... from a previous 300 class of mine.
Story idea #1: St. John’s percentage of people 25 or older with a bachelors degree is 8 percent lower than the national average and I’d like to explore why that is. I want to talk to some people and find out if they went to college and some people who might be at the age where they are considering college and what might persuade them not to go. I’d like to know where the people who are from that area go to college if they do chose to get a higher level education and whether those same people stay in the St. John’s area or move away. I would talk to people in the city, specifically some who didn’t go to college to find out why, and also some who did and where they went. My neutral expert could be a social studies professor who is an expert specifically on how where you grow up can shape how far you go on in your educational career.
Story idea #2: My second story idea is I’d like to explore the issue of soil erosion being a hazard to water sources. With the amount of farm land in Clinton County there is plenty of space for development and the county has a lot of rules in place made by the zoning board so that soil erosion is under control and doesn’t pollute lakes and streams. I would talk to someone from a construction company to see what they do to avoid erosion and also talk to someone from the zoning board to find out how those rules are enforced. A neutral expert could be someone who studied water supply and how construction and development can affect water sources.
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