Elena Cox

Data reporter & editor 📝 | Adjunct professor 👩‍🏫 | Crunching numbers, crafting charts, chasing stories 📊 📈

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After scraping hundreds of episodes and thousands of hours of audio, one thing was clear: a deep disdain for higher education. Some attacks were blatant, others tossed off as jokes, but the message was constant.

Read my latest for CollegeWatch ⬇️
https://t.co/lScj5s5qGw

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🧵 I built a dataset of nearly 1,000 podcast episodes from Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro & Matt Walsh to understand what millions of Americans are hearing about college — and how those messages shape public sentiment during a pivotal moment for U.S. higher ed.

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I dug into the numbers in my latest piece: Squandering a Windfall. Read how much is at stake — and who loses most — if this cap becomes policy. 👉 https://t.co/WzTSwXT6SC #InternationalStudents #EducationPolicy

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International students make up just 6% of U.S. higher ed enrollment… but they bring in tens of billions to universities & local economies every year. 📊

Now the Trump admin wants to cap enrollment at 15%. That’s a major hit. 🧵

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Capping enrollment risks choking off this lifeline at a time when many campuses are already struggling financially. The costs won’t just be academic — they’ll be economic. 📉

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OK boomers—can you please stop hoarding all the houses? My latest: https://t.co/ubiIzpMrxf

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One way to combat the affordable housing crisis: get more people interested in building them. My latest-- https://t.co/7akdC4noXi

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Plus: I took a look at how different metro areas compare ahead of peak homebuying season https://t.co/p0hqdaQI76

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Mortgage rates & home prices remain high, pricing out many potential buyers. But with the U.S. short ~6.5M homes, economists project that lack of supply will keep things mostly in sellers' favor. My latest: https://t.co/ZmqEtrH1QO

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How does #MarchMadness affect stock market trading volumes? Stacker's @ElenaRCox and @jaredBeilby dig into data from the @CBOE to quantify March Madness' effect on productivity. See our full findings here: https://t.co/3xIpabza9E

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March Madness commands big viewership even during working hours. Ahead of the tournament, I took a look at how that impacts the stock market with @jaredBeilby
https://t.co/7tlkOb1Kxl #marchmadness2023

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Al hired me when I was still a senior in college. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take a copy editing job because I wanted to be a reporter. He told me: it’s a job in journalism, take it. And I’m so glad I did. 💔

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Sad to hear about the loss of Al Vieira, a longtime editor who gave me my first gig in journalism. He was an interesting guy who had seen it all and mentored a generation of reporters/copy editors/you name it along the way.

Nice remembrance here:
https://t.co/VzPHPHZcsM

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@JonCampbellNY @timesunion He loved telling that story!

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The Black homeownership rate (which stands at 43.4%) lags considerably behind white Americans (at 72.1%). So far this year, white Americans own about 3/4 of all real estate, according to the Federal Reserve

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Black Americans are among those who would most benefit from student loan forgiveness. I looked at how the Biden plan could boost Black homeownership rates https://t.co/gAeUMG2IoQ

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People of color are more likely to take out federal loans, according to the Department of Education. That debt means they cannot build wealth at the same rate as their peers.

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Just tossed my @kyliecosmetics eyeshadow palette after I learned two of the shades are not intended to be used NEAR YOUR EYES!!! Shame on @COTYInc and thanks @Bethenny for making me read the fine print.

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Homeowners may want to start mentally preparing for this year's heating bills. Natural gas prices have set new records this year, climbing past the highs seen during the Great Recession. (my latest with @domdifurio) https://t.co/kXO8Hy8hT0

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Today is Democracy Day! (A collaboration across newsrooms to report on threats to democracy & the power of the democratic process)

Proud of this piece I worked on with
@ElizaISiegel
https://t.co/vtP1TwihvH #DemocracyDay #VotingRights