My mother accompanied me to freshmen orientation. When we dropped into the Honors Department office, everyone turned and warmly welcomed her by name. They knew her because she was a student at the university. My mother and I had a two year overlap in our undergraduate education. She would sometimes swing by my apartment to drop something off on her way home or I would go visit her in the photo studio where she spent a lot of time working…
Last quarter, I took a data storytelling class as part of my graduate studies at the University of Denver. Research and statistics are powerful tools of persuasion, but if they are not presented in compelling and understandable ways the impact is diminished. In order to hone my data storytelling skills, I created a report about Instagram and teen mental health. I did a lot of secondary research, but also gathered primary research through surveys. As a parent of a teen…