Welcome to Coffee Talk with the Dyslexia Initiative.

Grab your coffee and join us for a conversation.  We are so excited to have you join us!  On this week's episode of Dyslexia Coffee Talk Emily Hanford joins us.

Host: Ashley Roberts & Enid Webb

Emily Hanford is a senior education correspondent at APM Reports, part of American Public Media. She has been working in public media for more than two decades as a reporter, producer, editor, news director, and program host. Hanford has been at American Public Media since 2008 where she produces education documentaries that air on public radio stations nationwide and can also be heard on the Educate podcast. She has written and produced content for many news outlets,  including NPR, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, and PBS NewsHour. Her work has won numerous honors, including a duPont-Columbia Award, a Casey Medal, and awards from EWA and The Associated Press. In 2017, Hanford won the Excellence in Media Reporting on Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association. She is a frequent speaker and moderator and is the host of the Ways & Means podcast. She graduated from Amherst College.

Check out Emily’s groundbreaking reports:

Hard Words

September 10, 2018

https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2018/09/10/hard-words-why-american-kids-arent-being-taught-to-read?fbclid=IwAR1mL9Z9aC27_ra6oWRFolaE90SJDKqWbYMr-mwAOCKjTguaqDmIDMfk4N8

At a Loss for Words

August 22, 2019

https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading?fbclid=IwAR1K8P4eh2759JJ61Az25WgALr8ulKHSCpNoGQj0pMSrgbPJ2uWoA2TyVUQ

What the Words Say

August 6, 2020

https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2020/08/06/what-the-words-say?fbclid=IwAR1nohgTg3ICkigwOAik8RU8kZ-6q70tQ1li2WTrhsNNhDRwg4ER_w83XpY