EWA podcasts include Paul Tough, Michelle Rhee....

If you missed the EWA 2009 annual meeting, you can still get tips from the meeting blog, the followup web page  and EWA's podcasts!

Some of the best minds in education gave a reality check at the 62nd annual conference of the National Education Writers Association April 30-May 2 in Washington, DC.

Nearly 230 top education journalists and others gathered to hear from an all-star lineup about where education is heading.

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne talked about the future of the news industry and education coverage and New York Times Magazine editor and author Paul Tough gave reporters insight into a blossoming education reform in Harlem.

USA Today reporters Blake Morrison and Brad Heath won the Fred. M Hechinger prize for education reporting for their series "The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America's Schools."

And you can view candid photos of the conference on our Flickr page.