Chris Julin
Editor/Producer
Chris Julin is a producer, editor and sound designer. He’s worked on dozens of podcasts and radio documentaries. Chris started making audio stories in the days of typewriters and cassette tapes. He's been a reporter, producer and editor at public radio stations large and small. Projects he's worked on have won a variety of awards, including the Edward R. Murrow and the Peabody.
Stories
An audio documentary by APM Reports
We’ve spent decades trying to alleviate teacher shortages. Our attempts have dramatically changed the teacher workforce, but the shortages remain.
We’ve spent decades trying to alleviate teacher shortages. Our attempts have dramatically changed the teacher workforce, but the shortages remain.
A four-part podcast series by APM Reports.
The growing crisis of homeless kids
They sleep in cars, motels and relatives' houses, and they're more likely to drop out of school and spend their lives in poverty. Due to the lack of affordable housing, the U.S. has more of these children than ever before.
Keeping uprooted kids in school
A documentary from APM Reports and the Educate podcast.
Tens of thousands of dollars later, most college grads say the degree was worth it
A recent survey from the APM Research Lab found most Americans think college is worth the cost.
Majority of Americans don't know that government has cut billions from higher education funding
A survey from the APM Research Lab shows that many people think funding has increased or stayed the same.
U.S. continues to slip behind other countries in percentage of population with degrees
A lack of highly skilled workers leaves American employers unable to fill jobs.
Despite decades of pledging to hire more black faculty, most universities didn't
The number of black faculty on college campuses has gone down during the last decade.
School on the move
A little-known program has been helping the children of migrant farmworkers graduate for more than 50 years.
State financial aid money dries up before many low-income college students get help
Last year, almost a million students who qualified for state financial aid didn't get it.
Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more
Students held back were at high risk of dropping out.
Liberal arts face uncertain future at nation's universities
Programs are being cut to make way for degrees with "clear career pathways."
Giving parents more freedom to choose doesn't guarantee better schools
Other countries offer clues about how effective nationwide school choice would be in the U.S.
Schools prove soft targets for hackers
Cybersecurity is a growing concern as schools collect an increasing amount of data on students.
High schools push few students with disabilities to consider college
Most students with disabilities can make it to and through college, but are hindered by low expectations.
Is the trauma of training for a school shooter worth it?
Most American students practice "active shooter" drills in school. Fewer than one in a million of them will need it.