This Governor’s Institute of Vermont GIV 2019’s Backpack Journalism story researched and produced by Sadie Chase-Tatko, Madelyn Fried, and Evelyn Seidner.
This past weekend, students from all over Vermont gathered at Goddard College for an intensive learning experience. There were five strands: Directing Theatre, Microcontrollers, Biological Illustration, Youth Leadership, and Backpack Journalism. In Backpack Journalism, fourteen eager students came together Friday night and dove into the vast world of news in the digital age. There was a broad array of backgrounds that students had on the subject of media, yet there was one shared goal: to expand knowledge. Rob Williams; UVM professor, journalist, food truck owner, father, and Vermonter, led the group.
Where all the Mobile J magic happens: The Cottage at Goddard College.
(photo credit: Evelyn Seidner)
Rob Williams discussing various media sources and their political biases.
(photo credit: Sadie Chase-Tatko)
Backpack Journalism in it’s natural form.
(photo credit: Evelyn Seidner)
Aiden Pricer-Coan reading a local newspaper.
(photo credit: Evelyn Seidner)
The Backpack Journalism strand in the flesh.
(photo courtesy: Shannon Walters)
EDITOR’S NOTE: No political views, decentralist or otherwise, were shared over the course of the GIV weekend. Our GIV workshop focused on critical media literacy education, the political economy of news media in the digital age, and multimedia mobile news production.
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