by Wells | Jan 25, 2018 | Student_Work
Interactive Data Graphic This Tableau workbook examines food stamp usage statewide. Tasks: Construct a simple but effective filter / toolbar so readers can play with this map and learn more about their communities. See notes below on filtering. Notes on...
by Wells | Jan 25, 2018 | Student Work-SPRING18
Ehrenreich provides an insightful, yet troubling view of the working poor and the common challenges they face. The author herself faced a life of employment much different than the ones that went before her, sitting at a desk rather then working in a mine. However,...
by Wells | Jan 25, 2018 | Class_SP_2018_Assignments
Agenda Nickel and Dimed: Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Macmillan, 2001. Introduction, Ch. 1 –Discussion of how to write about working poor. Blog: Nickel & Dimed, write about reporting techniques and ideas for...
by Wells | Jan 25, 2018 | Student Work-SPRING18
Barbara Ehrenreich’s style of immersion journalism concerning the poor working class sheds light on what life is truly like for people who cannot or can hardly afford the simple necessities that allow someone to live in America. In order to truly understand what...
by Wells | Jan 24, 2018 | Student_Work
According to the Simplified Poverty SS, Benton had the highest median household income at $56,016, while Lee had the lowest at $25,724. Right off the bat, Ehrenreich has to “get in the mindset” of a worker who barely makes enough to get by, and she had to...
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