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Beena Raghavendran’s Biography

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I'm an education reporter at the Star Tribune who's obsessed with the future of journalism.
A string of internships through college landed me at the Star Tribune, where I've been covering education since 2015. I learned how to string together complex stories on deadline and reach further, too, churning out enterprise and weekend pieces about school leaders and education trends and concepts. My proudest story was a piece from fall 2017, in which our data editor and I uncovered why kids are leav…

Beena Raghavendran’s Journalist Portfolio

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Minneapolis' black families lead the way in fleeing to other schools

Minneapolis' black families lead the way in fleeing to other schools

Once it was the biggest school district in the state. Now Minneapolis Public Schools is the biggest loser in …

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Dance unites Minneapolis high school students from opposite sides of the city

Dance unites Minneapolis high school students from opposite sides of the city

Under ordinary circumstances, the 40 students from North and Southwest high schools would never have met. Ten…

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VIDEO: Breakdown of new state education plan

VIDEO: Breakdown of new state education plan

I made this vid to break down part of "the funnel" -- the way the state will ID schools for help under new ru…

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Minneapolis schools superintendent studies hard in first year on job

Minneapolis schools superintendent studies hard in first year on job

Minneapolis schools Superintendent Ed Graff perched on a stool at Lake Nokomis Community School Keewaydin's c…

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VIDEO: North High School graduation

VIDEO: North High School graduation

I got to attend North High's graduation today after spending a couple weeks reporting on their turnaround. He…

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PREZI: What does the diversity of new hires in Minneapolis Public Schools look like?

PREZI: What does the diversity of new hires in Minneapolis Public Schools look like?

What does the diversity of new hires in Minneapolis Public Schools look like? Scroll through my Prezi here, w…

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What’s the Biggest Story on Your College or University Campus?

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By Joshua Needelman Verified, Beena Raghavendran
| The New York Times Verified
U.S.|What’s the Biggest Story on Your Campus? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/college-news-stories.html The Times wants to help you tell it. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Students protest at the New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla., on Jan. 31. We want to hear what issues are roiling your campus. Credit...Todd Anderson for The New York Times By Joshua Needelman and Beena Raghavendran Feb.
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Intellectual Disability and Epistemic Justice in Journalism: Reflections from A Pilot Project

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By Rebecca Monteleone, Amy Silverman Verified, Beena Raghavendran
| Waterloo Biology
License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. There are no article processing or submission charges for CJDS authors. Author(s) are not required to assign their copyright in and to their article to the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. Instead, The CJDS asks for one-time rights to print this original work.
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Do you live in the Kanehili or Kauluokahai subdivisions? We have questions about the quality of your homes

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By Rob Perez, Beena Raghavendran
| Honolulu Star-Advertiser Verified
Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Rob Perez and the newsroom ProPublica are continuing their examination of the Hawaiian Homes program and would like to find people who purchased homes in Kapolei and are experiencing problems such as sewage backups, cracking walls, poorly graded lots, faulty plumbing and more. If you’ve been affected, we’d like to know about how you like living in your home, neighborhood and community — particularly the Kapolei subdivisions of Kanehili and Kauluokahai.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

First job as an amateur journalist: The Chronicle, student newspaper at Mason High School.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Will McAvoy from The Newsroom.