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Abortions Performed in Texas Over the Last 10 Years by Race/Ethnicity Create line charts          

Initially I wanted to stay on my beat (or at least beat adjacent) but on Monday I changed my mind. Instead of writing about the demand for programmers and developers across all corporate spectrums I would like to write or… Continue Reading →

  FINAL SCRIPT JM1: Not down with that… On election day Austin voters approved a $720 million mobility bond under proposition 1. According to moveaustinforward.com, “The Smart Corridor plan will significantly address congestion, increase safety, and provide more transportation choices… Continue Reading →

Nice job. I’d start with a straightforward lead. Be careful to keep your opinion out of your news stories. You did a lot of good, contextual reporting. “And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do… Continue Reading →

Election Exercise 1 – Exit Poll Interviews November 1, 2016: Sabri Zooper St. Edwards, Jr. SZ: I am a student at St. Edwards, yes. HO: And you just voted? SZ: I did just vote, for the first time! HO: The… Continue Reading →

It’s hard for me to get a sense of the structure of this story without the interviews, which I gather you haven’t done yet, correct? It feels to me like it takes too long to get to what the story… Continue Reading →

Newlyweds Ryan and Pam Hess bought their first condo in , an affluent Austin neighborhood, in March of this year. They immediately looked into listing their home on the popular home sharing website, Airbnb. Ryan owns Ready to Run, a… Continue Reading →

This map represents the percent of children living in poverty in each Travis County school district.

Story 2 Pitch – Austin Ride Share   I would like to do a podcast type story where I interview different drivers of the new ridesharing apps. Did they vote for prop 1? Do they miss uber and lyft? How… Continue Reading →

Hailey, you’ve made impressive progress on a tough story. Diving right into regulation like this is ambitious. I applaud you for taking it on. I think that once we simplified the focus, you took off. Now, for the writing. You… Continue Reading →