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Defining how to create a great story has never been ubiquitous. In some cases they're accidental, other times serendipity plays its part. However, in nearly all cases great effort and self-involvement is required. The term "best" is always a moving target, changing with growth, time, a frame of reference or personality. Yet, while "best" may or may not accurately describe the following stories, they're among Jason's more memorable and most notable clips.
Prospering after prosperity: A new battlefield in higher education is dawning
This feature article, winner of the 2012 Nevada Press Association Best News Feature award, examined what college meant to students and educators as the Great Recession hit and college grads found it harder and harder to find a living wage career.
Big Data Could Bring Governments Big Benefits
Analytics appear to be the future for "smart cities" and sustainable development. However, governments working under tight budgets are still fence sitting and far slower on uptake compared to the private sector. This is an exploration of where the hesitancy is coming from and what characteristics are needed for a turning point.
The Morning Crowd
Toward the end of 2011, Jason Shueh took on his final assignment at the Tahoe Daily Tribune, an in-depth look at the swelling undocumented worker population in Truckee and North Lake Tahoe. Shadowing and multiple interviews in both English and Spanish revealed clarifying facts and calling anecdotes that go beyond a typical newspaper article.
The Road Ahead: Riding the boom-and-bust wave of oil and gas
There are lessons to be learned from Casper, Wyo., and other oil towns that have been through big oil's boom-and-bust cycle. However, it remains to be seen whether they’re being heeded in Colorado's Weld County, a region that has developed a growing addiction for oil dollars is growing year after year. This is a story about oil dependence, its impact and how — or if — it can be managed.
Kids & Horses … and Hope
A small Nevada horse ranch works miracles in disabled therapies for children and adults coping with serious infirmities. The ranch employs a unique kind of therapy, using horsemanship to bolster and aid the injured and disabled. Their clients include those with paralysis, multiple sclerosis, autism, muscular dystrophy, Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities, and stroke.
A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with their own delight. A story must have some points of contact with the reader to make him feel at home in it. Only then can he accept wonders.
John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent