Today, Monday October, 28 whatamievendoing, oceanwanderer and cheeseandcrackers55 lead a newsroom discussion on a variety of stories; Our local news story came from our very own student run newspaper, The Breeze, whose culture section wrote an article about the 90’s resurgence in clothing. Social media outlets such as tiktok, seem to be fueling this trend, […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 10/28Hello everyone! This week’s newsroom was put together and presented by justavirgogirl and myself! We reviewed a variety of topics ranging from national feel-good stories to global humanitarian issues. Featured in this newsroom are one local story, two national stories, and two global issues. Local: Needle Juice Tattoo Shop Opened September 1st by Harrisonburg native, […]
Read More September 9th NewsroomOn Tuesday, November 11th, @chickenbiscuit48 & @ther1ot led our newsroom roundup class discussion which consisted of three main stories from a local source, a national source, and a global source. We delved into the BET on Yourself retreat, women’s empowerment, self-development, and mental health retreat as our local source. Then, we looked at “Abortion rights […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 11/14Co-authored by FemmeInAction and ThisGirlLovesCollegeBasketball Local Since the pandemic, millions of dollars in American Can Rescue Plan funds have gone to help stabilize childcare centers across the country but those funds ran out on Saturday, September 30. Like many others, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Child Day Care Center received COVID relief money, and with that no longer […]
Read More Newsroom Round-UpLOCAL NEWS On March 6th, Irvo Otieno was killed by Henrico police officers and Central State Hospital employees during the hospital’s inpatient process. During a time of mental health distress, Otieno was met with aggression, criminality, and excessive force by officers and employees. Before being brought to the psychiatric institution, Otieno spent 3 days in […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 3/22Local News Almost immediately upon taking office, Glen Youngkin signed into practice Executive Order 1 which prohibits the teaching of “inherently divisive concepts.” This past week, Youngkin asked the Education Secretariat to look over the new proposed AP course, AP African American Studies, to see if the course did in fact fall under this category. […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 2/28LOCAL NEWS “The Abortion Battle on Virginia’s Border” Bristol is a twin town that is both in Tennessee and Virginia. Following Roe v. Wade, abortion is illegal in Tennessee, yet legal in Virginia. This article follows a story of a clinic right on the border of Tennessee who faced many obstacles moving into Virginia. The […]
Read More Newsroom round-up 02/14Local news: Midterm elections were on November 8, 2022. Regarding the state of Virginia, there were record-high numbers in voting compared to midterm elections in previous years. Virginians had the option to vote early in person by Nov. 5. and could mail-in ballots postmarked by Nov. 8. 799,099 people in Virginia voted early. This value […]
Read More NEWSROOM ROUNDUP 11/9For this weeks newsroom roundup we discussed the local news of an all woman staffed charity celebration, the national concern of voter ID laws for the upcoming election, and the global headline of Brittney Griner’s appeal being denied. All of these news stories were presented and discussed with a feminist lense, and hopefully this recap […]
Read More Newsroom Round up October 28th, 2022In our newsroom on November 16th, 2021, we looked at local, national, and international news from a feminist perspective. The news articles we will be discussing include conversations surrounding controversy over the graphic novel, “Gender Queer: A Memoir”, recent changes to Louisiana cosmetology school LICENSING, and a population law being passed in Iran that violates […]
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