I am taking Audio storytelling for journalists: How to tell stories on podcasts, voice assistants, social audio, and beyond” from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. These are my notes from the second week. Audio is amazing at communicating emotion. The information in an audio storyContinue reading “Notes from Audio Storytelling for Journalists Class Week 2”
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Day in the History of Racial Injustice
February 6, 1902 ~ A mob of white people seized a 19-year-old black man, Thomas Brown, from jail and lynched him on the courthouse lawn after he was accused of assault in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
February 5, 1917 ~ Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 to keep out Asian, Mexican, and Mediterranean people, and those with mental or physical disabilities or criminal records,
Gender Audit
The Gender Taskforce at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts, is at the first steps of a gender audit. The term is new to me so I am starting from zero. Google says that a gender audit is a tool to assess and check the institutionalisation of gender equality into organisations, including in their policies,Continue reading “Gender Audit”
Civil Rights Class Week 2
Click Link below to play graphic. https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/1619-african-slavery-history-maps-routes-interactive-graphic/ Homework 1: Monday 31 Read 1664-1669 The Virginia Law on Baptism by Jemar Tisby Notes from reading: Black people remain the most Christian demographic in the United States yet Christianity is the “white man’s religion.” White Christians deliberately used religion to strengthen a racial caste system. 1667 VirginiaContinue reading “Civil Rights Class Week 2”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
February 4,1999 NYPD officers fatally shoot unarmed Amadou Diallo 41 times. February 4, 1846 ~ Alabama launched convict leasing at Wetumpka State Penitentiary and its inmates to private businessman.
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
February 3, 1956 – Autherine Juanita Lucy enrolled as a graduate student in library science at the University of Alabama, becoming the first African American ever admitted to a white public school or university in the state. She attended her first class on Friday, February 3, 1956. On Monday, February 6, 1956, riots broke outContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Day in the History of Racial Injustice
February 2nd, 1893 – Sam Blow, an African American man, was lynched in Richlands, Tazewell County, because another lynching victim, John Johnson, implicated him with the murder of Mr. Hunt, a white man. Five African American men were lynched in less than three days in Richlands in relation to the murder of two white merchants,Continue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
Reflecting on January
“What’s the most important thing to you that you accomplished in January? In January, I managed to post a racial injustice post for and on each day. February is the shortest month – what do I plan to get done by the end of the month that will help me on my journey?” My goalContinue reading “Reflecting on January”
January Notes
I will make the rest of my life, the best of my life. I must be the star of my own life. To do that — to live my vision, to be the star of my own life — I need to learn how to hold fast. I say no to things that don’t feelContinue reading “January Notes”
Relentless Robin 