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Jason Song covered higher education with an emphasis on community colleges and online learning. He was part of the Los Angeles Times team that won the Scripps Howard Award for Public Service in 2011 ...

Some of the tunes feature the pop superstar, others ended up as vault tracks when she released her Taylor's Versions. By Denise Warner Taylor Swift’s prolific songwriting skills have endured through ...