Rookies Blog
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Lady Gaga, Yale University and a day of talking about teenage emotions
Rookie reporter Dakota Salcedo recently attended a conference at Yale University that revealed the results of a study that found 75% of teens reported negative feelings about school. Sep 1, 2015
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Remembering Keith Tingman Jr.
It’s with deep sadness I’m writing this post. Radio Rookies has lost a valued member of our community. Former Rookie Reporter Keith Tingman died on February 12. We remember him here. Feb 24, 2015
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Radio Rookies Surprises Danielle With A Graduation Ceremony at WNYC
Radio Rookies hosted a surprise "graduation" ceremony for 2014 high school graduate Danielle Motindabeka at WNYC. Current and past Radio Rookies from as far back as 2004 came to celeb... Jul 1, 2014
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Radio Rookie Danielle Finds Out Her Regents Exam Results
Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka reported this week that she was taking the US History Regents exam for the fourth and final time. It's the one thing standing in the way of her getti... Jun 26, 2014
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New Production Assistant Emily Kwong Was Stuck at Home
New Radio Rookies producer Emily Kwong had been waiting to meet the Radio Rookies at their Brooklyn workshop. But the first day she was supposed to go in, she was stuck at home outsid... Jan 3, 2014
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Rookie Spotlight: Cam Johnson
Meet Cam Johnson, one of five students in Radio Rookies Short Wave multimedia workshop. Cam is a student at Facing History High School. For the past eight weeks, he's been hard at wor... Nov 26, 2013
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Dear Mayor de Blasio: Messages From NYC Teens
Listen and watch the messages that teens from around NYC recorded for Mayor-elect de Blasio. After taking part in a live chat about relations between young people and the police, part... Nov 19, 2013
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Radio Rookies DIY: How to Report Your Own Story
This animated short is part of a toolkit of DIY videos we’re creating in partnership with the Hive NYC Learning Network. Educators can use this toolkit to teach students of all ages. Sep 15, 2013
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Teens Design Tools to Fight Sexual Cyber Bullying
It was one of the last days of summer before heading back to school and 25 NYC teenagers were clustered around laptops and easel paper, trying to map out their pitches for new tech ... Aug 30, 2013
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