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The Transformative Power of Journalistic Learning with Ellen Austin
On today’s episode: journalism educator Ellen Austin
Austin is a nationally recognized and distinguished journalism educator. She was the director of the journalism program at the Harker School in San Jose, taught journalism and English at Palo Alto High School where she created The Viking – the first all-sports, regularly published high school publication – and she previously taught journalism and English in Minnesota.
Topics:
- 02:48 Austin’s journalism journey
- 07:14 Puting “English language arts” to work with journalism
- 13:00 The need to build agency and problem solving skills
- 17:28 Understanding students’ (and teachers’) free speech rights at school
- 22:56 The importance of creating representative newsrooms
- 30:21 Unpacking distrust around “the media” and the future of journalism
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By Ed Madison and Journalistic Learning InitiativeOn today’s episode: journalism educator Ellen Austin
Austin is a nationally recognized and distinguished journalism educator. She was the director of the journalism program at the Harker School in San Jose, taught journalism and English at Palo Alto High School where she created The Viking – the first all-sports, regularly published high school publication – and she previously taught journalism and English in Minnesota.
Topics:
- 02:48 Austin’s journalism journey
- 07:14 Puting “English language arts” to work with journalism
- 13:00 The need to build agency and problem solving skills
- 17:28 Understanding students’ (and teachers’) free speech rights at school
- 22:56 The importance of creating representative newsrooms
- 30:21 Unpacking distrust around “the media” and the future of journalism