Bernice Yeung

I have a few new stories out. Beating back RSI, so this is mostly going to be a cut-and-paste job…
Through two mayors, connected island developers cultivated profitable deal
This ran as part of an 8-page section on the redevelopment of Treasure Island in the inaugural issue of the SF Public Press. Featuring stories by Jeremy [...]

Journalism Innovations III came to a close today, and I’m happy to report that the Data to Diamonds workshop seemed to really resonate (standing-room only!). Thanks again to Burt Herman (Hacks/Hackers), Jim Morris (The Center for Public Integrity), Michele Horaney (MAPLight.org) and Len De Groot (Knight Digital Media Center) for making data analysis and visualization [...]

An overdue update…
As of January, I’m contributing to the Small Business Monthly of the East Bay Express. Some recent stories:
Joel Makower Q&A: Use Your Checkbook and Your Trash Can
Arizmendi Q&A: Running a Business With 26 CEOs
Neighborhood Revitalization Through Retail
Shoplifting? Or Organized Retail Crime?
I’m also doing a little writing for Shareable.net, and my first [...]

A couple recent print/online stories:
EAST BAY EXPRESS
Credit Card Issuers Say ‘I’ll See You In Court’
NEWSDESK
AIDS Cases Surge in California Prisons
(I wrote this story while participating in The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.)
I’ve also been working as a fill-in producer for KQED Public Radio’s Forum with Michael Krasny [...]

Debate about whether the governor’s plan is tough or even smart on crime will continue, but it also doesn’t take a mathematician to see that for all of its potential strengths and weaknesses, the plan doesn’t meet the court mandate 40,000 fewer prisoners by 2011.
via newsdesk.org: Is Schwarzenegger’s Prison Plan Good Enough?.

Struggling Helps Students Master Math
Math test scores soar if students are given the chance to struggle.
by Bernice Yeung
While working with minority and low-income students at low-performing schools in Newark for the past seven years, researchers at Rutgers University have found that allowing students to struggle with challenging math problems can lead to dramatically improved achievement [...]