Denise-Marie Ordway

Cambridge

Managing Editor at Journalist's Resource

Managing editor of @JournoResource. @EdWriters brd membr. Pulitzer finalist. Went to community college. Degrees from UNF & Harvard. Nieman Fellow ‘15.

Articles

Need K-12 education data? These 10 data tools can help

2 weeks ago | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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Here’s what you told us

1 month ago | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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Higher education funding in the US: A broad overview

1 month ago | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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What are Hispanic-serving institutions? A primer with 4 story ideas

2 months ago | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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How Two Graduate Reporters Exposed a System Used to Hide Police Officer Misconduct

Mar 27, 2025 | gijn.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

Katey Rusch and Casey Smith were students in the University of California, Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program in 2019 when they compared notes about law enforcement issues they had researched during their summer break. While home in Indiana, Smith looked into legal settlements between police officers and private citizens. Rusch stayed in California, seeking information on officers with criminal convictions.
Marshall Project reporter shows how false positive drug tests in hospital maternity wards harm families

Mar 26, 2025 | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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UC Berkeley journalism program exposed statewide system of hiding California police officer misconduct

Mar 19, 2025 | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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8 key facts journalists should know about minority-serving institutions

Mar 12, 2025 | asianamericans.einnews.com | Denise-Marie Ordway |Central America

The U.S. government has designated more than 800 colleges and universities as minority-serving institutions, either because they were created to serve racial minorities or because a large percentage of their students today are racial or ethnic minorities. Commonly referred to as MSIs, these schools provide programming and support specifically designed to help students of color — lower-income students of color in particular — succeed in college.
8 key facts journalists should know about minority-serving institutions

Mar 12, 2025 | journalistsresource.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

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If you report on US colleges and universities, get to know these 19 higher education databases

Feb 24, 2025 | ijnet.org | Denise-Marie Ordway

No matter what issue you’re covering on the higher education beat, your story will be stronger if you ground it in high-quality data. Fortunately for journalists, government agencies and academic researchers have gathered data on an array of topics and made it available online for free. You just need to know where to find it. That’s why we created this tip sheet. It spotlights 19 higher education databases we think you ought to know about. This list is not meant to be exhaustive.