Emily Hanford

@ehanford

Senior Correspondent, American Public Media. ehanford at apm reports dot org. Re/tweets aren't endorsements.

Washington, DC
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Joined September 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    30 Aug 2018

    "One well-told story can put thousands of similar stories in perspective," says a listener about Still Rising. It's the story of two college students I met 10 years ago and their quest to get degrees. Listen on from

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  2. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    AWMF congratulates Emily Hanford on winning this year's Gracie Award for Outstanding Nationally Syndicated Non-Commercial Radio Reporter/Correspondent/Host for her work on . Congratulations to and the team!

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  3. Retweeted
    Jul 16

    So many education reporters participating in the Aspen Institute's forum lecture series this year, including , , and

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  4. Retweeted
    Jul 16

    Great at interview with and Deborah Fallows for the put on by the Forum for the Future of Higher Education . Check it out here:

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  5. Jul 16

    As journalism faces a racial reckoning, my colleague talks to young Black journalists at the beginning of their careers about what changes they want to see.

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  6. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Black people account for 74% of DC’s COVID-19 deaths. Structural racism and health inequity aren’t addressed by tweeting about Fauci and wearing masks

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  7. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    "...Black people are more overrepresented among the capital’s dead than America’s other largest cities and counties. The fatality rate among the city’s Black residents is 5.9 times higher than for white residents — double the disparity in Chicago..."

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  8. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    What a stunning report from : "Black people, who are 46 percent of Washington’s population, account for 74 percent of the city’s coronavirus deaths. By that measure, Washington’s gap is also among the worst in the nation."

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Required reading for anyone who lives in Washington, DC, & purports to care about racism, public health or accountable government, via :

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  10. Jul 15

    An extra article there. Whoops. It is, of course, DC. Or, if you will, the District of Columbia. My mom’s been living there “taxation without representation” for years.

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  11. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    On the road with “Hopeville, USA” the documentary! 🎥 . . Thanks 🙏

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  12. Jul 15

    "Are we really in a better situation than we were 50 years ago, in terms of who gets to live and who gets to die in D.C.?”

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  13. Jul 15

    The fatality rate among the DC's Black residents is 5.9 times higher than for white residents — double the disparity in Chicago, triple New Orleans’ gap and nearly quadruple Detroit’s. Check out the new investigation from

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  14. Jul 15

    New from and my colleague

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  15. Retweeted
    Jul 14

    One of the key things could do is to ensure that every child--repeat EVERY CHILD--learns to read. It is not yet doing what is required.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jul 13

    An unmissable series of webinars. Each of these exceptionally talented individuals has made an extraordinary contribution to the education research-practice continuum!

    Don’t miss this extraordinary webinar series! Join Louisa Moats, Mark Seidenberg, Kate Nation, Carl Hendrick, Paul Kirschner, Daniel Ansari, Pie Corbett, Emily Hanford + Pamela Snow as they discuss language, literacy + learning. Registration is free! Follow for updates.
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    Jul 13

    Don’t miss this extraordinary webinar series! Join Louisa Moats, Mark Seidenberg, Kate Nation, Carl Hendrick, Paul Kirschner, Daniel Ansari, Pie Corbett, Emily Hanford + Pamela Snow as they discuss language, literacy + learning. Registration is free! Follow for updates.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 14

    is proud to announce as our next WWW speaker July 15 at the special time of 8pm. Emily will tell the story of what she has learned over the past 3 yrs of reporting on early reading instruction in the US. Rego details on our website:

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  19. Jul 14

    New internship at : We're looking for applicants passionate about journalism, its importance in a functioning democracy, who are hungry to learn more about the tools of investigative journalism.

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  20. Jul 14

    We have a new internship opportunity at for Fall 2020. Full time, paid. Check it out, and please pass it along:

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    Jul 10
    Replying to and

    This isnt a good rep of what models & beh data show. Science doesnt say all these things are needed every time a word is read but it does speak to why orth-phon develops first, where sem & context come in & other details. We warn against this kind of misuse of science in our ppr

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