EDITORIAL: Leaders, organizations and citizens in Malheur County can no longer tolerate the community’s high rate of poverty among children. No issue should get more attention and action.
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COMMENTARY: Urban students learn key journalism lessons in Malheur County
COMMENTARY: Experience in Malheur County taught young journalists the value of digging, listening and deep research. The result was a series on a neglected topic in Malheur County.
COMMENTARY: What brought USC students to Malheur County to research poverty
COMMENTARY: USC journalism students decided child poverty was the project they wanted to take on. They the found the assignment in Malheur County challenging – and rewarding.
CHILDREN OF POVERTY: The series and videos
CHILDREN OF POVERTY: Get access to all five parts of the Enterprise series plus videos and commentary. As a community service, the Enterprise is making this project available at no charge on the web. We ask you to consider: How can you help?
CHILDREN OF POVERTY VIDEO: Local solutions
VIDEO: Malheur County has had high rates of impoverished children for years. Local leaders who deal with this challenge share possible solutions.
CHILDREN OF POVERTY VIDEO: Community voices
VIDEO: Watch as local experts in Malheur County share their experiences in dealing with poverty and its impact on local children. Listen to Tobey Huddleston, principal at Aiken Elementary School in Ontario.
CHILDREN OF POVERTY VIDEO: Community voices
VIDEO: Watch as local experts in Malheur County share their experiences in dealing with poverty and its impact on local children. Listen to Mary Ann Almaraz, homeless liaison for the Ontario School District.
CHILDREN OF POVERTY VIDEO: Community voices
VIDEO: Watch as local experts in Malheur County share their experiences in dealing with poverty and its impact on local children. Listen to Xochitl Fuhriman-Ebert, an English coach in the Ontario School District.
CHILDREN OF POVERTY VIDEO: Community voices
VIDEO: Watch as local experts in Malheur County share their experiences in dealing with poverty and its impact on local children. Listen to Dave Goldthorpe, Malheur County district attorney.
CHILDREN OF POVERTY VIDEO: Educators speak out on challenges in Malheur County
VIDEO: Watch as local experts in Malheur County share their experiences in dealing with poverty and its impact on local children. This is part of the Malheur Enterprise series, “Children of Poverty.”