Education & Schools

David W. Barnette.

Interviewed by G. Thomas Sallee.

Recorded 10/09/2007.

Robert E. Chason.

Interviewed by Joe P. Tupin.

Recorded 03/22/2007.

William M. Jackson.

Interviewed by Melvin R. Ramey.

Recorded 10/11/2007.

John H. Crowe.

Interviewed by Robert D. Grey.

Recorded 04/17/2007.

Peter M. Shane – Information Stories: Conclusion

The organizer of "Information Stories" explains what 1964 taught him about the connection between information and democracy, and offers suggestions how viewers of "Information Stories" can take action to improve news and information flow in their local communities.

See also: Information Stories Collection Description

http://informationstories.org

Phuong N. Tseng – Trans-formation

An 18-year-old "queer educator" from San Francisco describes her motivation for, and the importance of, bringing attention within the gay community to the issues of transgender persons, even though she does not identify as transgender.

See also: Information Stories Collection Description

http://informationstories.org

Loris Ann Taylor – Indians and Media

The Arizona-based executive director of Native Public Media explains how she went from growing up on a reservation that relied on a town crier to give the news to working, as an adult, to proliferate broadband availability and public radio stations throughout Indian country.

See also: Information Stories Collection Description

http://informationstories.org

Aubree A. Lawrence – Tuning In to Cambridge

A young woman working at Harvard discusses how Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) opened her eyes to the breadth and depth of the Cambridge community, and how community television functions in the information environment of a vibrant city.

See also: Information Stories Collection Description

http://informationstories.org

Joshua A. Chisholm - Unleashing Power

A faith-based community organizer from Camden, New Jersey explains how he works to help people overcome the sense of powerlessness that arises when they live "in an information vacuum" generated by people and institutions that benefit from the public's "lack of understanding."

See also: Information Stories Collection Description

http://informationstories.org

Vic Miller – News as Community History

The mayor of Harlem, Montana tells the story that led him to believe that public officials in rural America have to learn to develop trusting and trusted relationships with the press if small communities are not to lose the record of their own history.

See also: Information Stories Collection Description

http://informationstories.org