Covering poverty: What to avoid and how to get it right”Ī guide compiled by Denise-Marie Ordway and Heather Bryant, two journalists who grew up in poverty themselves, outlines common mistakes journalists make when covering poverty and related issues and offers ways to avoid committing those problematic reporting practices. Ryan Christopher Jones, a photographer with The New York Times, discusses in a 2018 op-ed how photojournalists should balance the “responsibility to portray the visceral realities of an often devastating world” and the simultaneous responsibility to photograph with respect to the humanity of the people photographers cover. “How Photography Exploits the Vulnerable”
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