Full Report: State of the Education Beat 2016
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Nation’s Education Reporters Confident They’re Making a Difference
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Despite facing real challenges, the men and women who report on education are confident about their professional futures, believe they’re making a difference in their communities, and view their “beat” as a destination rather than a steppingstone to another position.
“Reporters who cover education are finding purpose in covering a subject that they believe is critical to America’s future,” said Scott Elliott, the president of the Education Writers Association’s Board of Directors and the bureau chief of Chalkbeat Indiana. “They know the work they do matters.”