by Jackie Harris | Nov 24, 2020 | 2020, Features, Segments
Newmark J-School Audio Journalism · For Native Americans, Changing the Narrative Around Thanksgiving is Personal As thanksgiving creeps around the corner, millions of American schoolchildren are being taught about the first Thanksgiving. You know, when pilgrims...
by Jackie Harris | Nov 8, 2020 | 2020, Features, Shows
Newmark J-School Audio Journalism · #ENDSARS Gains Ground in NYC #ENDSARS is more than a hashtag, it is a social justice movement. Young people in Nigeria say the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as SARS has been terrorizing citizens for far too long. SARS has since...
by Jackie Harris | Nov 8, 2020 | 2020, Features, Segments, Shows
Newmark J-School Audio Journalism · Activist Chi Osse Is Running for City Council After a summer of protesting and organizing, youth activist and Co-Founder of the group Warriors in the Garden, Chi Osse is making plans for a political future. At just 22-years-old, Chi...
by Jackie Harris | Oct 24, 2020 | 2020, Features, Shows
Newmark J-School Audio Journalism · After The War David Aukland, 80, grew up during the London Blitz, the 1940 Nazi bombing campaign in England. Aukland, now living out his retirement in Irvington, New York, didn’t know a life without war. He was a baby when his...
by Jackie Harris | Oct 24, 2020 | 2020, Features, Shows
Newmark J-School Audio Journalism · Millions of Federal Student Loan Borrowers Don’t Have To Make Payments With unemployment levels soaring this year due to coronavirus shutdowns, many people with student loan debt were concerned about how they would make monthly...
by Jackie Harris | Oct 12, 2020 | 2020, Features, Shows
Newmark J-School Audio Journalism · No Wifi + No Service = No School The internet is essential for students returning to school this semester, with the majority of learning happening remotely. But without wifi access, New York students living in shelters are falling...