On today’s podcast: journalist Eder Campuzano

Campuzano is K-12 reporter for the Star Tribune, the largest daily newspaper in Minnesota. Before that, he was the education reporter for the Oregonian, focusing his coverage on marginalized students. He’s an alum of the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, where he worked at the Daily Emerald, the college’s award-winning student publication.

In this episode, we discuss his journalism career and the ways journalism can help students unpack complex issues in the classroom.

Topics

• 02:07 Covering education news in two different cities
• 04:37 Learning loss, both academic and socio-emotional
• 07:13 The pandemic’s toll on teachers
• 09:20 How parents feel race and history are unpacked in the classroom, in Oregon and Minnesota
• 12:22 Eder’s early school experience and how its informed his reporting
• 15:05 Feeding students’ “metiche” with journalistic learning
• 17:41 The importance of local knowledge and community reporting