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Emily Hanford

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Host and Creator of Sold a Story APM Reports, American Public Media Journalist-in-Residence at Planet Word emilyhanford.com SoldaStory.org PlanetWordMuseum.org

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Feb 27

🎧 New episodes of Sold a Story are available now. 🎧
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What makes reading hard?

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Jessica Bari @jessicabari.bsky.social · 6d

I'm working on a new show for Call to Mind and I want to know what stresses you out? What keeps you up at night? How does stress affect your mental health? Comment below or email with your stories about STRESS [email protected]

TY to anyone who can lend a 🔄 to help spread the word.

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 27

More than half the states have passed new reading laws since Sold a Story.
We just updated our article and map. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

New reading laws sweep the nation following Sold a Story

At least 26 states have passed laws about how schools teach reading since APM Reports’ Sold a Story podcast began in 2022. But proponents of the disproven ideas about reading exposed in the podcast ha...

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sold a Story has a new episode - #14.

And we're working on Season 2.

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Trump cuts to the Department of Education

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 23

You might think the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Education are a good thing. You might think they’re a bad thing. But most people seem to agree that something big is happening here.
Episode 14 of Sold a Story is available now. www.apmreports.org/episode/2025...

Episode 14: The Cuts

Education research is at a turning point in the United States. The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Department of Education. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools.

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today, @apmreports.org published a package of stories detailing the impacts of federal education research cuts.

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 21

New reporting from the APM Reports Sold a Story team.
Nation's Report Card at risk: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Lawsuit saves massive reading study: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Another study slams shut: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
New episode: www.apmreports.org/episode/2025...

Episode 14: The Cuts

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 16

3) You can also directly support APM and Sold a Story. Here's a link: support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story...

Thank you.

Support Sold a Story by APM Reports | American Public Media

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 16

2) Subscribe to news sources that matter to you - magazines, newspapers. It costs money to make high-quality stuff, and every news organization is struggling to stay afloat in a world where people expect content to be free. Expect to pay for what matters to you.

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 16

1) Make a sustaining contribution to your local public radio station. If you're already a donor, consider increasing your contribution.

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 16

But these are historically challenging times in public media - and in journalism more generally.

Here's what you can do:

Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm grateful that the layoffs didn't affect me or the Sold a Story reporting team. (Our team's work relies on funding from foundations, and we, thankfully, have dedicated funders.)

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thirty people - more than 5% of the staff at American Public Media - lost their jobs yesterday.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... 🧵

MPR parent company cuts 30 jobs following federal funding cuts

Minnesota Public Radio's parent company laid off 30 staff members Friday after Congress clawed back funding that it had previously approved for public broadcasting. Cuts in state funding from the Minn...

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 12

We have a new episode of Sold a Story coming next week. We're looking at the Trump administration's cuts to education research - and what they mean for the science of reading. You can follow the show and sign up for alerts at our website. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 1

Excellent summary of the intellectual history of "cueing." These are ideas and citations @clpeak.bsky.social and I spent years poring over to make Sold a Story. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Jul 18

You may not know this, but Sold a Story would not have happened if not for public media. I've worked in public media my entire career. It's foundational to my professional and personal life. I'm deeply concerned about the future of the industry. www.americanpublicmedia.org/support

Support — American Public Media

By contributing to American Public Media, you support our on-air programming and distribution directly to listeners.

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