Dear Advisory Board Members:
Here is some advance reading for our presentations Thursday, Feb. 2:
National Fellows
Mallory Falk, Eve Troeh, WWNO News Radio, New Orleans
Kids, Trauma, and New Orleans Schools:
A 'no excuses' New Orleans charter school has a change of heart
For one New Orleans teen, support at school helps with tough times at home
When trauma in kids looks like something else
A new principal taps life experience to serve more students
Giving New Orleans teachers tools to address student trauma
Ed Williams, KUNM Radio, New Mexico
Enduring Addiction: The Long Fight Against Heroin in Northern New Mexico
In motherhood, a chance to break the cycle of addiction
Española preschool addresses trauma, addiction
Española students hunger for respect, support
California Fellows
Leonardo Castaneda, inewsource
The Opioid Epidemic in San Diego
How opioid devestation caught San Diego communities unaware, Parts 1 and 2
Lessons from reporting on opioid addiction
Looking at opioid abuse data in San Diego to chart the human toll
Paul Sisson, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Hospital Safety, penalties and transparency
Do penalties curb medical errors?
Sharpening the focus on medical errors
What's the cure for medical errors?
Do penalties curb medical errors? Investigation offers lessons in data wrangling
Other Projects
Samantha Silva, Boyle Heights Beat
Grieving family tells of challenges raising slain teen
Female football players gain ground in Boyle Heights
Girl skaters who break barriers
Michael E. Hochman, Keck School of Medicine
Additional Reading
Noam Levy, Los Angeles Times
Trump's actions on Obamacare threaten to undermine insurance markets