{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":" New (School) Year, New Stories","description":"Laura Meckler, the award-winning national education reporter for The Washington Post, shares the top stories in her notebook for the coming academic year.&amp;nbsp; Hear why she\u2019s  tracking cellphone bans, her advice for covering contentious school board elections, and how to put the so-called \u201cculture wars\u201d into context for your audiences.&amp;nbsp; She and EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond also discuss why K-12 reporters should be paying attention to civics classes and youth voters, and why expanding \u2013 and costly \u2013 school voucher programs should be on your radar this fall. ","author_name":"EWA Radio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewa.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33188707\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/bf3747\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/33188707"}