Coal Cracker, a Mahanoy City, PA-based youth-led newspaper will host a FREE journalism skills workshop on Saturday, January 24, from 12:30 – 3:00 pm at the Mahanoy City Public Library at 17-19 West Mahanoy Street. The workshop is open to young people, of any school district, in grades 5 – 12. The day will feature two simultaneous tracks, grades 5-7 and 8-12, learning: Photography with Nikki Stetson and Sandy Long Basic News Writing with Chris Mele Please pre-register by emailing
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Since its launch in December 2013, Coal Cracker—a youth-led engagement journalism project spearheaded by Heron’s Eye Communications co-founder Krista Gromalski—has published five issues covering hard-hitting topics like blight, bullying, beauty standards, and marriage equality. Our reporters have interviewed author Trebbe Johnson about the coal region’s wounded landscape, chatted with founder of the legendary Woodstock concert Michael Lang, and gone behind the scenes at the Little League Baseball World Series. We’ve paid our young journalists about $500 (and lots of pizza)
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Take a moment to sweeten your day with the lovely and lilting voice of Christine San Jose reading Sandy’s poetry, “Star-nosed Mole,” on her WJFF radio segment, “Along the Poet’s Row.” The magical minutes of poetry can be heard every Saturday at 7:30 a.m., and again on Monday at 2 p.m. during WJFF’s Farm and Country show. In this clip, “Along the Poet’s Row” begins at approximately 48:30, and Sandy’s poem is read at roughly 49:15. Visit the WJFF website
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