Author: Nancy Hanus

Nancy Hanus is an journalism instructor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She has been a journalist, educator and media specialist for more than 35 years, working at publications from The Detroit News to Crain's Detroit Business.

Fraser 3rd-grade MSTEP scores drop for most elementaries across district

Third-grade students in Fraser Public Schools elementaries have had falling math scores, overall, for the past several years. The most recent MSTEP math scores, in fact, showed that students at just one of Fraser’s schools outperformed the state in MSTEP math results in 2022-2023. That compares to 2014-2015 when every school in the district had […]

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One of my favorite podcasts: Reply All

I recently became a fan of Reply All, a podcast that is now over (sadly) and features Alex Martin. Here’s one of the podcast episodes. There is a lot I can say about these podcasts, but how about if you just take a look.

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Photo Gallery: Adventures in Alaska

This is a gallery slide show, with just one image per line Here’s a slideshow using the same images

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Curation and aggregation of election resources can be helpful to voters

Voting on Nov. 8? Here are sources that can help, curated by yours truly. The midterm elections take place on Nov. 8, and most voters still have questions about candidates, issues and even where to go to vote. Voting has become even more complex as many states have enacted new laws around elections and voting.  […]

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Multimedia Journalism: Have some fun here!

Whether you decide to write, do podcasts, create video or practice infographics, this blog can be your playground. I hope you take advantage of it and try all kinds of fun things. Here are a few ideas.

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