What’s Due in Class on March 18?

Read Trans Americans Turning to Guns for Protection. Ella chose this story and will lead our discussion.

Come ready to pitch your statistics article; remember what Teresa advised: “find the story in the numbers”

Your pitch should look (exactly) like this (you will pitch out loud but write it down!):

Proposed headline: A Growing Number of Americans Say, ‘No, Thanks to Children”

Possible subhed: A new study explains why more U.S. adults say they are unlikely to have kids

Story lede: Someone who has decided not to have children.

Nut graph: A new study by the Pew Research Center has found that increasing numbers of Americans have chosen not to raise children. Conducted in 2023, the research notes that 47 percent of those younger than 50 without children said they were unlikely ever to have kids, an increase of 10 percentage points since 2018.

ALSO: We will review structure for a feature based on numbers and how to use statistics as evidence without being boring.

Choose times for speed advising.

Class visit: Erica Edwards, Newmark class of 2014, Solutions Journalism LEDE fellow.