Investigative reporter
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
There are 80 articles by David Waters :
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Most educators agree reading instruction in the earliest grades should include phonics, but that’s where the disagreements begin.
City releases bodycam footage, requires MPD to refer all excessive force cases to district attorney.
Members of the Indian immigrant community send planeload of oxygen concentrators, other aid to help pandemic-plagued nation.
Despite all the “top-down” efforts to guide reading instruction, effective teachers know that all programs and methods work for some children, but none work for every child.
Tennessee governors have been remaking school reading policies for 40 years, and yet reading achievement scores have barely budged.
Tennessee’s new elementary school reading policies are the product of a tangled web of government, business and academics that has reshaped national and state reading policies time and again.
Jesuit priest who lived with Poor Clares remembered for his service to poor, allegiance to Jesus
Dr. Manoj Jain has spent decades tracking viral and bacterial killers in Memphis and around the world.
Lawsuit claims city “improperly denied” reporter access to decisive bodycam recordings
SCS board members, teachers raise questions, concerns about cost, value of consultant Donyall Dickey’s new and expanding “Integrated Approach” literacy plan.
Toni Woods feels safer after second dose, but she knows her patients and her mother still need her to keep working, avoid risk.
Le Bonheur, U of M team up to provide free mental health counseling to kids treated for acute trauma.
Revenue lost in Memphis in May, Elvis Week cancellations compound hotel’s COVID-19 problems.
Dozens of sites with varying procedures and requirements test public’s willingness, ability to get tested for COVID-19.
As coronavirus surges, rising toll of infections, deaths push agencies to provide more testing.
New kits allow up to 20 family members to self-test at home, so we tried it.
Local labs producing “do-it-yourself” testing kits that can be self-administered and pooled on site.
The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.
Election officials put trust in people’s respect for meticulous process.
Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth congregation is moving, leaving behind its “Brutalist” synagogue but not its sacred Torahs or special memories.
Poplar Healthcare joined the battle against the coronavirus late, but now it’s leading the charge to help Memphis reopen and stay open.
For months before he died, the Greek Orthodox priest’s front yard became a gathering place for well-wishers from all parts of town and walks of life.
The Greek Orthodox priest retired from the pulpit in 1991, but kept working as the church’s pastor emeritus and the community’s chaplain and cheerleader.