The teachers
Will Wright
Before Wright chose to work with Parks' students, he filed several feature stories with Twin Cities' KFAI radio beginning in January 2008. Some of them were filed as part of his directed study for a bachelor's degree in communication studies.
He learned how to produce reporter packages when he I interned at National Public Radio's (NPR) Tell Me More program from September 2007 to December of 2007. While he was there, he reported a story for fall 2007's Intern Edition. It was a story called "Black Republicans fight for their Political Voice."
Prof. Catherine R. Squires
Catherine Squires is the inaugural Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity & Equality at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Squires earned her Ph.D. in Communication at Northwestern University in 1999. She was Assistant Professor in the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan from 2000-2007 before moving to the Minnesota. Her research focuses on the interactions between media, social groups, and political issues involving race/ethnicity.
Paul Creager
Without Paul's interest in and commitment to introducing his seniors to this project, it might not have happened.