This week, I spoke with student journalists, a student activist, and a journalism teacher who were in Washington DC to cover and participate in the March For Our Lives. They critically evaluate media coverage of the movement and reflect on their roles.
Music: Concentration by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
This week, Carrie Neumayer talks about art education, making space for girls and gender nonconforming youth, the importance of music, and much more. But first, an update on SB1 (maybe it’s dead?).
This episode features the perspectives of Claire Johnstone and Forest Clevenger, two Louisville student March For Our Lives organizers. But first, an update on the West Virginia teacher strike, and some speculation about which state (or commonwealth) might be next.
In this week’s episode: how do journalists cover different types of protests? And what does it mean for teachers and students to protest?
Notes on Episode 17:
Episode 17 photo by Hannah Phillips.
No guest this time. Again, this entire episode is devoted to school shootings; this time the focus is on the teen activists of Stoneman Douglas and the NRA’s responses to them.
Notes on Episode 16:
No guest this time. The entire episode is devoted to discussing the four things I perceive as the main contributing factors to the post-Columbine spate of school shootings:
Notes on Episode 15:
The hour begins with another attempt to squash SCALA’s strawman depiction of their critics as indifferent to education issues.
