Jodi Kantor talks to Nieman Storyboard about her story on a young single mother struggling to cope with low wages, constantly shifting schedules, and other hardships of life in the part-time economy: "Jannette told me that she had a three-hour commute and that she was constantly worried she was going to lose her son’s child care because her schedule is so crazy," Kanot said. "As she was speaking, my brain was thinking, 'How fast can I buy a ticket to San Diego?'"
September 7, 2014