Ep. 145: How Long Form Journalism Can Shape a Community

Essential Question: What is the role of race and gender in shaping the ways that journalists convey particular stories or pursue "truth" pertaining to charged events?

Guests: 

• Kari Plog award-winning, South Sound reporter for Seattle-Tacoma kplog@knkx.org

• Mayowa Aina, South Sound reporter, audio producer, and editor based in Tacoma, WA. 

You may know our guests from other Channel 253 shows or from hearing their voices as cohost of The Walk Home Podcast @NPR station @knkxfm.

Most recently, Kari was a panelist in the NF Live: Adult Civics Happy Hour

In this episode we focus on the evolution of journalism and what it means to sit at the intersection of race and gender in this profession. Mayowa and Kari are candid about their personal experiences and give us insight into their experience creating, recording, and shaping The Walk Home podcast.

Do Your Fudging Homework:

• Kari: Media literacy–know who owns your local paper and who is shaping the stories; it’s key to our democracy

• Mayowa: Donate to your local public radio station

• Hope: If you haven’t, listen to “The Walk Home” (ditto)