Starbucks as Demographic Indicator

Whenever someone asks me to speak to a news staff or college class about covering the New America, my first move is to check out the Starbucks locations. (09/11/08)

The Value of Sudoku

I am a Sudoku-ista. Every weekday night, I solve (or try to solve) the Sudoku puzzle in my hometown newspaper, the Washington Post.

Make Way for the Millennials

The twin themes of the nation's future were on display as I witnessed this American rite and waited for my niece, Robin, to grasp her diploma. Journalists need to understand these themes because they will explain unfolding demographic news and add context and texture to stories. (07/11/2008)

Memorial Day Coverage

Follow a soldier's homecoming. (5/26/2007)

Numbers without context reveal only part of the picture

All the signs of yet another Big Brown Invasion were there. Headlines had trumpeted a doubling of the population in North Carolina and three other Southern states.

Newspapers crippled by lessons unlearned after 40 years

Only two score years ago, a little more than a generation, a presidential commission handed up a stinging indictment of the nation's news media.

The Importance of Educating Immigrants

Illinois Shows How Today's Young Immigrant Families Will Support Tomorrow's Senior Citizens (12/20/2007)

The Benefit of Crosswords

Crosswords can improve journalistic skills (11/9/2007)

The Meaning of Numbers

Numbers Only Have Meaning if You Compare Them to Something (9/10/2007)

The Graying of New England

Demographics Shift to Much Older Population (7/17/2007)

The Meat Packing Industry

Changing the Face of Middle America (6/13/2007)

Nancy Maynard, co-founder of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education died September 21, 2008.
For 30 years, the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education has been committed to helping the news media reflect America's diversity in staffing, content, and business operations. Incorporated in 1977, the Institute offers editing and management training programs as well as direct services to news organizations. [more]
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